(单选题)
Nowadays, ______ people like HUAWEI phones better, and about______ of them are adults.
A.the number of; four-fifths
B.a number of; four-fifth
C.a number of; four-fifths
D.the number of; four-five
参考答案:C
参考解析:
考查介词短语辨析和数词。句意:如今,许多人更喜欢华为手机,其中约五分之四是成年人。the number of意为“……的数量”,充当主语,谓语动词使用单数;a number of意为“许多,大量的”,修饰可数名词复数,充当主语时,谓语动词使用复数;根据谓语动词like可知第一个空应填a number of。分数表达法:基数词做分子,序数词做分母,若分子大于1,分母用复数,“五分之四”是four-fifths,故第二个空应填four-fifths。故选C。
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