一个关于倒装和主谓一致的语法题目

Question

Present at the meeting______ Professor White, Professor Green and some students.
A was B were

Answer 1

系表结构的倒装。如果倒过来看答案就很清楚了：
Professor White, Professor Green and some students ______ present at the meeting.
答案是B

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但是我看到另一个题目
In the big trunk _______ a pen and two books.
答案是选了was found

Answer 2

B were 因为主语是Professor White, Professor Green and some students.

Present at the meeting were 1,000 students.

注意区别：Present at the meeting was Professor White, as well as Professor Green and some students.

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但是我看到另一个题目
In the big trunk _______ a pen and two books.
答案是选了was found

Answer 3

b

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但是我看到另一个题目
In the big trunk _______ a pen and two books.
答案是选了was found

追答

终于查到了，倒装句中要用就近原则，Here are the books and a pen
所以应该选a 特此改正。