2017年四川高考英语练习专题：名词
来源 :中华考试网 2017-02-13
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It was late at night.Two__1__(German) were sleeping in their room when suddenly，one of them，Mrs.Green，was woken up and found a thief slipping into their room to try his luck.She had three__2__(thousand) dollars in her pocket.“What should I do?Many__3__(thief) usually bring__4__(knife) with them，” she thought in__5__(silent).And at the same time the thief happened to touch a__6__(sport) suit.It seemed as if he found there was someone in the room，so he went out to the next room where two__7__(Frenchman) were sleeping.When he was looking for__8__(money) or some(jewel)__9__in the next room，Mrs.Green woke up her husband quickly and called the__10__(policeman).And then the thief knew what had happened.He was so scared that he took out a knife.Just then the police came up.Before the thief ran away，the police caught him.For Mrs.Green，it was really an unusual experience.
[语篇解读] 本文为记叙文。讲述了史密斯夫人晚上配合警方抓贼的故事。
1.解析：设空处前有数词two，故设空处需用名词复数形式。Cerman的复数为Germans。
答案：Germans
2.解析：诸如hundred，thousand，million，billion等名词，无论前面是one还是大于one的数词，都需要用单数形式。
答案：thousand
3.解析：由前面的many可知应用复数。thief的复数为thieves。
答案：thieves
4.解析：knife是可数名词，由语境可知此处应用复数形式表泛指。knife的复数为knives。
答案：knives
5.解析：介词后需用名词。in silence为固定词组，意为：静静地。
答案：silence
6.解析：名词作定语时一般用单数形式，但下列名词需用复数形式，它们是：sports，customs(海关)，arms，clothes，sales。
答案：sports
7.解析：Frenchman的复数为Frenchmen。
答案：Frenchmen
8.解析：money为不可数名词。
答案：money
9.解析：jewel的复数为jewels;jewelry为不可数名词，表示jewel的总称。
答案：jewels/jewelry
10.解析：police可以表示“警方，警察部门”。call the police叫警察，报警。
答案：police