问：number的用法

可以，在大全里找找

出现 numbers 的选项几乎总是错的

楼上的请看og251

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

A是正确答案