数词考点大盘点

一、数词考点大盘点

数词在高考中虽然不像其它词类那么"热",但也有其考查的重点和难点,须引起同学们的注意。
一、考查基数词的用法
1. 基数词hundred, thousand, million等表示确切数目时,其词尾不能加-s,其前面可用数词或several, some等修饰;当表示笼统数目时,其词尾要加-s,可跟of连用,其前不能用数词,但可以用several, some等修饰。
【原题再现】
________ people in the world are sending information by e-mail every day.
A. Several million B. Many millions C. Several millions D. Many million
【解析】 million前可用several修饰,此时其后不能加-s, many不能修饰million。表达"几百万"也可用millions of。答案为A。
2. dozen和score的用法要注意以下几点:
1) dozen与数词或many, several等连用时,不加-s,所修饰的名词前常省去of。如two (many, several) dozen pencils。但是,在a dozen of these / those people, two dozen of them等短语中应加of,这是习惯用法。
2) two score of people中应加of,但在three score and ten people(70人)中,不加of。
3) 表示"几十;许多"时,可使用dozens of; scores of形式。
【原题再现】
Mr. Smith ________ me to buy several ________eggs for the dinner party.
A. asked; dozen B. suggested; dozens of C. had; dozen D. persuaded; dozens
【解析】 dozen前有具体数字或some, several等修饰时要用单数形式;have作使役动词时,应该用省略to的动词不定式作宾补。答案为A。
3. 注意年龄、年代的表达法。表达"在某人几十岁时"用"in one's +逢十的基数词复数";表达"在几十年代"时,用"in the +逢十的基数词复数"。
【原题再现】
It is not rare in ________that people in ________ fifties are going to university for further education.
A. 90s; the B. the 90s; / C. 90s; their D. the 90s; their
【解析】根据题意,第一空应表示"年代"; 第二空表示"在50多岁的时候"。答案为D。
二、考查序数词的用法
序数词一般由基数词+th构成。以y结尾的基数词构成序数词时,先把y变为i,再加eth。如twentieth; fiftieth。常用的不规则的序数词有:first, second, third, fifth, eighth, ninth, twelfth。序数词前通常要加定冠词the,但序数词不表示顺序而表示"再一;又一"时,前面要用不定冠词a(an)。
【原题再现】
The cakes are delicious. He'd like to have ________ third one because ________ second one is rather too small.
A. a; a B. the; the C. a; the D. the; a
【解析】从句意可知,第一空表示"再一",应填a;第二空表示顺序"第二",应填the。答案为C。
三、考查分数和百分数的用法
表示几分之几或百分之几的人或物时,须在分数或百分数和人或物之间加of。若充当主语,谓语动词的数须与of后的名词保持一致。
【原题再现】
________ of the land in that district________ covered with trees and grass.
A. Two fifth; is B. Two fifth; are C. Two fifths; is D. Two fifths; are
【解析】"五分之二"应为"two fifths";land是不可数名词,谓语动词应使用单数形式。答案为C。
四、考查倍数的表达法
英语中表达倍数常用下列句型:
1. A is three / four...times the size / height / length / width...of B.
2. A is three / four...times as big / high / long / wide...as B.
3. A is three / four...times bigger / higher / longer / wider...than B.
用times表示倍数时,一般只限于三倍或三倍以上的数,表示两倍常用twice或double。
【原题再现】
It is reported that the United States uses ________ energy as the whole of Europe.
A. as twice B. twice much C. twice much as D. twice as much
【解析】倍数应位于as...as结构之外。答案为D。


二、历年高考中的数词
1. We are going to learn ____ next week. 【1982】（A）
A. Lesson Twelve B. Lesson Twelfth
C. Twelfth Lesson D. The Lesson Twelfth
2. About ____ of the workers in that steel works are young people. 【1983】（B）
A. third-fifths B. three-fifths C. three-fives D. three-fifth
3. The farmer has raised ____ of ____ of ____ on his farm. 【1985】（B）
A. hundred; head; cattle B. hundreds; head; cattle
C. hundred; heads; cattle D. hundreds; heads; cattles
4. Two ____ died of cold last winter. 【1988】（B）
A. hundreds old people B. hundred old people
C. hundreds old peoples D. hundred old peoples
5. The hero of the story is an artist in his ____ . 【1991】（D）
A. thirtieth B. thirty C. thirty's D. thirties
6. Shortly after the accident，two ____ police were sent to the spot to keep order. 【1992】（C）
A. dozen of B. dozens C. dozen D. dozens of
7. He did it ____ it took me. 【京2003】（D）
A. one-third a time B. one-third time C. the one-third time D. one-third the time
8 With the help of the German experts, the factory produced ________ cars in 1993 as the year before.( 1994上海) (D)
A. as twice many B. as many as twice C. as twice as many D. twice as many
9. Mr. Smith _______ me to buy several _________ eggs for the dinner. (1994上海) (A)
A. asked, dozen B. suggested, dozens of C. had, dozen D. persuaded, dozens
10. Paper produced every year is ______ the world’s production of vehicles.(1998上海) (B)
A. the three times weight of B. three times the weight of
C. as three times heavy as D. three times as heavier as
11. It is not rare in_________ that people in ______ fifties are going to university for further education.(1999上海) (D)
A. 90s, the B. the 90s, / C. 90s, their D. the 90s, their
12. _________of the land in that district _______ covered with trees and grass.( 2000上海) (C)
A. Two fifth, is B. Two fifth, are C. Two fifths, is D. Two fifths, are
13. As a result of destroying the forests, a large ________ of desert ________ covered the land. (2001上海) (B)
A. number, has B. quantity, has C. number, have D. quantity, have
14. ________ people in the world are sending information by E-mail every day. (2001上海) (A)
A. Several million B. Many millions C. Several millions D. Many million
15. Americans eat ______ vegetables per person today as they did in 1910. (2002上海春) (D)
A. more than twice B. as twice as many C. twice as many as D. more than twice as many
16. Many students signed up for the ______ race in the sports meeting to be held next week．(2003上海春) (A)
A．800-meter-long B．800-meters-long C．800 meter length D．800 meters length
17. He did it ____ it took me. (2003北京) (D)
A. one-third a time B. one-third time C. the one-third time D. one-third the time


三、数词强化练习题
1. He is a student of ____.
A. Class Second B. the Class Two C. Class Two D. Second Class
2. He wrote a ____ composition.
A. two-thousand-words B. two-thousand-word
C. two-thousands-word D. two-thousands-words
3. About ____ of the workers in that steel works are young people.
A. third-fifths B. three-fifths C. three-fives D. three-fifth
4. He began to write poems in his ____.
A. thirtieth B. thirty C. thirty's D. thirties
5. -When is your birthday
-It's on Saturday____.
A. third March B. the third of March
C. three March D. the three of March
6. ____ of the students in our class are from the south.
A. Two-nineth B. Two-ninth C. Two-ninths D. Two-nineths
7. I've told him ____.
A. a hundred time B. hundred times
C. hundred of times D. hundreds of times
8. They have been in the reading-room since ____.
A. a long time B. it had been open C. eight o'clock D. two hours
9. I'll never give up not even on ____ try.
A. the 1,000 or 10,000 B. the 1,000 and 10,000
C. the 1,000th or 10,000th D. the 1,000th and 10,000th
10. Do you know when ____ broke out
A. Second World War B. the Second World War
C. World War Second D. the World War Two
11. The price was reduced ____.
A. by 20 percents B. by 20 percent C. by percent of 20 D. on 20 percent
12. This map is ____ small as that one.
A. half as B. as half C. two-ninth as D. two as
13. Ask him to give me ____.
A. the two B. the second C. the two one D. the second one
14. By 8:00，____ people had arrived，after a while ____ got there.
A. forty; forty-first B. eight; ninth
C. eleven; a twelfth D. nineteen; a twenty
15. There will be more than 3 ____ students taking part in the sports meet.
A. hundred B. hundreds C. hundreds of D. hundred of
16. ____ of the magazines ____ borrowed from the reading-room.
A. Two-five; is B. Two-fifth; is C. Two-fifths; are D. Two-fifths; is
17. A nucleus（原子核） is about ____ of an atom（原子）.
A. one million the size B. one millionth the size
C. one million of D. a million of
18. 9 ____ 3 is three.
A. divides by B. divided by C. is divided by D. divided into
19. You'll get ____ going and none will be left at home.
A. three of them B. three them C. the three of them D. some of them
20. Flight BA 123 to Vienna is now boarding at ____.
A. Gate 21 B. 21st Gate C. the Gate 21 D. 21 Gate
21. Bill bought three books，____ in Japanese，____ in French and ____ in Chinese.
A. the first; the other; the third B. one; the other; a third
C. one; another; the third D. one; the other; another
22. According to a new survey，unemployment was at 6. 2%，half that in France，____ Germany.
A. a third fewer than B. third less than
C. a third less than D. a third under
23. He failed once. Then he tried____ time.
A. two B. the second C. a second D. seconds
24. My father served in the army in ____ when he was in____.
A. 1950's; twenties B. the 1950's; his twenties
C. the 1950's; the twenties D. 1950's; the twenties
25. You can't imagine that rats eat 40 to 50 times ____.
A. in weight B. by weight C. of weight D. their weight

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