问题补充:
---Can you say something about Wenchuan earthquake (汶川地震)?
--- people lost their lives in it.
A. Thousand
B. Thousands of
C. Three thousands
D. Three thousands of
答案:
A. Thousand
(答案→)B. Thousands of
C. Three thousands
D. Three thousands of
解析:数词表示确切的数量,量不可用复数形式,结构为数词+量+名词,表示不确定的数量结构为量的复数形式+of+名词,故本题只能选B,意思为成千上万。