A professor and a writer      （）   present at the meeting.

题目解析 题目：A professor and a writer () present at the meeting. A. had been B. were C. is D. was 答案：B 解析：这道题也考察的是主谓一致。"A professor and a writer" 是复数形式，所以谓语动词也应该用复数形式。正确的答案是 "were"，表示 "A professor and a writer were present at the meeting."（一位教授和一位作家在会议上出席）。