There quantities of apples in the basket and there was milk in the bucket.
A. were; a number of
B. was; quantities of
C. were; a quantity of
D. was; a good many
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A. were; a number of
B. was; quantities of
(答案→)C. were; a quantity of
D. was; a good many
解析：考查谓语单复数，由主语quantities of apples是复数，所以排除B、D，a number of意思“许多”， a quantity of意思“大量的”，句子意思“篮子里有许多苹果，桶里有大量的牛奶”