精英家教网 > 初中英语 > 题目详情
The number of people invited ______ fifty, but a number of them ______ absent(缺席) for different reasons.
A.were; wasB.was; wasC.was; wereD.were; were
C

试题分析:句意:受到邀请的人数是五十,但是很多人因为各种各样的原因而缺席。The number of表示“的数量”,其主语为数目,所以后面的谓语动词用单数形式,而a number of them表示“大量,许多”,后面修饰可数名词的复数,后面的谓语动词也用复数形式;故选C。
练习册系列答案
相关习题

科目:初中英语 来源:不详 题型:单选题

In the first half of the match, Number 52 Middle School _______ us 5-3, but at last our team _______ the match.
A. beat; win
B. win; beat
C. beat; won
D. won; beat

查看答案和解析>>

科目:初中英语 来源:不详 题型:单选题

— Have you finished your project?
— Not yet. I’ll finish it if I ____________ ten more minutes.
A.giveB.am given
C.will giveD.will be given

查看答案和解析>>

科目:初中英语 来源:不详 题型:单选题

The stones are so heavy. How _____ they _____ to the top of the building without modern machines?
A.do; liftB.did; liftC.were; liftedD.were; lift

查看答案和解析>>

科目:初中英语 来源:不详 题型:单选题

I think students _____ to do homework with friends.
A.should allowB.should be allowedC.were allowedD.must be allowing

查看答案和解析>>

科目:初中英语 来源:不详 题型:单选题

The little boy was made _____ again after his mother told him some jokes.
A.laughedB.laughC.to laughD.laughing

查看答案和解析>>

科目:初中英语 来源:不详 题型:单选题

People who drink wine ____________ to drive after May Day.
A.don’t allowB.isn’t allowedC.mustn’t allow D.mustn’t be allowed

查看答案和解析>>

科目:初中英语 来源:不详 题型:单选题

—It’s difficult for the village children to cross the river to get to school. We think a bridge_______over the river.
A.was builtB.should be builtC.has been builtD.is being built

查看答案和解析>>

科目:初中英语 来源:不详 题型:单选题

—Can I get my ears pierced, Mom? —No. As a student, you ________ do that.
A.are allowed toB.should be allowed to
C.may notD.shouldn’t be allowed to

查看答案和解析>>

同步练习册答案