英语单项填空考点——数词练习

1. —How far is it to London from here?

—Oh, it’s only a _____bus-ride.

A. five minutes B. five-minute          C. five minute’s       D. five-minutes

2. I have just finished reading an _____report.

A. eight-thousand-word              B. eight-thousand-words

C. eight-thousands-words   D. eight-thousands-word

3. —What can I do for you?

—I’d like to take _____these tomatoes.

A. two dozen of       B. two dozen     C. two dozens   D. two dozens of

4. —How many dozens of eggs do you want, madam?

—Two_____, please.

A. dozens          B. dozens of      C. dozen            D. dozen of

5. Every year _____foreign friends come to visit China.

A. tens of thousands of       B. ten thousands of      

C. over ten thousands  D. ten of thousands of

6. Our life has greatly changed here since _____.

A. the seventieth     B. the seventies      C. seventy years     D. seventies

7. Room 308 should be read _____.

A. room three o eight     B. three zero eight room     

C. room three zero eight      D. three hundred and eight room

8. I’m sorry to have kept you for _____.

A. an hour and a half hour B. an hour and a half hours

C. one and a half hours             D. a hour and a half

9. We heard that he could swim _____under the water.

A. one minute or two     B. one or two minutes  

C. two minutes or one   D. two or one minute

10. Karl Marx was already in his _____when he began to learn Russian.

A. fiftieth            B. fifty          C. fifty’s              D. fifties

【预测精解】

1. B。由数词加连字符号再加名词作定语，该名词通常用单数形式。但此句也可说成it’s only five minutes’ bus-ride.

2. A。这类“数词+名词”作定语，数词和名词都用单数形式。

3. A。dozen前面有数词时，不能加s，后面直接接名词，不用of。但是，当名词前有the, these, those等时，则须加of表示部分与整体的关系。

4. C。千万不要看到how many dozens就用two dozens，其实当它前面有基数词时，不要加s。

5. A。tens of thousands of数以万计。

6. B。表示“几十年代”用“the +逢十的基数词的复数形式”。

7. A。房间号码和电话号码中的“零”通常念字母O的读音。

8. C。表示“一个半”用one…and a half或one and a half…

9. B。表示“一两分钟(天、月等)”，用“a+单数名词+or two”或“one or two +复数名词”。

10. D。表示“在某人几十多岁时”，用“in one’s +逢十的基数词的复数形式”。