The number of people invited ___________...

The number of people invited ____________ fifty, but a number of them __________ absent for different reasons.

A．were; was

B．was; was

C．was; were

D．were; were

C 【解析】考查固定结构. the number of…的数量，作主语时，谓语动词用单数；a number of许多，大量修饰可数名词复数，谓语动词用复数。所以C正确。

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