问题
选择题
______ visitors to the UK were asked by newspaper reporters what their impressions of the British people were.
A．The number of
B．A number of
C．Numbers of
D．Any numbers of
答案
答案：B
此题考查a number of和 the number of的区别。the number of修饰复数名词作主语，谓语用单数；a number of修饰复数名词作主语，谓语用复数；由题干中的谓语were可知要用a number of。