The number of people who killed in the earthquake 4000.A. was; wereB. were; wasC. were; we

问题补充：

The number of people who killed in the earthquake 4000.

A. was; were

B. were; was

C. were; were

D. was; was

答案：

A. was; were

(答案→)B. were; was

C. were; were

D. was; was

解析：考察主谓一致，在地震中被杀死的人们为复数形式，故用are的过去时态were，The number人们的数字，是句子主语，是不可数名词，用单数，故用is的过去时态was，选B。