1.He was eager to make some extra money, since during these years he could hardly live on his_______. ? ??
? wage ? ?b. few wage ? ?c. wage ? ?d. wages?

2.Most of the houses in the village were burnt to ______ during the war.
?a. an ash ? b. the ash ? ?c. ash ? ?d. ashes?
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3.The students at colleges or universities are making ______ for the coming New Year.
? preparations ? ?b. much preparation ? ?c. preparations ? ?d. preparation
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4.Painting in _____ is one of their spare-time activities.
?a. oil ? ?b. an oil ? ?c. oils ? ?d. the oil?
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5.In the view of the foreign experts, there wasn’t ____ oil here.
? ? ?b. lots of ? ?c. a great deal of ? ?d. many
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6.The large houses are being painted, but ______.?
?a. of great expense ? ? ?b. at a great expense ?c. in a lot of expenses d. by high expense
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7.The room was small and contained far too ______.
? new furniture ? ?c. much new furnitures
? new furniture ? ?d. many new furnitures?
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8.Jim was late for two classes this morning.
He said that he forgot both of the ______.
a. rooms number ? ?b. room number ? c. room’s numbers ? ?d. room numbers?
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9.Computers can do ______ work in a short time, but a man can not do ______ by himself. ?
a great many…many ? ? ? c. much…a great deal?
b. a great deal of…much ? ?d. many…a great many
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10.She didn’t know _____ he had been given.?
? many information ? ? c. how many informations b. ? ? ?the number of information ?d. how much information
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【答案解析】
?1-5 DDCCA ? ? 6-10 CADCD