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Thenumber of people invited __________fifty, but a number of them __________absentfor different reasons.
A. were;was B.was; was
C. was; were D.were; were
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答案：C
提示：本题考查thenumber of和anumber of的区别。thenumber of意为“……的数量”，后接复数名词，所构成的短语做主语时，谓语动词常用单数形式，因为该短语中的number是中心词。例如：Thenumber of the motorbikes in our town is increasing. (我们镇上摩托车的数量在增加。)anumber of意为“大量的，许多”，number前可用large修饰，of后接复数名词，亦可写成largenumbers of,所构成的短语做主语时，谓语动词常用复数形式，因该短语中的名词是中心词。例如:Anumber of young trees were planted on the hills around our village last year. (去年我们村四周的山上栽了很多小树。)
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