【2011清远】37. Every year, _____ people go to visit their factory
A. a thousand of B thousands C. thousand of D. thousands of
答案D【解析】 考查数词。数词hundred, thousand, million等后面跟of 时，要变复数。排除C。thousand前接 具体数字时，后面不能跟of，排除A。thousands后要加of，排除B。
（2011四川资阳）17. Tom has just finished writing a _________ article.
A. nine-hundred-words B. nine-hundreds-word
C. nine-hundred-word D. nine-hundreds-words
答案：C
【解析】考查复合形容词。带连词符的名词不加s。故选C。
【2011江苏淮安】9._______ people lost their homes in Japan’s earthquake.
A. Two thousands B. Thousand C. Thousands of D. Thousand of
答案：C
【解析】考查hundred等词用法。hundred, thousand 如果有具体数字修饰，用单数形式，表示具体数目。表示约数时，用hundreds of , thousands of 的形式，表示“成百上千的”，“成千上万的”。语境为“在日本地震中上千人失去了家园。”。故 选C.
