Question

There was _____ woman in the room, sitting and looking at me in the dark.

A．a 80-year-old

B．an 80-year-old

C．a 80-years-old

D．an 80-years-old

Answer 1

B

试题分析：英语中两个或多个单词中间可以用短横线连接起来，起一个相当于形容词的作用，这类单词叫做合成词。其一般构成规则就是其构成单词一般都要用原形。句意:房间里坐着一个八十岁的老妇人，在黑暗中看着我。Eighty词首音素是元音，不定冠词用an，选B。