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
考查主谓一致。the number of……的数目，谓语动词用单数；a number of许多，谓语动词用复数，故选C。