?? ?1. The commander said that two________ would be sent to the Iraqi front the next day.

  A. women’s doctor B. women doctors C. women’s doctors D. women doctor

  2. “Look! The police ________ here to keep order! Go away quickly,” one of them shouted.

  A. is coming B. comes C. are coming D. has come

  3. She could not speak English, but made her wishes known by means of _____.

  A. signs B. sighs C. movements D. words

  4. In my opinion, what he told us just now about the affair simply doesn’t make any _____.

  A. idea B. meaning C. sense D. point

  5. Shelly had prepared carefully for her English examination so that she could be sure of passing it on her first _____.

  A. intention B. attempt C. purpose D. desire

  6. ________ food is kept in his new cave, but at last Saddam was still arrested.

  A. Large quantities of B. A great deal of C. A large number of D. Quite a few

  7. –– Let’s try operating the machine right now.

  ––Wait. Better read the _____first.

  A. instructions B. explanations C. information D. introduction

  8.The rest of the magazines________ within half an hour.

  A. is sold out B. was sold out C. were sold out D. are sold out

  9. You’d have more _____of catching the train if you took a bus to the station instead of walking.

  A. opportunity B. chance C. time D. energy

  10.The number of deer, mountain lions and wild roses________ much if people leave things________ they are.

  A. doesn’t change; as B. aren’t changed; like C. don’t change; like D. don’t change; as

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? ?【答案解析】
? ? ??1. B。復(fù)合名詞的復(fù)數(shù)中含有構(gòu)詞成分man / woman時(shí),將變?yōu)閙en / women, 且所修飾的名詞也要變成復(fù)數(shù)。

  2. C。特殊類(lèi)群體名詞 police / cattle 做主語(yǔ)時(shí),謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用復(fù)數(shù);“警察”個(gè)體用 policeman / policewoman;牛的個(gè)體用 a head of cattle。

  3. A。signs指“手勢(shì)”,還可用our expressions和gesture等body movements來(lái)表達(dá)思想。sigh意為“嘆息”,words與前半句矛盾。

  4. C。make sense是習(xí)語(yǔ),意為“有道理”、“意義清楚”。

  5. B。比較:attempt=嘗試,企圖;intention=意圖;purpose=目的;desire=欲望。

  6. B。記?。篴 large / great / good quantity / amount of +復(fù)數(shù)名詞或不可數(shù)名詞,謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單數(shù);large / great / good quantities / amounts of +復(fù)數(shù)名詞或不可數(shù)名詞,謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用復(fù)數(shù)。

  7. A。instructions說(shuō)明書(shū)(常用復(fù)數(shù)),explanation解釋、說(shuō)明。

  8. C。Most of / Half of / Part of / part of +名作主語(yǔ),謂語(yǔ)與of后面的名詞保持一致。本題中magazines是可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù),故謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用復(fù)數(shù)。

  9. B。表示“機(jī)會(huì)”時(shí),opportunity和chance兩者均可;但表示“可能性”時(shí),只能用chance。

  10. A。The number of + 名詞復(fù)數(shù),謂語(yǔ)常用單數(shù);A. number of + 名詞復(fù)數(shù),謂語(yǔ)常用復(fù)數(shù)。