Question

【题目】____ people have lost their lives in this earthquake.

A. Thousands B. Thousand of C. Thousands of D. Ten thousands

Answer 1

【答案】C

【解析】句意：数以千计人在这次地震中失去了生命。thousand前面有具体的数字时，用单数形式，不能与of连用； 表示不确定数目时常与of连用，且thousand用复数形式。thousands of意为“数以千计的”，故答案选C。