The old man said he had lost at least 15 heads of cattle in the storm.

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问题 The old man said he had lost at least 15 heads of cattle in the storm.

选项 A、15 catties
B、15 head of cattle
C、15 heads of catties
D、15 head of catties

答案B

解析 这句话的意思是:那位老人说他在这次的暴雨中至少丢失了15头牛。要表示“牛”的头数,可借助head(头)这个词。如:ten head of cattle,forty head of cattle等,这些表达中的head of也可省略,即可说ten cattle,forty cattle等,但不能说one cattle,而应该说one head of cattle,因为cattle是一个表复数意义的集合名词,类似于people的用法。同时,head(头)是一个单复数同形的名词,所以没有heads这样的形式。因此排除A、C、D项,答案为B。
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