people were found after the big earthquake.
A. A number of; died
B. The number of; died
C. A number of; dead
D. The number of; dead
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A. A number of; died
B. The number of; died
(答案→)C. A number of; dead
D. The number of; dead
解析：本题的含义是大地震之后发现许多人死了。A number of表示许多的意思，修饰可数名词复数，find 的补语通常可以用形容词来承担，死亡的形容词是dead，故本题选C。