外来名词 medium→media
phenomenon→phenomena
analysis→analyses [名师指津] ①fish表示不同种类的鱼时,其复数形式为fishes,而表示同一种鱼时,其单复数形式相同;②people指"人们"时单复数同形,指"民族"时,其复数为peoples。
3.合成名词的2种复数形式
(1)若有主体名词,则把主体名词变成复数;若无主体名词,则把最后一部分变成复数。
passerby→passersby, sisterinlaw→sistersinlaw, grownup→grownups, housewife→housewives
(2)"man/woman+n."变复数时,作定语的man/woman和主体名词都要变复数:women engineers。
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①(2018·全国卷Ⅰ)Two of the authors of the review also made a study published in 2014 that showed a mere five to 10 minutes a day of running reduced the risk of heart disease and early deaths from all ________ (cause).
解析:causes 此处的cause是可数名词,表示"原因"。根据其前的all可知,应该使用复数形式,故填causes。
②(2018·浙江11月高考)One study showed that ________ (woman) who drank a lot of coffee, like eight or more cups per day, while they were pregnant were more likely to have children with birth defects.
解析:women 根据该句后半部分的they可知,空格处应该用复数形式,故填women。
③(2018·浙江6月高考)Making Chinese ________ (dish) is seen as especially troublesome.
解析:dishes 此处表示"中国的饭菜",当然不止一种,因此该名词应该用复数形式,故填dishes。
④(2017·浙江11月高考)You wouldn't think that a few ________ (month) of exercise in your teens would be enough ...
解析:months 空格前面有a few作限定词且表示肯定,因此后面的名词应该用复数形式,所以使用months。
⑤(2017·浙江6月高考)Last October, while tending her garden in Mora, Sweden, Lena