问题
选择题
She has a slim chance of getting the job, for _________ people have applied for it.
A．a great many of
B．a large number of
C．a great deal of
D．a large amount of
答案
答案：B
本题的含义是她得到这份工作的机会很小，因为有很多的人应聘此工作，a large number of表示大量的意思，修饰可数名词的复数，与本题相符，故本题选B。