[例1]—How far is your school from here?
—Not very far.It’s about twenty______walk.
A.minute’s B.minutes’ C.minutes D.minute
【解析】答案B。此题考查名词所有格的构成及用法。选项中的名词minute和walk存在所有关系,因此必须用名词的所有格。名词所有格的’s也可以加在一个短语之后,若该短语最后一个名词的词尾是-s,则只加“’”。如:an hour’s ride,two weeks’ time。
[例2]Have you seen______at the foot of the hill?
A.any sheep B.some sheeps C.any sheeps D.some sheep
【解析】答案A。此题考查名词复数的特殊例子。sheep的单复数同形;any一般用在疑问句和否定句里,some用在肯定句里。
[例3]—Who is the man in the blue car?
—He is______father.
A.Kate’s and Mary’s B.Kate and Mary’s
C.Kate and Mary D.of Kate and Mary
【解析】答案B。本题考查名词所有格的构成及方法。两个并列的所有格,只给第二个名词加“’s”。
[例4]—Where is Tom?
— He’ s left a______saying that he has something important to do.
A.excuse B.message C.exercise D.news
【解析】答案B。此题考查名词的用法,由不定冠词a知道选项A、C不行,而news为不可数名词,故选B。
[例5]He had something to write down and asked me for______.
A.a paper B.some papers
C.some pieces of papers D.a piece of paper
【解析】答案D。此题考查不可数名词的用法。Paper作“纸”讲时是不可数名词,故A、B、C可排除。paper当“试卷”、“文件”讲时是可数名词。
[例6]I found her sitting in the corner,reading______newspaper,with______in her eyes.
A.a;tear B.a piece of;tears
C.a;tears D.a piece of;tear
【解析】答案C。newspaper和 tear均为可数名词,它们不仅可以连用不定冠词、可以用复数,而且还可以连用数词。