Question

To celebtate her mother’s birthday, she prepared ______ drink and cakes, sharing with neighbours

1. A.
   a large number of
2. B.
   a great deal of
3. C.
   a large quantity of
4. D.
   a great many

Answer 1

C
a large number of 和a great many后只能接可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)；a great deal of 后只能接不可數(shù)名詞；a large quantity of后既能接可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)又可接不可數(shù)名詞。由drink and cakes可知，答案應(yīng)為既能接可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)又可接不可數(shù)名詞的選項，故答案為C。