Question

It is said that the number of doctors invited to the meeting _____100, but a number of them _____ absent for different reasons.

A．is; were

B．is; was

C．a(chǎn)re; were

D．a(chǎn)re; was

Answer 1

A

試題分析：考查主謂一致。The number of…的數(shù)量；該短語(yǔ)做主語(yǔ)，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)形式；a number of 許多，修飾可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)形式，做主語(yǔ)，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用復(fù)數(shù)。句意：據(jù)說(shuō)被邀請(qǐng)來(lái)參加會(huì)議的醫(yī)生的數(shù)量是100人，但是很多人因?yàn)楦鞣N原因都缺席了。故A正確。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：The number of…的數(shù)量；該短語(yǔ)做主語(yǔ)，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)形式；a number of 許多，修飾可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)形式，做主語(yǔ)，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用復(fù)數(shù)。