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The number of people invited ________ fifty, but a number of them ______ absent for different reasons.

A. were; was    B. was; were

C. was; was    D. were; were

 

B 【解析】 试题the number of指“……的数目”,它所修饰的主语的谓语动词用单数;a number of= many,它所修饰的主语的谓语动词用复数。故选B。
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