2019屆高考英語Unit 4 Earthquakes精講復習教案
他們決定結束爭吵。
④being out of work and having two young children,they found it impossible to make ends meet.他們失業了,還要養活兩個小孩,他們發現無法維持起碼的生活。
9.he’s going to relax with friends once the exams are________and he has exciting plans for the summer holidays.
a.at the end b.by the end
c.in the end d.at an end
解析: be at an end表示“結束,終結”,符合句意。at the end (of)在(……的)末端;by the end (of)到(……)結束時;in the end最后。
答案: d
a (great) number of許多;大量
教材原句p26:such a great number of people died because the quake happened while they were sleeping.
那么多的人喪生是因為地震發生在人們睡覺的時候。
修飾可
數名詞 a large/great/good number of,a good/great many,quite a few,dozens of,scores of,many a+單數可數名詞
修飾不可
數名詞 a good/great deal of,a large amount of,quite a little
修飾可數或不
可數名詞 a lot of,lots of,a large quantity of,large quantities of,plenty of
表示“許多”的短語可分為三類:
①a large number of people applied for the job.
許多人申請了這份工作。
②because of the economic crisis,a great number of workers were out of work.由于經濟危機,大量工人失去工作。
③helen has a great many friends indeed,but she does not think she has any she can believe in.
海倫固然有許多朋友,可是她認為沒有一個是可以信任的。
④the poor girl from a small village was deeply impressed by the large quantities of food in the big city.大城市里大量豐富的食品給這個來自小山村的窮苦的小女孩留下了深刻的印象。
(1)a number of+pl.n.作主語,謂語動詞用復數,“許多……;大量……”。
the number of+pl.n.作主語,謂語動詞用單數,“……的數目”。如果說“數量多少”,要用large,small或high,low,不用many,few。
(2)large quantities of+pl.n./[u]n.作主語,謂語動詞用復數。
large amounts of+[u]n.作主語,謂語動詞用復數。
⑤the number of homeless people has increased rapidly.
無家可歸的人數迅速增加。
⑥large quantities of clean water are badly needed in the flooded area.洪災地區急需大量清潔的水。
10.(全國高考)as you can see,the number of cars on our roads________rising these days.
a.was keeping b.keep
c.keeps d.were keeping
解析: 句意為:正如你所見,目前道路上汽車的數量在不斷增加。the number of作主語時,謂語動詞用單數,可排除b、d;再根據時間狀語these days 可知描述的是現在的情況,所以選c。
答案: c
11.________children whose parents had died in the earthquake________sent to live with families in other cities.
a.a great number of;was
b.a great number of;were