问题
选择题
The number of people who________ killed in the earthquake ______4000.
A．was; were
B．were; was
C．were; were
D．was; was
答案
答案：B
考察主谓一致，在地震中被杀死的人们为复数形式，故用are的过去时态were，The number人们的数字，是句子主语，是不可数名词，用单数，故用is的过去时态was，选B。
