Question

The number of the teacher invited _____ twelve, but a number of them ___ late 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。The number of…指“…的數(shù)量”；做主語的時候，謂語動詞使用單數(shù)形式；a number of…指“許多…”修飾可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)形式，在句中做主語時，謂語動詞使用復(fù)數(shù)形式。句意：被邀請的老師的數(shù)量是12，但是很多老師都因?yàn)楦鞣N原因遲到了。故C正確。
點(diǎn)評：本文考查了名詞number的兩個不同的短語，The number of…指“…的數(shù)量”；做主語的時候，謂語動詞使用單數(shù)形式；a number of…指“許多…”修飾可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)形式，在句中做主語時，謂語動詞使用復(fù)數(shù)形式。這兩個用法是考查的重點(diǎn)，要多加識記。