有關名詞用法的15道考題

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

11. I knew I shouldn’t accept anything from such a person, but I found it difficult to turn down his _____.

A. offer                    B. suggestion             C. request                 D. plan

12.________it is to gather with President Bush at such a special Thanksgiving Day in Iraq!

A. what a fun            B. what fun               C. how fun                D. what joy

13. Oh., John________ you gave us!

A. How a great surprise                              B. how pleasant surprise

C. what a pleasant surprise                          D. what pleasant surprise

14 He is________ as a leader but he hasn’t________ in teaching.

A. success; many experiences                      B. a success; much experience

C. great success; an experience                    D. a great success; a lot of experiences

15 —Who did you spend last weekend with?

—________.

A. Palmer’s               B. The Palmers’          C. The Palmers         D. The Palmer’s

【模擬解析】

1. B。復合名詞的復數中含有構詞成分man / woman時，將變為men / women, 且所修飾的名詞也要變成復數。

2. C。特殊類群體名詞 police / cattle 做主語時，謂語動詞用復數；“警察”個體用 policeman / policewoman；牛的個體用 a head of cattle。

3. A。signs指“手勢”，還可用our expressions和gesture等body movements來表達思想。sigh意為“嘆息”，words與前半句矛盾。

4. C。make sense是習語，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。記住：a large / great / good quantity / amount of +復數名詞或不可數名詞，謂語動詞用單數；large / great / good quantities / amounts of +復數名詞或不可數名詞，謂語動詞用復數。

7. A。instructions說明書(常用復數)，explanation解釋、說明。

8. C。Most of  / Half of / Part of / part of +名作主語,謂語與of后面的名詞保持一致。本題中magazines是可數名詞復數，故謂語動詞用復數。

9. B。表示“機會”時，opportunity和chance兩者均可；但表示“可能性”時，只能用chance。

10. A。The number of + 名詞復數，謂語常用單數；A. number of +  名詞復數，謂語常用復數。

11. A。表示主動提供的東西，用offer。

12. B。抽象名詞表泛指時一般不與冠詞連用。

13. C。抽象名詞有前置或后置修飾語時，前面用不定冠詞，使之具體化; 如：A. happy life / a good education in that university / a wide knowledge of nature

14. B。表具有某種特性、狀態、特點、情感、情緒的人和事;如：She is a success in cause but a failure in marriage.(成功者、失敗者)

15. C。表示Palmer一家人，指一家人時常用the +姓氏的復數。