Last year the number of the students in our school__________about three thousand

题目

Last year the number of the students in our school__________about three thousand
A.is B.was C.are D.were
在试卷上我是写D.不应该选D吗?不是过去式吗?而且是复数.求教!D是错的.

答案

选B.你没弄清楚a number of ,the number of a number of 许多,一些,大量的,相当于a lot of ,some,后面接名词复数.如：A number of apples are red 许多苹果是红色的 the number of ……的数量 ,后面接名词单数如：T...