题目

题型：不详难度：来源：

The number of people invited _________ fifty, but a number of them _________ absent for different reasons.

A．were; was

B．was; was

C．was; were

D．were; were

答案

C

解析

这题考查的是主谓一致，第一空填was因为主语是the number of“…的数量”谓语用单数，第二空填were，因为主语是a number of“许多”谓语用复数。选C。