Question

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

Answer 1

C

試題分析：考查主謂一致。固定詞組the number of…指“…的數(shù)量”；該短語做句子的主語，謂語動詞用單數(shù)的形式；a number of…指“許多”修飾可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)形式，做主語時候，謂語動詞用復(fù)數(shù)形式。句意：被邀請的人的數(shù)字是50，但是很多人都因為各種原因沒有到場，故C正確。
點評：本題的主謂一致遵循了語義一致的原則，也就是短語所表示的是單數(shù)還是復(fù)數(shù)形式，根據(jù)意思來決定具體的單復(fù)數(shù)形式。