问题
选择题
In that terrible earthquake, ______ who were killed ______ more than 20,000.
A.the number of people; was
B.a number of people; were
C.many people; were
D.the number of people; were
答案
答案:A
题目分析:考查主谓一致:the number of people人的数量,后面谓语是单数, a number of people许多人,谓语用复数,many people后面用复数,句意:在可怕的地震中,丧生的人的数量是超过了2万。选A。
点评:本题注重考查number构成的两个短语。。The number of…的数量,做主语的时候,后面使用单数形式。A number of许多,修饰可数名词复数形式,做主语谓语动词用复数形式,其用法要牢牢记住。