Question

The teacher was worried about the boys in her class, for they spent ______ time playing computer games

1. A.
   large amount of
2. B.
   a large number of
3. C.
   a large amount of
4. D.
   large numbers of

Answer 1

C
试题分析：考查固定短语。 句义：老师担心那些男孩子，因为他们花费了大量的时间用来玩电脑游戏。A. large amount of 短语不对B. a large number of +复数名词  C. a large amount of+ 不可数名词D. large numbers of+复数名词，根据宾语是time不可数，所以C正确。
考点：考查固定短语。