The number of people invited________fifty, but a number of them________absent for different reasons.

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问题 The number of people invited________fifty, but a number of them________absent for different reasons.

选项 A、were, was
B、was, was
C、was, were
D、were, were

答案C

解析 本题考查主谓一致。a number of是一个常见短语,意为“许多”,因此其后名词的谓语要使用复数形式。the number of表示人或物的数量,其后名词的谓语为单数形式。本句意思为:收到邀请的人数为50人,但是其中有些人由于种种原因缺席了。
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