巩固练习

一、单项选择

1. Two_______died of cold last winter.

A. hundreds old people

B. hundred old people

C. hundreds old peoples

D. hundred old peoples

2. He was only in_______at that time.

A. his 20's

B. the 20's

C. his twenties

D. the twenties

3. The two great men wrote those letters in_______.

A. 1870's

B. 1870s

C. the 1870's

D. the 1870

4. I wonder if I can ask him_______time.

A. four

B. fourth

C. the fourth

D. a fourth

5. He came out_______in the track events.

A. first

B. one

C. the first

D. the one

6. It was in 1939 that_______broke out.

A. World War Second

B. the World War Second

C. Second World War

D. World War Ⅱ

7. You'll have to spend_______writing your report here.

A. one day or two days

B. one or two day

C. a day or two

D. two days or one

8. He cut the cake_______.

A. in halves

B. in half

C. into the halves

D. into half

9. The earth is nearly_______the moon.

A. 50 time the size of

B. 50 times the size of

C. 50 times as size as

D. 50 times as that of

10. Either you or the headmaster_______the prizes for these gifted students at the meeting.

A. is handing in

B. are to hand out

C. are handing in

D. is to hand out

11._______of the population here are peasants.

A. 20 percents

B. 20 percent

C. The 20 percent

D. The 20 percents

12. It's about_______the thickness of a human hair.

A. two-fifteenth

B. two-fifteenths

C. two fifteen

D. two fifteens

13. The price of such material was reduced_______.

A. by 18 percent

B. to 18 percent

C. at 18 percent

D. for 18 percent

14. South of the equator, 81 percent of the surface of the earth_______water.

A. is

B. are

C. was

D. were

15. They sold_______boxes of such sweets last week.

A. four dozen

B. four dozens

C. four dozens of

D. four dozen of

二、语法填空

1. In her_______(forty), she began to take up writing.

2. He has lived here for two_______(score) years.

3. There were_______( dozen) of people there.

4. That was the_______(three) time he had entered the house.

5. We'll have to do it_______second time.

6. Today is my grandfather's_______(sixty) birthday.

7. A careless mistake cost the company_______(million) of pounds.

8. This rope is three times the_______(long) of that one.

9. The war broke out in_______nineties.

10. Unemployment among blacks was_______(two) as high as that for whites.

11._______(五分之二) of the machines on display were new items.

12. Three_______(quarter) of the theatre was full.

13. Only 18_______(percent) thought employment would rise over the next year.

14. Investment in technology stocks exploded in the_______(20世纪90年代).

15. I haven't had time to arrange everything so I'm all at_______(six) and_______(seven).