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 number of , the number of
C．the number of , a number of	D．a number of , a number of

Answer 1

C

1．the number of表示“……的數(shù)量”，跟復數(shù)名詞連用作主語時，中心詞是number，謂語動詞要用單數(shù)。
2．a number of表示“許多”，相當于 many，修飾可數(shù)名詞復數(shù)。作主語時，謂語動詞用復數(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.