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。