【问】 请讲一讲million(hundred，thousand)与millions(hundreds，thousands)的用法。
 【答】 million有三种用法：
 A.用作数词，做名词的定语，此时没有复数形式：
 1. He made two [several]million dollars from trading.
 他做买卖赚了二百万(几百万)美元。
 2. 30 million dollars...(EED)
 3千万美元……
 (有人认为上面的million是名词的零复数形式)
 B. million之后不接名词时可以采用零复数形式，也可以采用复数形式：
 1. He is worth three million. (MD)
 他值三百万。
 2. The state invested two millions.
 政府投资二百万。
 3. They want several million(s). (CGEL)
 他们需要几百万。
 C.用作名词，表示“数以百万计”、“几百万”、“无数”，后面可以接of短语，这时通常采用词尾加s的复数形式：
 1. Millions (of people)are homeless.
 数以百万计的人无家可归。
 2. Her books still give pleasure to millions.(EED)
 她的书仍然会给亿万人带来欢欣。
 hundred和thousand与million的用法相类似：
 two hundred/thousand students
 两百/千学生
 (several) hundreds/thousands of students
 几百/千的学生
 请看下面的例句：
 1. That store sells several thousand (hundred) dresses every month.(IME)
 这家商店每月出售有几千(几百)件衣服。
 2. Thousands/hundreds of people go to the sea-side every year.(JED)
 每年有数以千计(百计)的人去海边。
 3. This cost us several thousand(s). (Chambers)
 这件东西花掉了我们数千美元。
 请做下面的英语试题：
 1. Both as a hobby and as a profession，photography has fascinated people for morethan hundred years. (TOEFL，82.1)
 2. ____of kinds of matter in the world.
 A. That there are millions B. There are a few million
 C. It is millions D. There are millions(TOEFL，82.8)
 (参见dozen)