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英语经典习题及解析（二） 名词限定词+名词的数+主位一致 Part One Vocabulary and Structure Directions: Choose the one that best completes the sentence. 1．His parents raise hundreds of________，including four________.（中） A．cattle；cows B．cattles；cow C．cattle；cow D．cattles；cows 2．In ________most countries，a university degree can give you ________flying start in life.（难） A．the；a B．the；不填 C．不填；不填 D．不填；a 3．The ________shoes were covered with mud，so I asked them to take them off before they got into ________car.（中） A．girls；Toms B．girls；Toms C．girls；Toms D．girls；Toms‘ 4．These Germans want to have some _________for supper, so they decide to catch ______now.（中） A. fish, many B. fishes, much C. fish, much D. fishes, many 5．Last year the number of students who graduated with a driving license reached 200,000, a(n)________of 40,000 per year.（中） A．average B．number C．amount D．quantity 6．Sam has been appointed _______ manager of the engineering department to take ____ place of George.（难） A. /, / B. the, / C the, the D./, the 7．I’ll spend half of my holiday practicing English and _______ half learning drawing.（中） A. another B. the other C. other’s D. other 8．The rich ______not always happy.（中） A. are B. is C. have D. has 9．Mother brought me_____.（中） A. a good news B. a piece of news C. many good news D. two news Part Two Reading Comprehension （中） Directions: Choose the one that best completes the sentence. One of the greatest contributions to the first Oxford English Dictionary was also one of its most unusual. In 1879, Oxford University in England asked Prof. James Murray to serve as editor for what was to be the most ambitious dictionary in the history of the English language. It would include every English word possible and would give not only the definition but also the history of the word and quotations (引文)showing how it wa