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英语单项知识的讲解与练习（30）

146、have a population of

（1）、What/ How large is the population of …?

有多少人口，不用：

how many/ how much， 人口数量的多少要用：large, small 表示，替代词用that。

（2）、做主语的population 指人数，表语是复数名词时，谓语动词用复数；population 仅表示人口的一部分时，谓语动词一般用复数，但也可用单数。如：About twenty percent of the population in the US are/ is black.

（3）、population 和分数、百分数连用时，相当于people， 谓语动词用复数。如：70 percent of the population here are blacks.

（4）、在表示具体人数时，可用a，如：China has a population of 1.3 billion.

（5）、the population可指某一地区的全体居民，做主语时，谓语动词用单数。 练习：

①Tell me sth about your hometown, please. My hometown is a small village, which ___ a population ___ 200.

A. have; on B. makes; of C. has; of D. gets; about ②The population of Jinan city is ___ than ___ Beijing.

A. less; of B. smaller; that of C. less; that of D. smaller; / ③___ the population of Europe in 1990?

A. What was B. What were C. How many are D. How much is ④China has ___ of more than 1.3 billion, 80% of whom ___ peasants. A. a population; is B. a population; are C. population; is D. population; are

⑤Over 60% of the ___ in this city are from the country because the majority of their land has been covered with factories.

A. people B. population C. human being D. both A and B

147、prefer somebody (not) to do something

(1)、在不能确定被否定的事物而需要征求对方意见时用

or 或

instead of连接两个供选择的事物或行为，如： Would you prefer that I come on Monday instead of on Tuesday? / prefer to do something instead of doing something

(2)、what 不能作prefer的宾语，因prefer的对象范围早已确定，两者或是两者以上选择其一，而不是未指定范围的选择。

(3)、Prefer tea more to coffee. prefer本身就有“更喜欢”之意，加 more不必要。

(4)、prefer 不接介词to，而单独使用时相当于 like … very much。如： Which would you prefer, tea or coffee? 还可理解为： 1)、(两者中)你喜欢什么，A还是B(表示选择)？ = Do you like A or B? 2)、(两者中)你更喜欢什么，A还是B？ = Which do you like better, A or B? 3)、A与B(两者中)你宁愿要什么(选择取舍)？ = Which of A and B do

you choose and say “no” to?

答句：I prefer A to B. 1)、我喜欢A而不喜欢B = I like A instead of B. 2)、我喜欢A胜过B = I like A better than B. 3)、我宁愿要A而不要B = I choose A rather than B.

(5)、prefer和like/ hate一样，后接不定式，指一时一地的行为，接动名词泛指经常性的动作。

(6)、prefer + something + to be done/ done 宁愿有人做某事。如：We would prefer the question to be discussed tomorrow. 配套练习：

①To enjoy the scenery, Mary would rather spend long hours on the train ___ travel by air.

A. as B. to C. than D. while

②On a cold day he prefers ____ out to play football ___ at home. A. going; rather stay B. going; to staying C. to go; rather than staying D. to go; rather than to stay

③He prefers ___ lectures to the students to ___ to different boring conferences.

A. to give; be invited B. give; be invited C. giving; be invited D. giving; being invited

④Which do you prefer, beef ___ pork? I prefer pork ___ beef. A. or; to B. to; or C. to; to D. or; or

⑤Rather than ___ in the crowded bus, they preferred ___ home.