Mother said that Mike could eat two of ten oranges and that the rest left for Tom and Betty.
A. were
B. was
C. be
D. being
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(答案→)A. were
B. was
C. be
D. being
解析：考查主谓一致：the rest作主语时，要看它所替代名词的数，当所替代的名词是单数或不可数名词时，谓语动词用第三人称单数形式；而此处指十个橘子中除两个以外所剩余的部分，为复数，于是选A