–It is snowing heavily again in the north of China and the farmers suffer great loss.

–______ to people in the north, we’re lucky without a cold winter.

A．Comparing

B．If comparing

C．Compared

D．Bing compared

某班进行队形队列训练，正好排成人数相等的三列，小明排在正中一列，从前或从后数都是第8个，全班学生有（    ）人。