Question

______number of people present at the concert _________than expected. There were still ______number of tickets left.

A.The, was much larger, a B.The, was much smaller, a

C.A, were much fewer, the D.A, were much smaller, the

Answer

B

【解析】

句意：目前音乐会的人数比预期的要少，仍然有很多的票未售出。

考查固定短语。the number of表示……的总数，作主语时，谓语应用单数；a number of表示许多的，其后可跟可数名词复数。则第一空应填写the，第三空应填写a，排除C和D。本句时态为一般过去式，故be动词用was。数目的大小只能用large和small修饰。much……的多，副词，修饰后边的形容词，表示程度；根据第二句句意“还有票剩余”，可以判断人数比预期的少，排除A。故选B。