Question

----What is _______ the people in the village ?
----I am sorry. I don’t know. I only know that _________people like living in village.

A．the number of , the number of	B．a(chǎn) number of , the number of
C．the number of , a number of	D．a(chǎn) number of , a number of

Answer 1

C

1．the number of表示“……的數(shù)量”，跟復(fù)數(shù)名詞連用作主語(yǔ)時(shí)，中心詞是number，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞要用單數(shù)。
2．a(chǎn) number of表示“許多”，相當(dāng)于 many，修飾可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)。作主語(yǔ)時(shí)，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用復(fù)數(shù)。number前可用large，small等修飾，以表示程度。
根據(jù)題意前面說的是人的數(shù)量，后面是指有許多人，所以選C.