The majority of visitors in favor of his conclusion that the number of books published on the subject simply surprising.
A. were; was
B. was; was
C. were; were
D. was; were
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(答案→)A. were; was
B. was; was
C. were; were
D. was; were
解析： 考察主谓一致。本题第一空the majority of+名词指….中的大多数。该结构做主语的时候，后面的谓语动词单复数要看名词的单复数，如果是一个可数名词复数形式，要使用复数形式。如果是一个不可数名词或者可数名词单数，谓语动词要使用单数形式。第二空的主语是the number of…指“…的数量”，做主语的时候，谓语动词用单数形式。句意：游客了的大多数都支持他的结论，就是关于这个话题的书的数量正是令人惊讶。故A正确。