1．(2010年江苏扬州中学月考)-Haven’t seen you for ages！Do you still work in Xi’an?

-________.It’s four years since I worked there.

A．No，I don’t 　B．No，I haven’t

C．Yes，I do　　 　D．Yes，I have

解析：选A。考查交际用语。It’s four years since I worked there.应该译成：我不在那里工作已经四年了。因此答话人应该进行否定回答，表示他现在不在那里工作。

5．The number of people invited to the party________fifty，but a number of them________absent for different reasons.

A．were；was　 B．was；was

C．were；were　 D．was；were

解析：选D。the number of...表示“……的数量”作主语时，其谓语动词要用单数形式。a number of...表示“大量的”作主语时，其谓语动词要用复数形式。

4．(2008年高考陕西卷)He doesn’t have________furniture in his room-just an old desk.

A．any　 　B．many

C．some　 　D．much

解析：选D。由于破折号后出现了just an old desk，表示肯定含义，且furniture为不可数名词，故空格处用much。

3．________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

C．The great number of ；was

D．The great number of；were

解析：选B。a great number of“许多”，后加可数名词复数形式，谓语动词用复数。

2．(2009年浙江杭州模拟)It is said that there’re millions of camels in India and ________ of them is still increasing.

A．the number　 B．the amount

C．the quantity　 D．a number

解析：选A。the number of指数量，后加可数名词复数，谓语动词用单数。

1．The number of students in our school________about 30,000 and ________them study hard.

A．is；a large amount of　 B．are；a number of

C．are；large amount of　 D．is；a large number of

解析：选D。the number of“……的数量”，后接可数名词的复数，谓语动词用单数；a large amount of后加不可数名词。

5．When the second earthquake happened，some of the________(救援)workers and doctors were trapped under ruins.

答案：rescue

4．While I was cooking supper，the________(电)went off.

答案：electricity

3．Many people went to the ______ (灾难)area to help the victims as volunteers after the Wenchuan Earthquake happened.

答案：disaster

2．It’s wrong for you to take________(躲避)under the tree in the storm.

答案：shelter