1 . —How many students are in the classroom?
—______ them ______ forty.

A．The number of; are	B．A number of; are
C．The number of; is	D．A number of; is

2 . According to the UN World Food Program, ________ hungry people across the world in 2022 is about 828 million.

A．a number of

B．the number of

C．a great deal of

D．a great number of

3 . ________ cities are chosen as 2023 national Civilized City (文明城市). ________ such cities in Jiangsu is twelve, including Taizhou.

A．A number of, A number of	B．A number of, The number of
C．The number of, The number of	D．The number of, A number of

4 . The 19th Asian Games took place in Hangzhou. ________ number of Chinese athletes ________ 886 and they won medals in different sports.

A．A; are

B．A; is

C．The; are

D．The; is

5 . —How many women teachers are there in your school, David?
—________ them ________ over seventy.

A．The number of; are

B．A number of; are

C．The number of; is

6 . Nowadays, ________ people who like HUAWEI phones has risen, and ________ them are adults.

A．the number of; the number of	B．a number of; a number of
C．a number of; the number of	D．the number of; a number of

7 . The number of the workers in this factory ________ 4000, and a number of them ________ from Yunnan.

A．is, is

B．is, are

C．are, are

D．are, is

8 . ________ the books in the box ________ 2, 000. There are also some on the shelf.

A．The number of; is	B．A number of; are
C．The number of; are	D．A number of; is

9 . ________ famous Chinese songs, such as The Love Song of Kangding and Jasmine Flowers, were sung during the concert.

A．A number of

B．The number of

C．A great deal

D．A lot

10 . In our school library, there ________ a number of books on science and the number of them ________ growing larger.

A．is; are

B．are; is

C．are; are

D．is; is