several many 与hundred组合用法

1、-作者xxxx-日期xxxxseveral many 与hundred组合用法【精品文档】我对hundred, thousand和million三词用法的困惑 我们先看看几道中考试题：1. Many _ trees should be planted on the mountains. （2007年山东青岛）B.thousand of C. thousands D.thousands of 答案：D2. In our school several _ students are able to search the Internet for useful information now. (20

2、03年江苏盐城)A. hundred ofB. hundreds forC. hundred 答案：C3. Beijing is a beautiful city. And _ foreigh friends come to visit Beijing every month.(2010年贵州铜仁中考样卷)A.many thousand of B. several thousands C. two thousands D.thousands of答案：D大家知道，中考在考查学生数词的用法时，hundred, thousand和million三词用法是考查热点。我们都知道当它们前面有具体的数词修

3、饰时，hundred, thousand和million不能加-s, 当它们后面接of时，它们必须加-s. 不管哪种情况，它们都是直接接名词，名词前不能有限定词。但是，如果hundred, thousand和million前面有many和several等不确定的数修饰时，该如何表达呢？通过上面三题的参考答案，我们可以得出这么一个结论：many是个概数，可以组成many(hundreds, thousands, millions)of +名词复数；several相当于一个具体的数字，组成several(hundred, thousand, million)+名词复数。然而，笔者查阅了大量资料，似

4、乎又不是这样。关于它们的用法，有的甚至截然相反。第一种说法：（牛津高级英汉词典）P864hundred的用法之一：“说a, one, two,several,etc.hundred时，hundred后面不加-s; 若前面没有数目或数量，可用hundreds(of)。Hundred或hundreds均用复数动词”。这里它把several看成了具体数词。上面第二题选C可能就是这么来的。第二种说法：（英语基础词汇用法详解词典）P836“下面两个短语都有几百人的意思：several hundred of people; several hundreds of people”。照这种说法，上面第二题似乎

5、应该选A才对。第三种说法：（大学英语语法讲座与测试）P42Note: 当hundred of,thousand of,million of被a few,some,several,many等表示不确定的数的词修饰时，用单数形式或复数形式均可。例如： Several hundred(s) of workers attended the meeting. Some thousand(s) of soldiers were sent there. Many million(s) of birds fly to the south in winter. 比较下面两句： She earned several hundred(thousand).(用单数) She earned some(many) hundreds(thousands).（用复数）照这种说法，上面第一题B,D都对；第二题A,C都对；第三题A,B,D都对。第四种说法：（全国英语等级考试教材第二级）“当hundred, thousand和million等词前面有约数many或s