高考英语课本回归早读晚练29
早读：
Ⅰ.词汇短语过关
1．quantity n. 量；数量
a large quantity of... 许多；大量(可数；不可数)
quantities of... 许多；大量
in quantity/large quantities 批量；大量
[即学即练1](1)There ______ only a small quantity of wine left.
只剩下很少一点酒了。
(2)Large quantities of clothes and food ______ provided for the earthquake areas.
向地震灾区提供了大量的衣物和食品。
(3)The government has been buying silver ______ ______ __________.
政府一直在购进大量白银。
is , are , in , great , quantities
答案：提示：a large quantity of/quantities of 后可以跟可数名词也可跟不可数名词。如果该短语做主语，前者谓语动词的单复数要依据所修饰名词的单复数形式而定，后者无论其后的名词可数或不可数，谓语动词都用复数。
2．tend vi.趋向；易于；照顾 vt. 照顾；护理
