问题
选择题
Two _____ died of cold last winter.
A．scores of old people
B．score of old people
C．scores of old peoples
D．score of old peoples
答案
答案：B
考查数词的用法：score的前面有具体数字修饰时，score后面不加复数，而scores of是许多的意思，people表示人们时，是集体名词，不用复数，选B,句意是：去年冬天40人冻死了。选B。