Question

Judging from _______ number of seats, ______ number of people were present at the meeting．

1. A.
   a; the
2. B.
   the; a
3. C.
   a; a
4. D.
   the; the

Answer 1

B
本题的含义是从座位的数量上来看，有许多人会出席会议，the number of表示……的数目，a number of表示很多的意思，故本题选B。