数  词

1. Two___________ died of cold last winter.

A. hundreds old peoples 

B. hundred old people

C. hundreds old people           

 D. hundred old peoples

答：B。hundred，thousand，million，score，dozen与数词连用或与many，several等词连用时，不用复数形式。people指人们，本身是具有复数意义的词，但若指不同国家、不同民族的人时，可用复数。如：We should deepen the friendship between the peoples of the two countries.我们应该加深两国人民之间的友谊。

2. The hero of the story is an artist in his_______.

A. thirtieth      B. thirty      

C. thirty’s       D. thirties

答：D。inone’s twenties (thirties, forties)在某人二(三、四……)十几岁的时候。in one’s teens 在某人十三至十九年龄段的时候。

3. In ______ Marx began to learn Russian.

A. the 1870s       B. 1870’s      

C. 1870s         D. his 1870’s

答；A．在“十九世纪七十年代”可以说成in the 1870’s 或 in the 1870s。

4. In Pisa, there is________ leaning tower.

 A. an 180-foot-high     B. a 180-feet high

 C. a 180-foot-high    D. an 180 feet-high

答：C。连字符所连的词做定语时，不用复数形式。

5. Shortly after the accident, __________ policemen were sent to the spot to keep order.

  A. dozens of       B. dozen      

  C. dozen of        D. dozen

答：A。dozens of 数十

6.  There were __________ people in the room.

A. two score of     B. tv0o scores of   

C. two score        D. two scores

答：A。score与数词，many，several等词连用时，用单数形式．score后常接of，

如two score of eggs。但scores of 表示笼统的数字，意为“数十个”。

7. __________of the students in our class are from the north.

 A. Two nineth   B. Two ninth  

 C. Two ninths   D.  Two ninetbs