The number of students who took part in the petition last week more than 1500.
A. reach
B. were
C. is
D. was
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A. reach
B. were
C. is
(答案→)D. was
解析：考查主谓一致。主语是The number of students，The number of+复数名词，作主语时，谓语动词用单数，排除A，B；且时间是last week，所以要用一般过去时态，选D。