【巩固】
5. The train from Shanghai will arrive ________. A. in quarter past six B. in a quarter past six C. at quarter past six D. at a quarter past six
【答案】D
【解析】本题考查时刻表示法。六点一刻英语表示为“a quarter past six”,具体时刻前面用介词at。
6. September is _________ month of the year.
A. the nineth B. the ninth C. nineth D. ninth
【答案】B
【解析】考查序数词的表达，nine的序数词是ninth，同时序数词表示第几的时候，前面加上定冠词the.
7. Here are ________ students in that school.
A. two thousand eight-six B. two thousand eighty-six C. two thousand and eighty-six D. two thousands and eighty-six
【答案】C
【解析】本题考查四位数的表示，在百位数和十位数之间加上and,但是本体百位数为0，则在千位数和十位数之间加上and.排除A,B。thousand前面有基数词two，则后面不能用复数形式，因此D错误。
【拔高】
8. ________, Coca-Cola began to enter China's market.
A. In 1970's B. In 1970s C. In the 1970s' D. In the 1970s 【答案】C
【解析】考查年代世纪的表示，年代用冠词及基数词表示的世纪加十位整数的复数形式构成。
9. Our school is not very big. There are only ________ students.
A. nine hundreds of B. nine hundred C. nine hundreds D. nine hundred 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；则选出B,D。同时hundred 前面有基数词时，后面不能接of，排除D，选出B。