一、基数词写法、读法的考查
1.There are _______ days in a week.
A. the seven B. seventh C. the seventh D. seven (2002北京海淀区)
2.—Can you write the number eighty-five thousand,six hundred and twenty-six?
—Yes,it is. ________.
A. 85662 B. 85626 C. 58662 D. 58626 (2001江西)
[析]基数词的写法须熟记:1至12逐个记忆,13至19均以-teen结尾;20至90十位数整数皆以后缀-ty结尾;21至99(整十除外),在十位数与个位数之间加连字符号;101至999,在百位与十位之间加 and;一千以上的基数词,从后面向前数,阿拉伯数字每三位为一段,用逗号分开,所用的数字名称依次为thousand,million,billion,需要注意的是,在这里它们的后面不能加-s。
二、序数词构成、用法的考查
3. I think ______ lesson is the most difficult in this book.
A. five B. fifth C. the fifth D. fifteen (2002大连)
4. December is the ______ month in a year.
A. twenty B. twelve C. twentieth D. twelfth (2002吉林)
[析]序数词的构成一般是在基数词后加-th,但也有几个例外。请记住这个顺口溜:“一、二、三特殊记,词尾字母t,d,d。八减t,九去e,f替ve。逢上y字换ie。词尾普加th。”另外,序数词前一般要用定冠词the。
三、分数词构成、用法的考查
5. About ______ of the workers in the clothes factory are women.
A. third fifths B. third fifth C. three fifths D. three fifth (2002甘肃)
[析]分数词的写法一般是:分子用基数词表示,分母用序数词表示:分子为“1”,分母用序数词的单数形式;分子大于“1”,分母用序数词的复数形式。另外,分数主语的数取决于of后面的名词的数。
四、数词与名词表编号的考查
6. The new student is in _______.
A. Class 2 B. Class Second C. 2 Class (2002武汉)
[析]在通常情况下,表示年级、班、行、课等的编号时用基数词。其习惯表达为年级、班、行、课等的词在前,基数词在后,且词首的字母要大写。即“名词+基数词”也可用“the+序数词+名词”表示。
五、hundred,thousand,million等词复数形式的考查
7. ______ travelers come to visit our city every year.
A. Hundred of B. Hundreds of
C. Five hundreds D. Hundred (2002哈尔滨)
[析]一般地,基数词 hundred,thousand,million,billion等前有具体数字时,它们后面不能加-s,也不带of。它们的复数形式后面常需跟of...短语,表示约数。如:hundreds of数百,thousands of成千上万,millions of数百万 三、分数词构成、用法的考查
5. About ______ of the workers in the clothes factory are women.
A. third fifths B. third fifth C. three fifths D. three fifth (2002甘肃)
[析]分数词的写法一般是:分子用基数词表示,分母用序数词表示:分子为“1”,分母用序数词的单数形式;分子大于“1”,分母用序数词的复数形式。另外,分数主语的数取决于of后面的名词的数。