名词和数词

　　练习一

　　1. Two woman teachers and four girl students were praised at the meeting yesterday. 08.04.46

　　A B C D

　　【答案】A 应改为women。woman的复数形式为women。B正确，因为girl是students的修饰成分，所以不需要用复数。

　　2. I came here three and a half months ago. I think I have made a good progress in English. 95.68

　　A B C D

　　【答案】D progress “进步”是不可数名词，不能用不定冠词a修饰，应该去掉a。

　　3. Students who take the examination will receive their score reports in six week 92.62

　　A B C D

　　【答案】D 全句意为“参加考试的人将在下周六内收到分数。”六周，应为six weeks.

　　4. A good artist like a good engineer learns as many from his mistakes as from successes. 99.62

　　A B C D

　　【答案】C “向……学到很多(learn form……)”表示的是一种抽象意义，不能用many,应把many 改成much。

　　5. The principal reason for the great number of smoke is that there are too many factories in this area. 96.61

　　A B C D

　　【答案】B number 改为amount/quantity.因为smoke是不可数名词,而number只能修饰可数名词.

　　练习二

　　6. Many of the society’s wealth is controlled by large corporations and government agencies.0304.63

　　A B C D

　　【答案】A wealth 是不可数名词，用much而不用many修饰。

　　7. There will be more than three hundreds students taking part in the sports meet. 08.04.48

　　A B C D

　　【答案】B 应改为three hundred。只有在词组hundreds of的时候才加s。

　　8. Let’s not waste time on matters of no important. We have other vital problems to deal with. 0311.55

　　A B C D

　　【答案】B 应改为matters of no importance, of 后要接名词。Be of importance=important;本句意思是：“不要把时间浪费在不重要的事情上，我们还有重要的事情去做。”

　　9. John said his mother would buy him a five-speeds racing bicycle for his sixteenth birthday. 97.64

　　A B C D

　　【答案】B five-speeds改为five-speed或five speeds. 在表示时间,距离,金钱,度量的名词既可以用所有格形式表示,也可以和数词一起组成作定语的复合结构,但名词都要用复数. 该复合结构还可跟一个由连字符连接的合成形容词,但名词要用单数.

　　10. In spite of the wonderful acting, sensitive photography, and well-developed plot, the

　　A B

　　three-hours movie could not hold our attention.

　　C D

　　【答案】C three-hours应改为three-hour。