a nine-foot-tall tree a three-year old三岁的小孩
a seven-day holiday七天的假期
a 200-meter-high building二百米高的大厦
注意名词所有格和复合形容词的用法
eg.二十分钟的路程 twenty minutes’ walk
a twenty-minute walk
「例句」Despite the wonderful acting and well developed plot the movie could not hold our________ attention. (CET-1996，1)
A) three-hours B) three-hour C) three-hours’ D) three-hour’s
three-hour为复合形容词，作定语不能加’s.另外，复合形容词作定语，其中名词保持单数，故A、C、D都不对。正确答案为B.三个小时的电影也可以表达为：three hours’ movie .?
考点8.表示时间的名词前有one，some，this，that，last，next，every，all等修饰时，前面不再用介词：
eg. 1. One day I happened to meet her on my way back from school.
2.He kept washing all day.
3.Next morning I will leave for the USA to study English.
考点9.最高级形容词前如有名词，要用所有格形式，如有数词，要用序数词形式，如：
the world’s highest mountain世界最高的山
the country’s largest library国家最大的图书馆
the second longest river in China中国第二长河
考点10. 表示数量的hundred，thousand，million，dozen，(打)，score(二十)的用法
(1)表示确定数目时，不加s：five hundred(thousand，million)students;six dozen pens
(2)表示不确定数目时，加s并且与of连用：hundreds of students;dozens(scores)of people
(3)many， several等修饰dozen，score时，不用复数，也不用of：many/several dozen pencils，但是当名词前有限定词或事物本身为人称代词，必须加 of：
a dozen of these people/eggs; two score of such books;
two dozen of them two dozen eggs两打鸡蛋
four score and seven years ago八十七年前
dozens of students几十名学生 hundred of horses上千匹马
millions of people上千万人
He has flow two hundred miles to get here
他坐飞机飞了两百英里赶到这里。
Millions of people come to visit this city every year
每年有几百万人来这个城市参加。
12.自我检测
(1) The_____of the cottage were covered with_________.
A. roofs; leafs B.roofs;leaves C.roovws; leafs D.rooves;leaves
(2) That shop sells_______clothing.
A.child’s and woman’s B.children and women’s C.children’s and women D.children’s and women’s
(3) There are five_______ in our clinic.
A.woman doctor B.woman doctors C.women doctor D.women doctors
(4)What can I do for you? I’d like to have a ____of China Daily.
A.piece B.sheet C.copy D.lot
(5)If these shoes are too big， ask him to bring you a small________.
A.pair B.one C.suit D.piece
(6)The advertisements in newspapers help to cut the _____of making newspapers.
A.value B.price C.cost D.pay
(7)Mr.smith had no______in finding his teacher’s address.
A.difficulty B.difficulties C.troubles D.mistakes
(8)______it is to have a swim in hot summer!
A.What a fun B. What fun C.How fun D.How a fun
(9)It is bad______to speak with your mouth full.
A.way B.manner C.manners D.methods
(10)You should pay much_______to your pronunciation.joozone.com