A great number of people were killed in the big fire and the number of the people who mi

问题补充：

A great number of people were killed in the big fire, and the number of the people who missing still increasing.

A. were; was

B. are; is

C. were; is

D. are; was

答案：

A. were; was

(答案→)B. are; is

C. were; is

D. are; was

解析：通过still increasing可知是现在情况，又因主语是 the number of 所以第二空选is，第一空定语从句的谓语动词应和先行词保持一致，所以答案B。