Question

In that terrible earthquake, ______ who were killed ______ more than 20,000.

A．the number of people; was	B．a(chǎn) number of people; were
C．many people; were	D．the number of people; were

Answer 1

A

試題分析：考查主謂一致：the number of people人的數(shù)量，后面謂語是單數(shù)， a number of people許多人，謂語用復數(shù)，many people后面用復數(shù)，句意：在可怕的地震中，喪生的人的數(shù)量是超過了2萬。選A。
點評：本題注重考查number構(gòu)成的兩個短語。。The number of…的數(shù)量，做主語的時候，后面使用單數(shù)形式。A number of許多，修飾可數(shù)名詞復數(shù)形式，做主語謂語動詞用復數(shù)形式，其用法要牢牢記住。