Question

There _____ a number of people at the square in the morning, the number _____ over 1,000.

A．is, are

B．is, is

C．a(chǎn)re, are

D．a(chǎn)re, is

Answer 1

D

考查固定短語。A number of +名詞，謂語動詞取決于名詞，the number of作主語，謂語動詞用單數(shù)。故選D。