（2011年中考广东省河源市）

【题文】The number of teachers in our school _______ greatly increased last term.A number of teachers in this school ______from the countryside.

途东505975ea技软科升网有件司元慧点优fbda公限学广- A.was;is B.was;are C.were;are D.were;is

【答案】B

【解析】 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，它所修饰的主语的谓语动词用复数，故选B