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The number of people invited fifty, but a number of them absent for different re

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The number of people invited fifty, but a number of them absent for different re

The number of people invited ________ fifty, but a number of them ________ absent for different reasons.

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A.were; was

B.was; was

C.was; were

D.were; were

试题答案

答案:C

解析:

前一句的句意为“被邀请的人数为五十人,但其中有许多人因不同的理由而缺席”。因此,根据句意,前一空用单数,而后一空应用复数。