The number of people who killed in the earthquake 4000.
A. was; were
B. were; was
C. were; were
D. was; was
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A. was; were
(答案→)B. were; was
C. were; were
D. was; was
解析：考察主谓一致，在地震中被杀死的人们为复数形式，故用are的过去时态were，The number人们的数字，是句子主语，是不可数名词，用单数，故用is的过去时态was，选B。