Question

           There aren’t many people in the village since ______ of them ______ moved to the town nearby.

A．two-five; have

B．second-fifth; has

C．two-fifths; have

D．two-fifths; has

Answer 1

C

分?jǐn)?shù)在英語中通常是借助于基數(shù)詞和序數(shù)詞來共同表達(dá)的。其中基數(shù)詞表示分子，序數(shù)詞表示分母。分子超過1，分母要加s.分?jǐn)?shù)修飾名詞時(shí)，若該名詞是不可數(shù)名詞只能用單數(shù)；若是可數(shù)名詞，用單數(shù)或復(fù)數(shù)均可。但是，若它們在句子中作主語，則謂語動(dòng)詞是用單數(shù)還是復(fù)數(shù)取決于名詞，即與分?jǐn)?shù)所修飾的名詞保持一致。