Question

There was _______terrible earthquake in 2011 in Japan! It killed _______ people. A．/, thousa..

There was _______terrible earthquake in 2011 in Japan! It killed _______ people. A．/, thousands of B．/, thousand C．a, thousands of D．a, thousands

Answer 1

C

试题分析：句意：2011年，日本发生了可怕的地震。地震中死了成千上万的人。a terrible earthquake一场可怕的地震用不定冠词a ,表不确定所指时用thousands of，故选C 点评：冠词是中学英语必须掌握的语言点。分为定冠词、不定冠词及零冠词。定冠词the表特指或是双方都知道的人或物，不定冠词a/an表泛指，有“每一”的概念，零冠词即不用冠词的情况，多见于一些固定结构中。单位数量词，表示确定所指时不加s,不加of；表不确定所指时加s,加of.