核心问题
Magazines provide the wide variety of information and entertainment. (TOEFL)
请分析试题中的错误。
词典解答
variety 有两个基本含义:1. 种类, 品种;2. 种种, 多样化。当 variety 作“种种”“许多”解时, 必须带不定冠词“a”, 含有形容词定语时, 亦是如此:
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They are made in a variety of sizes. (DEC) 它们制成各种不同的尺寸。
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His failure was due to a variety of reasons. (DEC) 他的失败是种种原因造成的。
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The college library had a wide variety of books. (EED) 学院图书馆有各式各样的图书。请做下面的英语试题:
The remarkable ____ of life on the Galopagos Islands inspired Charles Darwin to establish his theory of evolution.
A. classification B. variety C. density D. diversion(全国研考,94-40)