#英語習題#
不要花太多的時間埋怨自己的英語不好,請花更多的時間做習題,鞏固語法知識點,最後才能水到渠成。名詞的複數變化規則,是學英語必會語法之一。而且有些名詞不是絕對的不可數名詞,通常在意思發生變化的時候,也可以是可數名詞。
一、用下表所給名詞的正確形式填空,每個單詞只用一次。
1. The age at which the first tooth appears differs greatly from child to child. Very occasionally, children are born with one or more _____.
2. I need some _____ to light the fire.
3. Studies are showing that _____ process information differently from women.
4. Maria needed some legal advice for her businesses, so she contacted two _____.
5. New scientific _____ are made every day in _____ throughout the world.
6. The farmer loaded his cart with _____ of fresh vegetables to take to market. His cart was pulled by two _____.
7. The north side of the island has no _____ for people to walk on. There are only steep _____. No one can climb theses steep walls of rock.
8. The music building at the university has 27 _____ for students to play on.
9. People get most of their news about the world through the mass _____, that is, through radio, television, the internet, newspapers, and magazines.
二、用下表所給名詞的正確形式填空,每個單詞只用一次。
1. I don't have much _____. Just two small bags.
2. They are going to tell you all you want to know. They are going togive you a lot of _____.
3. There is room for everybody to sit down. There are a lot of _____.
4. We have no _____, not even a bed or a table.
5. 'What does Alan look like?' He's got a long beard and very short _____.
6. Carla's English is very bad. She must make _____.
7. George is unemployed. He's looking for a _____.8. If you want to leave work early, you have to ask for _____.
9. I don't think Ann will get the job. She hasn't got enough _____.
10. Shakespeare’s _____ are wonderful.
三、答案、參考翻譯及解析
習題一答案及參考翻譯
1. teeth
第一顆牙齒出現的年齡因人而異。偶爾,孩子出生時會有一顆或多顆牙齒。
2. matches
我需要一些火柴來生火。
3. men
研究顯示,男性處理信息的方式與女性不同。
4. attorneys
瑪麗亞需要為她的生意提供一些法律諮詢,所以她聯繫了兩位律師。
5. discoveries, laboratories
世界各地的實驗室每天都有新的科學發現。
6. boxes, oxen
農夫把一箱箱的新鮮蔬菜裝到他的手推車上,準備運往市場。他的車被兩頭牛拉著。
7. beaches, cliffs
島的北面沒有供人們步行的海灘。只有陡峭的懸崖。沒有人能爬上這些陡峭的巖壁。
8. pianos
這所大學的音樂大樓有27架鋼琴供學生演奏。
9. media
人們通過大眾傳播媒介,也就是說,通過廣播、電視、網際網路、報紙和雜誌,獲得了關於世界的大部分新聞。
習題二答案、參考翻譯及解析
1. luggage
我的行李不多。就兩個小包。
解析:luggage 是不可數名詞。
2. information
他們會告訴你你想知道的一切。他們會給你很多信息。
解析:information 是不可數名詞。
3. chairs
每個人都有坐下的空間。有很多椅子。
解析:chair 是可數名詞。
4. furniture
我們沒有家具,連床和桌子都沒有。
解析:furniture 是不可數名詞。
5. hair
「艾倫長什麼樣?」他留著長鬍子,頭髮很短。
解析:hair 譯為」頭髮「時,是不可數名詞,但它表示」(根)頭髮「時,可以作為可數名詞,例如:
There are two hairs in my coffee!
我咖啡裡有兩根頭髮。
6. progress
卡拉的英語很差。她必須取得進步。
解析:progress 是不可數名詞。
7. job
喬治失業了。他在找工作。
解析:job 是不可數名詞。
8. permission
如果你想早點下班,就得獲得批准。
解析:permission 譯為」準許;許可;批准「時,是不可數名詞,但當 permission 譯為」許可證「時,可以作為可數名詞,例如:
The publisher is responsible for obtaining the necessary permissions to reproduce illustrations.
出版者負責取得準予複製插圖的必要許可文件。
9. experience
我認為安不會得到那份工作。她沒有足夠的經驗。
解析:experience 譯為」經驗,經歷,閱歷「等時,是不可數名詞,但當 experience 表示具體的一次經歷時,可以作為可數名詞,例如:
I had a bad experience with fireworks once.
我放煙火有過一次不愉快的遭遇。
10. works
莎士比亞的作品很精彩。
解析:work 譯為」工作,勞動,職責,工作內容「等時,是不可數名詞,但當 work 譯為」著作,作品「時,可以是可數名詞。