4、s;toB.wouldrather;thanC.prefers;ratherthanD.wouldrather;to答案: A8.Thenumberofpeopleinvited________fifty,butanumberofthem________absentfordifferentreasons.A.were;wasB.was;wasC.was;wereD.were;were解析: thenumberof意为“……的数目”,作主语时谓语用单数形式;anumberof意为“许多的,大量的”,作主语时谓语用复数形式。答案: C