(三) 例题解析
1 - How many students are there in your school, Mike?
- There are over ___ students in our school.
A. two thousands
B. two thousands of
C. two thousand
D. two thousand of
[答案] C.
[析] 有基数词在前面时thousand， hundred 等词不能加s，也不能加of结构，只有在thousands of时才可以使用。
2 John lives on ___ floor. He doesn't use a lift to go up and down.
A. nine
B. the ninth
C. ninth
D. a ninth
[答案] B.
[析] 序数词前加定冠词，nine 与 ninth 的拼写上有一个e字母相差别。
3 Wu Dong won the girls' ___ race in the school sports meeting last week.
A. 100 metres
B. 100metres
C. 100 metre
D. 100metre
[答案] D.
[析] 数词、名词、形容词等词用连字符连接成的形容词中，名词都不要加s，如： I have to write a twothousandword report.而且由连字符组成的形容词只能放于名词前，不能放于名词后，作后置定语，或用在be动词后作表语。
4 There are ___ students in our school.
A. four hundred twenty
B. four hundred and twenty
C. four hundreds twenty
D. four hundreds and twenty
[答案] B.
5 - How many days are there in a year?
- There are ___ .
A. three hundreds and sixtyfive
B. three hundreds sixtyfive
C. three hundred and sixtyfive
D. three hundred sixty five
[答案] C.
6 We have learned about ___ English words.
A. nine hundreds
B. nine hundred
C. nine hundred of
D. nine hundreds of
[答案] B.
7 Autumn is ___ season of the year.
A. third
B. the three
C. thirds
D. the third
[答案] D.
8 They are learning ___ now.
A. Lesson Eight
B. the eight lesson
C. Lesson Eithth
D. Eighth lesson
[答案] A.
[析] 第几课，第几个门……，在英语中有两种说法，①Lesson Two, Gate Two但要注意每一单词的首字母要大写。② the second lesson, the second gate 首字母不要大写，并要注意有些缩写的读法。如:
p. 8-第8页(page eight)
$ 8.50-8.5美元(five dollars and fifty)
电话号码66164532-(six, six, one, six, four five, three, two)
9 The boy was so hungry that he ate ___ .
A. three bowls of rices
B. three bowl of rice
C. three bowl of rices
D. three bowls of rice
[答案] D.
[析] rice 是不可数物质名词，而bowl是可数名词。
10 There are ___ months in a year.
A. twelve
B. twelf
C. twelveth
D. twelfth
[答案] A.
