He taught his lessons so well that the ______ of the students in his class passed the examination in spite of its difficulty.
A、major
B、majority
C、most
D、minority
【正确答案】：B
【题目解析】：本题考查有关多数少数一类词语的辨析。A.major：adj.主要的，n.专业，不符合题意，排除；B.majority:大多数。C.most:大多数；D.minority:少数，小部分,不符合题意,排除。most表示大多数时，直接用most of,不用定冠词the,而majority则需要，即themajority of,故排除C。答案为B。
