Question

To celebtate her mother’s birthday, she prepared ______ drink and cakes, sharing with neighbours

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

Answer 1

C
a large number of 和a great many后只能接可数名词复数；a great deal of 后只能接不可数名词；a large quantity of后既能接可数名词复数又可接不可数名词。由drink and cakes可知，答案应为既能接可数名词复数又可接不可数名词的选项，故答案为C。