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Thenumberofpeopleinthepartyfifty,butanumberofthemabsentfordifferentreasons.()A.were;wasB.was;wasC.was;wereD.were;were

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The number of people in the party _____fifty,but a number of them ____ absent for different reasons.(  )

A. were; was

B. was; was

C. was; were

D. were; were

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答案:C
分析句意,the number of 做主语时,谓语需用单数,表示…的数量;a number of 做主语时,谓语需用复数,意思是大量的,两个短语都需加可数名词的复数形式;另外,be absent意思是缺席.