On the bus, all the people except the driver to talk and laugh during the journey.
A. encouraged
B. were encouraging
C. were encouraged
D. was encouraged
网友回答
A. encouraged
B. were encouraging
(答案→)C. were encouraged
D. was encouraged
解析：考查主谓一致。except除了，连接两个主语，与前一个主语保持一致，be encouraged to do被鼓励做，选C。