Question

【题目】The building is on fire now. Look! There are________ people on_______ shouting for help.

A.fourteenth, the ninth of the floorB.forty, the ninth floorC.four, floor ninth

Answer 1

【答案】B

【解析】

句意：现在大楼着火了。看!九楼有40个人大声呼救。

考查数词辨析。people（人们）是集合名词，需用基数词，可排除序数词fourteenth（第十四）。表示楼层需用序数词，序数词需用定冠词the修饰；根据句意结构和语境，可知选B。