In 1914 a total of 469,000 cars and trucks were produced in the United States, but in 1929 almost twice the numbers of tucks alone came off the assembly lines.
A. the numbers of tucks alone
B. that number of trucks alone
C. the number of trucks by themselves
D. as many trucks themselves
E. as many trucks by themselves
A,B, C考的应该不是惯用法,而是指代问题。 twice that number意思是是哪个数字的两倍的。。
In 1914 a total of 469,000 cars and trucks were produced in the United States, but in 1929 almost twice the numbers of tucks alone came off the assembly lines. A. the numbers of trucks alone B. that number of trucks alone C. the number of trucks by themselves D. as many trucks themselves E. as many trucks by themselves
答案是B的 原因为 1) 我们会说 a number of trucks, 可是不能说成 a numbers of trucks. 因此 the numbers of trucks alone 是不对的.