问题补充:
The number of the people invited to the meeting about 100, but a number of them late because of the heavy snow.
A. were; was
B. were; were
C. was; were
D. was; was
答案:
A. were; was
B. were; were
(答案→)C. was; were
D. was; was
解析:考查主谓一致,a number of+可数名词复数,表示“很多“,后面的谓语是复数,the number of+可数名词复数,表示“…的数量”后面的谓语是单数,所以第一空填was第二空填were,,句意:被邀请参加会议的人的数量是100人,但很多人因为大雪迟到了。