the number of books published

題目

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：A

解析：考察主謂一致。本題第一空the majority of+名詞指….中的大多數(shù)。該結(jié)構(gòu)做主語的時(shí)候，后面的謂語動(dòng)詞單復(fù)數(shù)要看名詞的單復(fù)數(shù)，如果是一個(gè)可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)形式，要使用復(fù)數(shù)形式。如果是一個(gè)不可數(shù)名詞或者可數(shù)名詞單數(shù)，謂語動(dòng)詞要使用單數(shù)形式。第二空的主語是the number of…指“…的數(shù)量”，做主語的時(shí)候，謂語動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)形式。句意：游客了的大多數(shù)都支持他的結(jié)論，就是關(guān)于這個(gè)話題的書的數(shù)量正是令人驚訝。故A正確。