专题二___冠词、数词.ppt

30．Nowadays ________of business letters are written in English. A．two third B．two thirds C．two three D．second three 解析：考查分数表达法。表达分数时，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。“三分之二”用英语表示为two thirds，故选B。 答案：B 31．Although I failed four times, my father encouraged me to have a ________ try. A．third B．fourth C．fifth D．five 解析：根据前面的four times可知要试第五次，且应用序数词。故选C项。 答案：C 32．(2012·广东)—How was your weekend? —Great! It was my grandfathers ________ birthday. We enjoyed ourselves. A．seventy B．seventieth C．the seventieth D．seventeenth 解析：考查数词的用法。根据语境可知，此处表示“那天是我爷爷的七十岁生日”，应该使用序数词seventieth；又因为空格处前面有my grandfathers修饰，所以为避免修饰词的重复而不再使用定冠词the。故选B。 答案：B 33．(2012·长沙)—How much is the new car? —About eighty________ yuan. A．thousand B．thousands of C．thousands 解析：考查thousand的用法。当thousand前面有具体的数字时，不可以加s，后面也不可以跟of，eighty是具体的数字，故选A。 答案：A 34．(2012·乌鲁木齐)—How old is your daughter? —________. We had a surprise party for her________ birthday last Saturday. A．Twelve; twelfth B．Twelfth; twelve C．Twelve; twelve D．Twelfth; twelfth 解析：考查数词。第一空表示年龄，用基数词；第二空表示第几个生日，用序数词。 答案：A 35．(2012·苏州)The chairperson received about three ________ applications to join the Birdwatching Club. A．hundred B．hundreds of C．hundred of D．hundreds 解析：考查数词的表示法。hundred前面有具体的数词时，不可以加s，也不可以与of连用。three是具体的数词，故选A。 答案：A 36．Nearly ________of the earth ______covered by sea. A．three fourth; is B．three fourths; is C．three fourth; are D．three fourths; are 解析：考查分数的表达和主谓一致。当分子大于1时，分母用序数词的复数形式。“地球表面的四分之三”看作一个整体故动词用第三人称单数形式。 答案：B 37．(2012·丹东)—How many students are there in your class? —There are forty-five students. One third of them are girls.________ are boys. A．Three fifths B．Two thirds C．Three fourths D．A half 解析：由前句中one third“三分之一”可知，此处应选two thirds“三分之二”。 答案：B 38．________ trees have been planted near here, so the air is very fresh. A．Two hundreds B