3-anumberof与thenumberof专项练习.doc

a number of与the number of”专项练习

◆ a number of ：一些；若干（=some），后接可数名词复数或代词，谓语动词用复数形式。
如：A number of students are from south. 一些学生来自南方。

备注：a number of …… 词组中还可以加入形容词（big、large、small）表示数量大或小等。如：
a big /large / small number of 许多/少数……

◆ the number of ：……的数目（数量），所修饰的可数名词在句中做主语用时，谓语动词常用单数形式。
如：The number of students who are ill is five. 生病的学生人数是5.

注意：amount 修饰不可数名词。

a large /great amount of 许多，修饰不可数名词，谓语动词用单数。
the amount of …… ……的数量，修饰不可数名词，谓语动词用单数。

【练一练单选题】
1. Look ! There _________ playing with the tourists on Yinhe Square.
A. are a number of deer B. are a number of deers
C. is a number of deer D. is a number of deers
2. The number of __________ in our class _________ fifty.
A. students , is B. the students; are C. the students; is D. students; are
3. The number of the students in our class _________ 54.
A. is B. are C. has D. have
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. The number of pages in this book ___________ three hundred.
A. is B. are C. has D. have

6. __________ our fan clubs is becoming larger and larger.
A. The number of B. A number of C. The number D. A number
7. The head teacher asked _______ boys to clean the meeting hall.
A. a number B. the number C. a number of D. the number of
8. __________ Chinese population is about 1300000000.
A. A number of B. The number of C. A number for D. The number for
9. A number of cars __________ in front of the park.
A. is parked B. was parked C. are parked D. has parked
10. The number of articles published on smoking ______________ amazing.
A. is B. are C. were D. have been

11. The number of the students in this school _________________ four hundred.
A. is B. are C. has D. have
12. Can you make sure of __________ the visitors right now ?
A. a number of B. the number of C. an amount of D. the amount of
13. The number of the students in our school _____ about 3, 000 and a number of them _____ from the countryside.
A. is; is B. is; are C. are; is D. was; were
14. --- What the number of the students __________ in your school ?
--- About two thousand. A number of them ____________ from England.
A. is; are B. is; is C. are; is D. are; are
15. It’s reported that a large numbe of people _____________ been killed and the number ________ added up to nearly 70000.
A. has; has B. have; have C. has; have D. have; has

16. As a result of destroying the forests, _________ a large _________ of desert __________ covered the land.
A. number, has B. quantity, has C. number, have D. quantity, have
17. ___________ new products have been successfully made in the factory.
A. A great deal of B. A number of    C.The number of D. A great amount of
18. _____________ people gather there, talking about the film about Comrade Lei Feng.
A. A great deal of B. The large amount of C. The number of D.A great many
19. _____ visitors to the UK were asked by newspaper reporters what their impressions of the British people were.
A．The number of B．A number of C．Numbers of D．Any numbers of

【翻译题】
1. 我们学校老师的数量是150人。

2.一些小孩子在公园里玩耍。

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