问题补充:
houses were knocked in the earthquake.
A. A great many of
B. The number of
C. A great number of
D. Amounts of
答案:
A. A great many of
B. The number of
(答案→)C. A great number of
D. Amounts of
解析:考查词组辨析:句意:大量的房子在地震中被推倒。当a great many后的名词不是特指,即没有the,these,those,my等限定词时,不用of,否则就得用of. 所以A不行,The number of.....的数量(后面加单数谓语,)所以B不对,Amounts of+不可数名词,谓语是复数,所以D不对。a number of +不可数名词复数,谓语也是复数,选C。