Every year _______ students attend the college entrance examination, and ______ them can be admitted into their ideal universities.
A.a quantity; many
B.a quantity of; a good many
C.quantities of; many of
D.quantities; a good many of
答案:C
题目分析:考查词组和主谓一致:a quantity of大量的,后面的谓语是单数,quantities of 大量的,后面的谓语用复数,根据谓语attend可知第一空填C,第二空就是them应该是many of,指他们中很多人,句意:每年大量的学生参加高考,其中很多被理想大学录取了。选C.
点评:同样是表示许多,但用法却不一样: a quantity of修饰可数或不可数名词,后面的谓语是单数a good many 修饰可数名词复数,后面的谓语是复数,quantities of; 修饰可数或不可数名词,后面的谓语是复数,做题时要注意这些细节。