问题补充:
单选题Themajorityofvisitors_____infavorofhisconclusionthatthenumberofbookspublishedonthesubject_____simplysurprising.A.were; wasB.was; wasC.were; wereD.was; were
答案:
A解析the majority of students其中的主语在此指大多数学生,是复数概念,因此第一空用复数谓语动词were,后半句的主语是the number of books“书籍的数量”,因此用单数was。