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      people were found     after the Wenchuang earthquake.
A.A number of; diedB.The number of; died
C.A number of; deadD.The number of; dead
C
a number of与the number of,
它们修饰名词作主语时,谓语的数是不一样的。
  (1)a number of为量词短语,表示“许多……”,中心词是这个短语所修饰的复数名词,所以作主语时,谓语动词用复数形式。
(2)the number of表示“……的数量”,中心词为number,指的是of后边名词的数量,数量是个抽象概念,因此谓语动词用单数。
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