Question

It took ______ people as well as ______ time to build the pyramid.

1. A.
   a large number of; a great many
2. B.
   a great many; a large amount of
3. C.
   a great many of; large amounts of
4. D.
   a large amount of; a great deal of

Answer 1

B
试题分析：考查近义词组辨析：a large number of修饰可数名词的复数形式 ；a great many修饰可数名词的复数形式; large amounts of ，a large amount of和a great deal of则修饰不可数名词。句意：花了许多人大量时间建金字塔。选B。
考点：考查固定词组
点评：相似的词组要注意意义的不同，特别是这些一系列的词组，最好放在具体的句子中间记忆，容易辨别。