of the three major drinks -tea,coffee and cola,tea is drunk by ---people in the world.

题目

of the three major drinks -tea,coffee and cola,tea is drunk by ---people in the world.
A a large number of B the large number of C a largeest number of
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答案

这里考的其实是两个短语的区别：a number of 是“很多”的意思,可以用large,great来修饰.
the number of :...的数量,...的数目.
这些饮料被世界上很多的人饮用.所以是A.没有C这样的用法