dozen和score的用法要注意以下几点:
1)dozen与数词或many, several等连用时,不加s,所修饰的名词前常省去of。如two (many, several) dozen pencils。但是,在a dozen of these / those people, two dozen of them等短语中应加of,这是习惯用法。
2)two score of people中应加of,但像three score and ten people (70人)中不加of。
3)表示泛指可使用dozens / scores of形式。
【考例】 It is reported that the floods have left about_______people homeless.(2007浙江卷)
A. two thousand
B. two-thousands
C. two thousands
D. two thousands of
【答案】 A
【解析】 thousand, million等表示确切数目时不能加s,其前可加数词或several, some等修饰,其后通常不跟of。
【考例】 She went to the bookstore and bought_______.(2006北京卷)
A. dozen books
B. dozens books
C. dozen of books
D. dozens of books
【答案】 D
【解析】 dozen前有具体数字或some, several等修饰时其后不加s;但是表示笼统数目时,要加s,其前不能用数词,其后常跟of。
【考例】_______people in the world are sending information by e-mail every day.
A. Several million
B. Many millions
C. Several millions
D. Many million
【答案】 A
【解析】 million前可用several修饰,此时其后不能加s,many不能修饰million。表达“几百万”也可用millions of。
【考例】 Mr. Smith_______me to buy several_______eggs for the dinner party.
A. asked; dozen
B. suggested; dozens of
C. had; dozen
D. persuaded; dozens
【答案】 A
【解析】 dozen前有具体数字或some, several等修饰时要用单数形式;have作使役动词时,宾补应省to。
表达“在某人几十几岁”用“in one's+逢十的基数词复数”;表达“在几十年代”用“in the+逢十的基数词复数”。
【考例】 It is not rare in_______that people in_______fifties are going to university for further education.
A. 90s; the
B. the 90s; 不填
C. 90s; their
D. the 90s; their
【答案】 D
【解析】 根据题意,第一空应表示“年代”,第二空表示“在某人几十岁的时候”。
【考例】 It took us quite a long time to get here. It was_______journey.
A. three hour
B. a three hour
C. a three-hour
D. three hours
【答案】 C
【解析】 合成形容词作定语时,其中的名词用单数形式。
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