数词难点揭秘一、数词竟然有复数,平时学习不注意 难点介绍: 对数词的掌握不少同学建立在基数词、序数词及其转换上,很少有人会想到数词的复数形式,结果造成高考中的失分
题例分析: 例 1:It is rare in ________ that people in ________ fifties are going to university for further education
90s; the B
the 90s; / C
90s; their D
the 90s; their 析:D
第一空表"在 90 年代",应用 in the 90s 短语;第二空表"在他们五十多岁时",应用 in their fifties 短语,但不少同学不了解数词的复数形式,结果只能乱选一气
例 2:All of the students came into the classroom by ________
two and three B
twos and three C
two and threes D
twos and threes 析:D
三三两两应表达为 by twos and threes,但有些同学因对数词的复数形式缺乏了解而造成解题错误
例 3:It is said that this terrible matter happened in ________
eighties B
eighty C
the eighty D
the eighties 析:D
in the eighties 表"在八十年代",符合题意,但有些同学因对这种语法现象知之甚少而造成解题错误
应对方法:重视 数词的复数形式,熟悉数词的复数形式,如 by twos and threes 三三两两,in the eighties 在八十年代;in his