题目内容：

(of) the three major drinks—tea,coffee and cocoa,tea is drunk by the ____in the world.为什么用of
(of) the three major drinks—tea,coffee and cocoa,tea is drunk by the largest number ofthe people in the world.为什么用of

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这里"of”表示“在...之中”,这句话为将状语提前的倒装句,把状语放到后面应为：Tea is drunk by the largest number of the people in the world of the three major drinks--- tea,coffee and cocoa.如果去掉of,则句子不完整.