表示"许多.大量"的词组用法&自我检测

★只修饰可数名词的有:

many; 许多的；

many a +单数名词 许多，一个又一个的;

more than one +单数名词 不只一个；

a great/good many; 许多, 大量;

a great/large number of; 大量的;

quite a few; 不少，相当多的;

a variety of/varieties of; 各种各样的;

dozens of; 数十个的; 许多;

scores of 许多，大量

★只修饰不可数名词的有

much; 许多的；

a great deal of; 大量的；

a large amount of (谓语动词用单数) 一大笔的；

large amounts of (谓语动词用复数) 大笔大笔的；

quite a little 相当多，很多的；

a large sum of 一大笔；大量的；

★既可修饰可数名词又可以修饰不可数名词的有

a lot of = lots of 许多的；

plenty of; 许多的；

a large quantity of (谓语动词用单数) 大量的；

large quantities of (谓语动词用复数) 大量的；大批大批的；

a mass of=masses of 众多的；

【自我检测】

一. 单项选择

1. More than one person ______ made the suggestion.

A. was B. has C. were D. have

2. The number of people invited _____ fifty, but a number of them ____ absent for different reasons.

A. were; was B. was; was C. were; were D. was; were

3. _____ of coal _____ explored in this area every year.

A. Large amounts; is B. A plenty; is C. A number; is D. Large amounts of; are

4. Every day large quantities of waste water ______ into rivers without being cleaned.

A. is poured B. is pouring C. are poured D. are pouring

5. A number of students ______ playing on the ground but I don’t know what the exact number ___.

A. are; are B. is; is C. are; is D. is; are

二. 选择填空

1. Quantities of food_________(is/are ) on the table.

2. Quantities of nuts_________(is/are ) on the table.

3. A large quantity of food _________(is /are) on the table.

4. A large quantity of nuts_________(is/are ) on the table.

5. Many a ______(student /students) _____(fails /fail) to pass on the examination.

6. Like many a Chinese ______(student /students) today, he could experience, but he could not feel.

7. If you have more than one ______(computer /computers), save one for work only, and use another for fun stuff.

8. The entire conglomeration(建筑群体) has a mass of 1.2 million ______(pound/pounds ), including the shuttle.

9. The database_________(is /are) a mass of charts, tables and maps.

10. There ________(is/are ) masses of ice on the surface of the ocean.

11. There ________(is/are ) masses of people in the street on weekends.

12. There ________(is/are ) lots of pear trees near the house.

13. There _____ (is /are) lots of popcorn in the kitchen.

14. My boss lost a large sum of ____________(money /goods) yesterday.

15. The population of our country______(is /are) very large and a large number of people ____ (is/are ) farmers.