Question

(2007·宜昌中考題)

The number of visitors invited to the exhibition ________ 50. But a number of uninvited visitors ________ come to it.

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A．were; had

B．was; had

C．were; has

D．was; has

Answer 1

答案：D
解析：

解析：本題考查a number of和the number of作主語(yǔ)時(shí)的區(qū)別。a number of＋n.作主語(yǔ)時(shí)，中心詞是名詞，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞和名詞的數(shù)一致；the number of＋n.作主語(yǔ)時(shí)，number是主語(yǔ)，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞與number的數(shù)一致。因此本題D為正確答案。