问题
选择题
The number of students who took part in the competition last week ________ more than 1500.
A．reach
B．were
C．is
D．was
答案
答案：D
考查主谓一致。主语是The number of students，The number of+复数名词，作主语时，谓语动词用单数，排除A，B；且时间是last week，所以要用一般过去时态，选D。