一)基数词的读法。
注意： 1， 000以上数目的读法：自右向左每三位划一个分节“，”，第一个分节读 thousand,第二个分节读 million,第三个分节读 billion或 thousand million，且 hundred, thousand, million等用单数形式。注意，百位数 hundred与十位数(或个位数)之间要用 and连接。十位数与个位数之间要用连字符号“ -”，如： 52， 368读作： fifty-two thousand, three hundred and sixty-eight.
挑战中考：
() 1. – How long is the new bridge? Do you know?
- - Yes. It’s about_____. ( 05济南市课改区)
A. one thousand one hundred and eighty meters
B. one thousand and one hundred fifty meters
C. two thousands one hundred forty meters
D. two thousands seventy and three meters
() 2. There are____ days in a year. ( 05贵州毕节地区)
A. three hundred and sixty-five B. three hundred and sixty five
C. three hundred sixty-five D. three hundreds and sixty - five
二)基数词表计量。
注意：基数词表计量大于 1时，它所修饰的名词要用复数形式。如: two bottles of water(两瓶水); three boxes of apples(三箱苹果)。
挑战中考：
() 3. I’ve read____ sports news about the F 1 race today. ( 05上海市)
A. two B. pieces C. two pieces D. two pieces of
() 4. – Can I help you?
– I’ d like____ for my twin daughters. ( 05黄冈市)
A. two pair of shoes B. two pairs of shoe
B. two pair of shoe D. two pairs of shoes
三)基数词表番号(编号)。
注意：编号的事物如果数字较大，一般用基数词表达，且放在编号的事物名词之后。如： No. 102 Middle School( 102中学); Room 206( 206房间)如果编号的事物数字不大，用序数词表达，但它应放在编号名词之前。如： the first lesson(第一课)
挑战中考：
() 5. Jack is now in_____. ( 04武汉市)
A. the three grade B. Grade Third C. Grade Three
() 6. Now children, turn to page__ and look at the__ picture in Lesson Two.
A. twentieth; one B. twenty; one
C. twentieth; first D. twenty; first( 03上海市)
四)基数词表时刻。
注意：英语时刻表达法有两种：一种是直接读数字，先说钟点数，后说分钟数：另一种是先说分钟数，后说钟点数，中间要用 past或 to连接。即： 1~ 30分钟(含 30分钟)用“分钟数+ past+钟点数”; 31~ 59分钟用“( 60 -分钟数)+ to+下一个钟点数”。如：
4:20 four twenty或 twenty past four 5:45 five fifteen或 fifteen to six或 a quarter to six
中考演练：
() 7. - - It’ 9:45. – Yes, It’s____.
A. fifteen from ten B. a quarter to ten
B. fifteen past nine D. a quarter past ten
五)基数词复数表岁数或年代。
注意：表示“几十”的基数词的复数形式，可用来表示某人的大概岁数或年代。如： My uncle went to England in his twenties. 我叔叔在 20多岁时去了英国。
又如： These eggs were found in the Gobi Desert by a group of scientists in the 1920 s.这些恐龙蛋是 20世纪 20年代由一群科学家在戈壁沙漠发现的。
挑战中考：
() 8. During World WarⅡ, a Jewish(犹太的) lady was protected by a local family in Shanghai in her___. ( 05上海市)
A. fifties B. fifty C. fiftieth D. the fiftieth
六)含基数词的复合形容词。
注意：“基数词+名词(+形容词)”构成的复合形容词作定语时，其中的名词用单数形式。如： two-week holiday两周的假; an eighteen-metre-wide street一条 18米宽的街道
但注意它与名词所有格形式作定语的区别。如： How far is it from your home to your school? It’s about ten minutes’ walk. 从你家到到学校多远大约十分钟路程。
挑战中考：
() 9. Bill said they would have____ holiday. ( 05天津市)
A. a two-month B. two months C. two-months D. two month’s
() 10. Tim is_____ boy. He can say a few words. ( 04广西玉林市)
A. an one-year-old B. a one-year-old C. an one-year old D. a one-year old
七)基数词与“多少又一半”的表达。
注意：“多少又一半”的表达有种方法：一种是“数词+ n.(单数或复数)+ and a half”;另一种是“数词+ and a half+ n.复数”。如：“两个半月”可译为： two months and a half或 two and a half months
中考演练：
() 11. I spent______ in doing my homework yesterday.
A. a half and two hour B. two and a half hour
C. two hour and a half D. two and a half hours
八) hundred, thousand, million等表示大约数与确切数的区别。
注意：基数词表示具体数目时， hundred, thousand, million用单数形式。但在表示“数百”、“数千”、“数百万”等不确切数目时， hundred, thousand, million要用复数形式，且后接“ of+名词复数”。如：
1. There are nine hundred and forty-seven students in our school. 我校有 947个学生。
2. Thousands of students come to visit the Museum of Natural History every year.
每年有数千学生来参观这个自然历史博物院。
挑战中考：
() 12. Nanjing is a city with many places of interest. _____ tourists come here every year.
A. Thousand of B. Thousand C. Thousands D. Thousands of( 05南京市)
() 13. – How many people are there in Changsha?
- - About six_____. ( 05长沙市初中毕业会考)
A. million B. millions C. millions of
() 14.— How many people will come to Beijing for the Olympic Games in 2008? - - It’s hard to say. _____ people, I think. ( 04福州市)
A. Million of B. Millions of C. Two millions of D. Two million of
