问题
选择题
The number of people present at the meeting _________ about 1000 , a large number of whom _______ experts from abroad.
A．was; was
B．were; were
C．was ; were
D．were; was
答案
答案：C
题目分析：考查短语The number of和 a number of的区别，The number of表示…的数量；a number of表示许多的，修饰可数名词或不可数名词，句子意思“出席会议的人数是1000，他们大部分是来自于国外的专家”，所以选C
点评：注意短语The number of和 a number of的区别，句子a large number of whom were experts from abroad是个由关系代词whom引导的定语从句。