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关于number的用法: OG verbal 5 and OG verbal 72

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楼主
发表于 2007-2-8 10:56:00 | 只看该作者

关于number的用法: OG verbal 5 and OG verbal 72

While there is no doubt to use singular form of number in Q5, it is
hard to appreciate the use of plural numbers in Q72. Any clues? Thanks!



    


    

5. A Labor Department study
states that the numbers of women employed outside the home grew more than a
thirty-five percent increase
in the past decade and accounted for more than
sixty-two percent of the total growth in the civilian work force
(A) numbers of women employed
outside the home grew by more than a thirty-five percent increase
(B) numbers of women employed
outside the home grew more than thirty-five percent
(C) numbers of women employed
outside the home were raised by more than thirty-five percent
(D) number of women employed outside
the home increased by more than thirty-five percent

(E) number of women employed outside the home
was raised by more than a thirty-five percent increase



    72. The gyrfalcon, an Arctic
bird of prey, has survived a close brush with extinction; its numbers are
now five-times greater than
when the use of DDT was sharply restricted in
the early
1970’s.
(A) extinction; its numbers
are now five times greater than
(B) extinction; its numbers
are now five times more than
(C) extinction, their numbers
now fivefold what they were
(D) extinction, now with
fivefold the numbers they had
(E) extinction, now with
numbers five times greater than

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沙发
 楼主| 发表于 2007-2-8 12:15:00 | 只看该作者

I did a search and found the use of the word number is a quite common question. liu977 provided us some clues:

http://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?BoardID=23&ID=127934

liu977:

先声明偶不是斑竹,只是谈谈自己的看法:


        

32题中的number是数量,具体说就是在外工作的妇女数,可能是100000也可能是200000,但都是某一个具体的数,因此只能是单数形式


        

251题以前做时因为没有出题点所以没注意这个问题,谢谢提醒,查了longman,理解这里的numbers是复数做“人数”讲,字典中的例子是:Visitor numbers increase in the summer.游客人数在夏季增加


        

请指正。。。

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