recent report stated that the number of Spanish speakers in the U.S. would be higher than

问题补充：

recent report stated that the number of Spanish speakers in the U.S. would be higher than the number of English speakers by year 2090.

A. A; the

B. A; /

C. The; /

D. The; a

答案：

(答案→)A. A; the

B. A; /

C. The; /

D. The; a

解析：考查冠词。Report是可数名词，前面加a表示泛指，the year 2090特指2090年。By the year 2090=by 2090;句意：最近的一次报告说讲西班牙语的人的数量到2090年将多于讲英语的人的数量。