①Most of the young men went off to the war，and a_great_many never came back.

大多数年轻人走上了战场，好多人再也没有回来。

②A_great_many_of the students have passed the examination.许多学生已经通过了考试。

表示"许多"的短语有：

修饰可数名词复数(作主语时，谓语动词用复数)

修饰不可数名词(作主语时，谓语动词用单数)

修饰可数名词单数(作主语时，谓语动词用单数)

既可修饰可数名词复数也可修饰不可数名词(作主语时，谓语动词的单、复数取决于名词)

小贴士

(1)无论quantities of修饰的是可数名词还是不可数名词，作主语时，谓语动词都用复数。

(2)large amounts of 修饰不可数名词，作主语，谓语动词用复数。

2. go up (价格、水位、数量等的)上涨

eg: (1) The price of vegetables went up because of the heavy rain that slowed the growth of green plants.

　(2)In the past 10 years, the population of the town has gone up by 5.5 percent, much smaller than that of thirty years ago.

当堂检测：

1. number of books have been given to the library. As a result, number of books is becoming larger and larger.

　A. A; a B. A; the C. The; a D. The ; the

2.In doing the work , we can't the waste of single minute.

　A. manage B. afford C. take D. suffer

3.Where for the past few years?

　A. are you B. have you been C. have you gone D. did you go

4.-What was the party like?