名词是英语的主要词汇之一，也是历年高考的重要考点。综合近几年高考对名词的考查，单项填空题中，每年都出现1—2道题。此外，在阅读理解和完形填空中，名词的一词多义、熟词新意也经常涉及。因此，在备考中一定要结合具体的语境去感悟、理解名词的辨析、名词的一词多义以及名词的习惯用法等。
①We always keep ______ spare paper, in case we ran out.
A. too much B. a number of C. plenty of D. a good many
②The young dancers looked so charming in their beautiful clothes that we took ___ pictures of them.
A. many of B. masses of C. the number of D. a large amount of
The village is far away from here indeed. It's ____ walk.
A. a four hour B. a four hour's C. a four-hours D. a four hours'
【解析】答案为D。“walk, ride, drive”等用做名词可用来表示一般距离，其用法结构为：“时间名词的所有格+这些名词”。
①The_________ is just around the corner and you won’t miss it.
A. bicycle’s shop B .bicycle shop C. bicycles shop D bicycles’ shop
