–What the number of the students in your school?
–About two thousand. A number of them from England.
A. is; are
B. is; is
C. are; is
D. are; are
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(答案→)A. is; are
B. is; is
C. are; is
D. are; are
解析：the number of ……的数目；A number of一些，许多。句意：你们学校学生的数目是什么？——大约两千。他们中许多人来自英国。结合语境可知上文表示学生的数目，number是抽象名词，不可数，故谓语动词用单数。下文A number of them表示复数含义，故谓语动词用复数形式，选A。