Question

   the buildings were knocked down in the earthquake in the city of  Tangshan..

A．A great deal of	B．A great many
C．The number of	D．A great many of

Answer 1

D

D解析：a great／good many="a" great／good／large number  of+n.(pl.)；a great deal of修飾不可數(shù)名詞，故可排除； The number of……的數(shù)量，作主語時，謂語動詞用單數(shù)。此題中因名詞buildings前有the，所以選D項。