Question

In our school library, there       a number of books on science and the number of the books        growing larger and larger.

A．is, are

B．a(chǎn)re, is

C．have, is

D．a(chǎn)re, are

Answer 1

B

試題分析：句意：在我們學(xué)校圖書館，有許多關(guān)于科學(xué)的書，書的數(shù)量越來越多。a number of 許多，相當(dāng)于 many，修飾可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)。作主語時(shí)，謂語動(dòng)詞用復(fù)數(shù)。number可用large，small等修飾，以表示程度。
； the number of……的數(shù)量，跟復(fù)數(shù)名詞連用作主語時(shí)，中心詞是number，謂語動(dòng)詞要用單數(shù)。故選B。