Question

how many students are there in your school? ____the students ____more than one thousand

the number of is 还是 a number of are

Answer 1

how many students are there in your school? _the number of___the students __is__more than one thousand

说明：the number of ：.....的数量 后面的系词用第三人称单数的 is \was
a number of = many 许多的 修饰可数名词复数 后面的系词用 are\ were

数量只是一个数字而已，所以当成单数名词来看！

Answer 2

是the number of is
其中，the number是一个单数的主语，of the students只是主语的定语，故系动词用单数的is

Answer 3

the number of is

Answer 4

the number of 意思是……的数量，后面谓语用单数
a number of的意思是“许多”
所以这题根据句意应填the number of……is

追问

为什么后面用is

追答

“……的数量，……的数目”，它是个整体概念，后面的谓语动词用单数

Answer 5

THE noumber of is