单选题On June 2nd this year, ______ people celebrated the Dragon Boat Festival near the Songhua River. To our joy, there was little rubbish left.Athousands ofBthousandCtwo thousandsDthousand of

单选题
On June 2nd this year, ______ people celebrated the Dragon Boat Festival near the Songhua River. To our joy, there was little rubbish left.
A

thousands of

B

thousand

C

two thousands

D

thousand of


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解析:
句意:今年6月2日那天,成千上万的人在松花江附近庆祝端午节。令我们高兴的是,人们没有留下垃圾。本题考查thousand的用法。thousands of是固定搭配,意为“成千上万的”。因此选A项。若表示具体的数字,例如“四千”,则是four thousand,thousand后面不能加s。

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