摘要：解析：thousand 前有具体数字修饰时，用单数形式，且不与 of 连用。two thousand people 表示“两千人” ，所以选A。

中考英语学霸必做易错陷阱数词选择填空专练四十道及参考答案解析：

数词选择填空练习题

1. It is reported that the floods have left about ______ people homeless.

A. two thousand

B. two - thousands

C. two thousands

D. two thousands of

2. As we all know, eighty-five percent of the students here ______ from the countryside.

A. is

B. are

C. comes

D. are coming

3. The new stadium being built for the next Asian Games will be ______ the present one.

A. as three times big as

B. three times as big as

C. as big as three times

D. as big three times as

4. The number of people invited ______ fifty, but a number of them ______ absent for different reasons.

A. were; was

B. was; was

C. was; were

D. were; were

5. ______ of the land in that district ______ covered with trees and grass.

A. Two fifth; is

B. Two fifth; are

C. Two fifths; is

D. Two fifths; are

6. He has been here for ______ days and he will come back in ______ days.

A. a few; another few

B. few; another few

C. a few; more a few

D. few; more a few

7. —How many students are there in your school?

—______ students, I think.

A. Thousand of

B. Three thousands

C. Three thousand

D. Three thousands of

8. After the new technique was introduced, the factory produced ______ tractors in 1988 as the year before.

A. as twice many

B. as many twice

C. twice as many

D. twice many as

9. Paper produced every year is ______ the world's production of vehicles.

A. the three weight of

B. three times the weight of

C. as three times heavy as

D. three times as heavier as

10. It is not rare in ______ that people in ______ fifties are going to university for further education.

A. 90s; the

B. the 90s; /

C. 90s; their

D. the 90s; their

11. Shortly after the accident, two ______ police were sent to the spot to keep order.

A. dozen of

B. dozens

C. dozen

D. dozens of

12. ______ of the land in that district ______ covered with trees and grass.

A. Two fifth; is

B. Two fifth; are

C. Two fifths; is

D. Two fifths; are

13. Ten years ago the population of our village was ______ that of theirs.

A. as twice large as

B. twice as large as

C. twice as much as

D. as twice much as

14. ______ people in the world are sending information by e - mail every day.

A. Several million

B. Many millions

C. Several millions

D. Many million

15. It is said that the gravity on Mars is only about ______ of the gravity on earth.

A. three - eighths

B. third - eighth

C. three - eighth

D. third - eighths

16. The little boy ate ______ his mother gave him.

A. that

B. which

C. whatever

D. no matter what

17. The hero of the story is an artist in his ______.

A. thirtieth

B. thirty

C. thirty's

D. thirties

18. ______ of the students in our class ______ interested in micro blogs on the Internet.

A. Two fifths; is

B. Two fifths; are

C. Two fifth; is

D. Two fifth; are

19. —What's the date today?

—It's ______.

A. Sunday

B. August the ninth

C. the first of May

D. October fifth

20. The room is ______ the size of that one.

A. two - third

B. two - thirds

C. two third

D. two thirds of

21. It is not rare in ______ that people in ______ fifties are going to university for further education.

A. 90s; the

B. the 90s; /

C. 90s; their

D. the 90s; their

22. He bought ______ books with ______ money.

A. a great many; a great deal of

B. a great deal of; a great many

C. a great many of; a great deal of

D. a great deal of; a great many of

23. About ______ of the workers in that steel works are young people.

A. third - fifths

B. three - fifths

C. three - fives

D. three - fifth

24. It is reported that the United States uses ______ energy as the whole of Europe.

A. as twice

B. twice much

C. twice much as

D. twice as much

25. ______ people in the world are sending information by e - mail every day.

A. Several million

B. Many millions

C. Several millions

D. Many million

26. The price of the meat is twice ______ it was last year.

A. what

B. that

C. as

D. which

27. ______ of the students in our school ______ from the countryside.

A. Three - fourth; are

B. Three - fourths; is

C. Three - fourths; are

D. Three - fourth; is

28. The number of pages in this dictionary ______ about two thousand.

A. are

B. has

C. have

D. is

29. The new bridge is ______ the one built last year.

A. three times as wider as

B. three times the width of

C. three times the width

D. as three times as wide

30. —How many students are there in your school?

—______.

A. Two thousands

B. Two thousand

C. Two thousands of

D. Thousand of

31. In our class ______ of the students ______ girls.

A. third fifths; is

B. three fifths; is

C. three fifths; are

D. third fifth; are

32. The ______ century is often called the Information Age.

A. twenty - one

B. twentieth - one

C. twenty - first

D. twentieth - first

33. It is said that ______ people have entered for the competition.

A. hundred

B. hundreds

C. hundred of

D. hundreds of

34. ______ of the land in that district ______ covered with trees and grass.

A. Two fifth; is

B. Two fifth; are

C. Two fifths; is

D. Two fifths; are

35. The population of China is about ______ of the United States.

A. five times as large

B. five times as much

C. as five times large

D. as five times much

36. There are ______ days in a week and Tuesday is the ______ day of the week.

A. seven; third

B. seventh; three

C. seven; three

D. seventh; third

37. He has failed ______ times, but he won't give up a ______ chance.

A. third; four

B. three; fourth

C. third; fourth

D. three; four

38. About ______ of the workers in the factory were born in the ______.

A. two - thirds; 1970

B. two - thirds; 1970s

C. two - third; 1970

D. two - third; 1970s

39. The library has a collection of ______ books.

A. million

B. millions

C. million of

D. millions of

40. We can say the number 78, 645 in English like this ______.

A. seventy - eight thousand and six hundred and forty - five

B. seventy - eight thousand six hundred and forty - five

C. seventy - eight thousand six hundred forty - five

D. seventy eight thousand six hundred and forty five

参考答案及解析

1. 答案：A

- 解析：thousand 前有具体数字修饰时，用单数形式，且不与 of 连用。two thousand people 表示“两千人” ，所以选A。

2. 答案：B

- 解析：“分数/百分数 + of + 名词”作主语时，谓语动词的单复数取决于 of 后面名词的单复数。students 是复数，所以谓语动词用 are ，选B。

3. 答案：B

- 解析：倍数表达法之一是“倍数 + as + 形容词/副词原级 + as” ，所以“是现在体育场的三倍大”应表达为 three times as big as the present one ，选B。

4. 答案：C

- 解析：the number of...表示“……的数量” ，作主语时谓语动词用单数；a number of...表示“许多……” ，作主语时谓语动词用复数。所以第一空用 was ，第二空用 were ，选C。

5. 答案：C

- 解析：分数表达法是分子用基数词，分母用序数词，当分子大于1时，分母用复数形式。所以“五分之二”是 two fifths ；“分数 + of + 名词”作主语，land 是不可数名词，谓语动词用单数 is ，选C。

6. 答案：A

- 解析：a few 表示“几个，一些” ，修饰可数名词复数；another few days 表示“另外几天” 。所以选A。

7. 答案：C

- 解析：thousand 前有具体数字时用单数形式，且不与 of 连用；thousands of 表示“成千上万的” 。所以“三千学生”是 three thousand students ，选C。

8. 答案：C

- 解析：倍数表达法“倍数 + as + many/much + 名词 + as” ，所以“是前一年两倍多的拖拉机”表达为 twice as many tractors as the year before ，选C。

9. 答案：B

- 解析：倍数表达法“倍数 + the + 名词（如 size, length, weight 等）+ of” ，所以“是世界车辆产量重量的三倍”是 three times the weight of the world's production of vehicles ，选B。

10. 答案：D

- 解析：in the 90s 表示“在90年代” ；in one's fifties 表示“在某人五十多岁时” ，所以选D。

11. 答案：C

- 解析：dozen 前有具体数字时用单数形式，且不与 of 连用。two dozen police 表示“二十四名警察” ，选C。

12. 答案：C

- 解析：同第5题，“五分之二的土地”表达为 two fifths of the land ，land 是不可数名词，谓语动词用 is ，选C。

13. 答案：B

- 解析：倍数表达法“倍数 + as + 形容词原级 + as” ，形容人口多少用 large 或 small ，所以“是他们村人口的两倍多”是 twice as large as that of theirs ，选B。

14. 答案：A

- 解析：million 前有 several 等具体数字修饰时用单数形式 ，several million people 表示“几百万人口” ，选A。

15. 答案：A

- 解析：分数表达法，“八分之三”是 three - eighths ，选A。

16. 答案：C

- 解析：whatever 引导宾语从句，在从句中作宾语，相当于 anything that 。no matter what 只能引导让步状语从句 ，此句是宾语从句，所以选C。

17. 答案：D

- 解析：in one's thirties 表示“在某人三十多岁时” ，选D。

18. 答案：B

- 解析：“五分之二”是 two fifths ，“分数 + of + 名词”作主语，students 是复数，谓语动词用 are ，选B。

19. 答案：B

- 解析：问日期的回答，A选项 Sunday 是星期；C选项 the first of May 表达日期时 May 应大写首字母；D选项 October fifth 表达错误，应为 October the fifth 或 the fifth of October 。B选项 August the ninth “八月九日”正确，选B。

20. 答案：B

- 解析：“三分之二”是 two - thirds ，表示“是……的三分之二大”用 two - thirds the size of ，选B。

21. 答案：D

- 解析：同第10题，in the 90s “在90年代” ；in one's fifties “在某人五十多岁时” ，选D。

22. 答案：A

- 解析：a great many 修饰可数名词复数；a great deal of 修饰不可数名词。books 是可数名词复数，money 是不可数名词，所以选A。

23. 答案：B

- 解析：“五分之三”的正确表达是 three - fifths ，选B。

24. 答案：D

- 解析：倍数表达法“倍数 + as + much + 不可数名词 + as” ，energy 是不可数名词，所以“美国使用的能源是整个欧洲的两倍”表达为 twice as much energy as the whole of Europe ，选D。

25. 答案：A

- 解析：同第14题，million 前有 several 修饰用单数形式，several million people “几百万人口” ，选A。

26. 答案：A

- 解析：此句是表语从句，从句中缺少表语，用 what 引导，what 在从句中作 was 的表语 ，选A。

27. 答案：C

- 解析：“四分之三”是 three - fourths ，“分数 + of + 名词”作主语，students 是复数，谓语动词用 are ，选C。

28. 答案：D

- 解析：the number of...表示“……的数量” ，作主语时谓语动词用单数，此句中谓语动词应表示“是” ，所以用 is ，选D。

29. 答案：B

- 解析：倍数表达法“倍数 + the + 名词（width 宽度）+ of” ，所以“是去年建的桥宽度的三倍”是 three times the width of the one built last year ，选B。

30. 答案：B

- 解析：thousand 前有具体数字用单数形式，且不与 of 连用，“两千学生”是 two thousand students ，选B。

31. 答案：C

- 解析：“五分之三”是 three fifths ，“分数 + of + 名词”作主语，students 是复数，谓语动词用 are ，选C。

32. 答案：C

- 解析：“第二十一世纪”是 the twenty - first century ，选C。

33. 答案：D

- 解析：hundreds of 表示“成百上千的” ，选D。

34. 答案：C

- 解析：同第5题和第12题，“五分之二的土地”是 two fifths of the land ，land 是不可数名词，谓语动词用 is ，选C。

35. 答案：A

- 解析：倍数表达法“倍数 + as + 形容词原级 + as” ，形容人口用 large ，所以“中国人口大约是美国人口的五倍”是 five times as large as that of the United States ，选A。

36. 答案：A

- 解析：“一周有七天”用基数词 seven ；“星期二是一周的第三天”用序数词 third ，选A。

37. 答案：B

- 解析：“三次”用基数词 three ；“再一次机会，第四次机会”用序数词 fourth ，选B。

38. 答案：B

- 解析：“三分之二”是 two - thirds ；in the 1970s 表示“在20世纪70年代” ，选B。

39. 答案：D

- 解析：millions of 表示“数百万的” ，选D。

40. 答案：B

- 解析：数字78,645的正确读法是 seventy - eight thousand six hundred and forty - five ，选B。

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