---Was the lecturesuccessful?---Yes, but thenumber of ______ was smaller than we had expected.A.peopleattended itB.attendedpeopleC.peopleattending itD.attendanceof people
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C解析attendance本身就是参赛人数，如用它，中心词为attendance不符合句意；C中的attending it是用动名词形式修饰people。