____ there a number of fish in the river at that time?

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A. Is B. Are C. Was D. Were

选D
“a number of +可数名词复数”,表示“许多”[整个词组是复数],用are 或 were,又因为有“at that time(当时)”,所以用过去式were
另外,fish 表示“活的鱼”是个可数名词,单数复数形式一样。

C
fish不可数,用单数,at that time在那时候,用过去时.故C