Question

英语语法

He finished his school in 1992; he was ______that year.
A. fifteen years of age B. at the age of fifteen
C. fifiteen years age D. fifteen old

Answer 1

He finished his school in 1992; he was ______that year.
A. fifteen years of age B. at the age of fifteen
C. fifiteen years age D. fifteen old
首先感谢du小佑，终于给我平反，从黑屋中无罪释放。第一次答题。
答：首先可以排除CD。
我们平时说某人的年龄时，非常熟悉的说法是：He is fifteen years old.
这是一个主系表结构的句子。表语的中心词是形容词old, fifteen years 是名词短语作副词用，修饰形容词old的。
口语中常省略，说：He is fifteen. 大家都知道，这句话表达什么。尽管字面意思是：“他是十五”。不会往他身高、体重上去想。
没见到过He is fifteen years. 的说法。原因可能是，主表不搭配：“他（是）十五年”。表意不清。 因为15 years是一段时间。人不是时间。
有 XX years of age的说法。 of age可以看作 years的限定。
查一查权威词典呢！
剑桥高级学习词典：
age 1 noun [C or U]
the period of time someone has been alive or something has existed:
She was 74 years of age when she wrote her first novel.
He left home at the age of 16.

牛津高阶英汉双解词典
age 1
[C, U] length of time that a person has lived or a thing has existed 人所生活的或事物所存在的期间; 年龄; 年岁; 年纪; 寿命:
What age is he? 他多大年纪?
* He's six years of age/six years old. 他六岁.

朗文当代英语词典：
Dad retired at the age of 56.
海词在线词典 ：
He died at the age of ninety.
结论：A 是完全正确的！ 倒是at the age of 15， 词典上见到的只有作时间状语，不怎么看到作表语的。
所以，最佳答案应为A，不是B。

Answer 2

B. at the age of fifteen

Answer 3

毫无疑问 B 正确！ A

Answer 4

at the age of是固定搭配，意思是在......的年龄。故选B！

Answer 5

B.

Answer 6

a