information，weather，fun，progress，advice，furniture，

a. ________ important information it is!A. What B. What an

b. ________ nice weather it is today! A. What B. What a

c. ________ fun it is! A. What B. What a

d. Physics has made great progress in this century. And so has maths.

e. The doctor gave my father some advice on how to stop smoking.

f. She has to clean all the furniture in all the bedrooms in two hours.

g.It was fun to play on the beach that it attracted countless children.

[A] such great [B] so great [C] such a great [D] so great a

考点2.有些名词的复数形式可以表示特别的意义

papers(报纸;文件); works(工 厂;著 作); looks(外 表);

hairs(几 根 头 发); times(时 代); sands(沙滩);

drinks(饮料); manners(礼貌); arms(武器);

forces(军队) glasses

牢记五个名词单复数形式可以表示特别意义的名词

word / man difficulty room people population

a.当 word和man用作不可數名词时，前面不加冠词，也不用复数形式时，它们的意义是：word(消息;通知)，man(人类)

Word came that the headmaster would come to talk to us.(消息)

Please send me word of your arrival.(通知)

Labor created man.(人类)

Quite a lot scientists have studied the origin of man in the last century.

b.have some difficulty in doing sth.

c.I am afraid that there isn’t _____left for you two in my car. There are already five people in it.

A.many room B.any rooms C.any room many rooms

d……people作集合名词用时，后面的谓语动词总是用复数形式

The people in the village like the new teacher.

但是，作民族解释时是可数名词，有复数形式：peoples;作全体公民解释时，动词用复数形式。

the peoples of Asia(亚洲各民族)

The Chinese people are a great people.(中华民族是一个伟大的民族。)

e.population具有集合名词的一般用法

A：The population of China is largethan that of India.

(中国人口比印度多。)

B.Eighty percent of the population of China are peasants.

(中 国80%的人 口是农民。)

考点3.集合名词的数

一般地说，集合名词只以单数形式出现。常见的有：family，police，cattle，team，people，government，class，group，audience(观众)，public(公众)，crew(全体船员)等。当这些名词作主语时，若表示一个整体时，谓语动词用单数形式;若表示集体的每一个成员时，谓语动词用复数形式。

His family is a big family./ The whole family are watching TV now.

The government welcomes the proposal.(政府该建议。)