四、例题精析
【例题1】
【题 干】Lincoln was born on ________.
A. February 12th, 1809 B. 1809, February 12 C. 1809, 12 February D. February 1809,12
【答案】A
【解析】该题考查年月日的表示法。首先年月日用英语表示的位置“月日年”或者“日月年”，由此可以排除B,C。D选项是错误表示。
【例题2】
【题 干】An hour later, _____ minister was sent to see the “magic cloth” woven by those two men.
A. two B. the second C. the two D. second
【答案】B
【解析】本题考查序数词，序数词前面常用the,只有B符合。
【例题3】
【题 干】________ is less than ________.
A. One-third; two-thirds B. One-third; two-third
C. First-three; first-threes D. One-third; one-three
【答案】A
【解析】该题考查分数表达方法。三分之一的表达是“one-third”； 三分之二的表达“two-thirds”. 选出正确答案A。
【例题4】
【题 干】There are ________ stars in the sky.
A. million of B. millions of C. the million D. a million of
【答案】B
【解析】考查基数词hundred, thousand, million, billion等词前有具体数词或several修饰时，必须用单数；而当这些词前面没有具体的基数词修饰时，则这些词需要用复数形式且后面跟of表示数量多。
