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The number of people invited ____fifty, but a number of them _____absent for different reasons.
A.were; wasB.was ; wasC.was; wereD.were; were
C

试题分析:句意:被邀请来人的数量是五十,但是大多数都以不同的原因缺席了。the number of“...的数量”作主语,谓语动词用单数;a number of“大多数”作主语,谓语动词用复数。故选C。
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