______the buildings were knocked down in the tsunamis in Japan in March,2011.

题目

______the buildings were knocked down in the tsunamis in Japan in March,2011.
A:A great many
B:A number of
C:A great many of
D:A great deal of
这道题为什么选C?求详解.

答案

我们都清楚这句话的意思是很多房屋被冲垮.要突出很多来.
因此很容易就排出了B,D是修饰不可数名词的,也被排除.
关于AC,一个of可以表达限度,是.中的.我们也知道日本没有被完全摧毁,只是日本房屋中的很多.所以是C