问题
选择题
The majority of visitors _____ in favor of his conclusion that the number of books published on the subject _____ simply surprising.
A．were; was
B．was; was
C．were; were
D．was; were
答案
答案：A
the majority of students其中的主语在此指大多数学生，是复数概念，因此第一空用复数谓语动词were，后半句的主语是the number of books“书籍的数量”，因此用单数was。