英语常用词用法手册(打印版)试题.doc

a a 1)a不一定只能指单数的事物。复数的事物如果作为一个整体受到定语修饰，该定语前面可以有a或者表示不定指的形容词。【例如】a mere 100区区一百 a full fifteen years整整十五年 a contentious three years纷争的三年Last year, Carnegie Mellon University received a record 18,864 applications and admitted 6,357.(Newsweek, Aug. 21—Aug. 28, 2006, p. 68) 去年，卡内基·梅隆大学收到了创纪录的18864份入学申请，录取了6357人。The famous Desert Fox (= German Field Marshal Rommel) still had an estimated 80,000 German and Italian troops. (US News World Report, Oct. 28, 2002, p. 47) 有名的沙漠之狐(隆美尔)仍然有大约八万德意军队。 2)当某一专有名词前有说明该人或事物一时的、非固有的情状的定语时，该定语前面可以有a。【例如】A stubborn Senate voted Wednesday to ease restrictio