问题补充:
— About of the students in our class were born under the Year Rabbit.
— Oh, that is to say they were born in .
A. four-fifths; the 1999
B. four-fifths; 1999
C. four-fifth; the 1999
D. four-fifth; 1999
答案:
A. four-fifths; the 1999
(答案→)B. four-fifths; 1999
C. four-fifth; the 1999
D. four-fifth; 1999
解析:句意:我们班的学生五分之四是兔年出生的。哦,也就是说他们出生在1999年。在英语中的数词,分子用基数词,分母用序数词,当分子大于一时,分母使用复数形式。表示年份的数词前通常不用任何冠词。所以选B。