(完整word版)3-anumberof与thenumberof专项练习

“a number of与the number of”专项练习
◆ a number of ：一些；若干（=some），后接可数名词复数或代词，谓语动词用复数形式。

如：A number of students are from south. 一些学生来自南方。

备注：a number of ……词组中还可以加入形容词（big、large、small）表示数量大或小等。

如：
a big /large / small number of 许多/少数……
◆ the number of ：……的数目（数量），所修饰的可数名词在句中做主语用时，谓语动词常用单数形式。

如：The number of students who are ill is five. 生病的学生人数是5.
注意：amount 修饰不可数名词。

a large /great amount of 许多，修饰不可数名词，谓语动词用单数。

the amount of …………的数量，修饰不可数名词，谓语动词用单数。

【练一练单选题】
1. Look ! There _________ playing with the tourists on Yinhe Square.
A. are a number of deer
B. are a number of deers
C. is a number of deer
D. is a number of deers
2. The number of __________ in our class _________ fifty.
A. students , is
B. the students; are
C. the students; is
D. students; are
3. The number of the students in our class _________ 5
4.
A. is
B. are
C. has
D. have
4. The number of people invited ____________ fifty, but a number of them _________ absent for different reasons.
A. were; was
B. was; was
C. was; were
D. were; were
5. The number of pages in this book ___________ three hundred.
A. is
B. are
C. has
D. have
6. __________ our fan clubs is becoming larger and larger.
A. The number of
B. A number of
C. The number
D. A number
7. The head teacher asked _______ boys to clean the meeting hall.
A. a number
B. the number
C. a number of
D. the number of
8. __________ Chinese population is about 1300000000.
A. A number of
B. The number of
C. A number for
D. The number for
9. A number of cars __________ in front of the park.
A. is parked
B. was parked
C. are parked
D. has parked。