Question

We read the number 8,479 as    .

A．eight thousand and four hundred and seventy-nine

B．eight thousand, four hundred, seventy-nine

C．eight thousand, four hundred and seventy-nine

D．eight thousands, four hundreds and seventy-nine

Answer 1

C

试题分析：句意：数字8,478读作八千四百七十八。数字的读数均为基数词，百和十之间用and 连接，故选C
点评：英语中没有“万”这个读数单位，要表示汉语中的“万”，英语需借用thousand一词，如“一万”用“十个千”表示(ten thousand)，“十万”用“一百个千”表示(one hundred thousand)。均用基数词表示，读数规则平时记忆好即可。