问题:
[单选,材料题] quantity回答下面的题目:
Traffic in Uur Cities
Tile volume of traffic in many cities in the world today continuesto expand.This causes many problems,including serious air pollution,lengthydelays,and the greater risk__________ (51)accidents.Clearly,something must be done,but it is often difficult to persuade people to__________ (52)theirhabits and leave their cars at home.
One possible__________ (53)is to make it more expensive for peopleto use their cars by__________ (54)charges for parking and__________ (55)tougherfines for anyone who__________ (56)the law.In addition,drivers could be required to pay for using particular routes atdifferent times of the day.This system,__________ (57)as“road pricin9”,is alreadybeing introduced in a__________ (58)of cities,using aspecial electronic card__________ (59)to the windscreen of the car.
Another way of__________ (60)with the problem is to provide cheapparking on the__________ (61)of the city,and strictly control the number ofvehicles allowed into the centre.Drivers and their passengersthen use a special bus__________ (62)for the final stage of their journey,Ofcourse.the most important__________ (63)is to providegood public transport.However,toget people to__________ (64)the comfort of their cars,publictransport must be felt to be reliable,convenient andcomfortable,with fares__________ (65)at an acceptablelevel.
A . total
B . sum
C . number
参考答案:D
参考解析:
根据句意,“道路收费”系统已经被引入一些城市来使用,a number of表示“一些”,符合句意,为正确答案。A项a quantity of表示“大量”,可修饰可数和不可数名词,但侧重大批量计算,含精确测量的意味;B项;total of表示“总计”,a sum of表示“合计,总数”,均不符合句意,故选D。