Question

In that terrible earthquake, ______ who were killed ______ more than 20,000.

A．the number of people; was	B．a number of people; were
C．many people; were	D．the number of people; were

Answer 1

A

试题分析：考查主谓一致：the number of people人的数量，后面谓语是单数， a number of people许多人，谓语用复数，many people后面用复数，句意：在可怕的地震中，丧生的人的数量是超过了2万。选A。
点评：本题注重考查number构成的两个短语。。The number of…的数量，做主语的时候，后面使用单数形式。A number of许多，修饰可数名词复数形式，做主语谓语动词用复数形式，其用法要牢牢记住。