让我们从英文原著里引用一些例句：
 1. Facing declining business in North America and Europe，arms manufacturers are playingthe route to growth markets on the western shores of the Pacific. (Financial Times)
 面对北美和欧洲的商业衰退，军火生产商正往返于通往太平洋西岸增长市场的航线上。(金融时报)(译文引自《现代英语报刊阅读词典》)
 2. Unlike impoverished citizens of Jamaica or Yucatan，cleaning up yesterday afterGilbert’s devastation，Americans enjoy all benefits of satellite pictures and a communica-tions network which gives them ample time to flee the path of a storm and the means—cars and cash—to do so. (Washington Post)
 不像昨天下午遭受吉尔伯特号飓风破坏之后正在清理废墟的牙买加或尤卡坦贫穷的居民，美国人享受了卫星图片和交通网络的一切好处，从而有逃离风暴线路所需的充分时间和手段——汽车和现金。(华盛顿邮报)(同上)
 这里应再次强调，在理解这些例外情况之后，考生还是应当遵循名词作定语时应当使用单数形式的大原则。请注意下列试题的正确答案：
 1. Somebloods typesarequite common，others areregionallydistributed，andothers are
 rare everywhere，(TOEFL，80.5)
 2. Idaho ranks first among the states in potatoes production. (TOEFL，84.5)
 3. Employments agencies bring together persons qualified for specific jobs and employers
 who have those jobs (TOEFL， 90. 10)
 4. of the speed limit thenumber of accidents.(TOEFL，1984年美国考题)
 5. Peanuts in long， bright green on (TOEFL， 1980.8)
 6. “Are those men in the blue uniforms policemen?”“Oh，no，they're________. ”
 A. bus drivers B. buses drivers
 C. bus driver D. buses driver(TOEFL，74. 3)
 7. “Did your club dance turn out well? ”“ Yes. we made a________ profit. ”
 A. five-hundred-dollar B. five-hundred-dollars
 C. five-bundreds-dollar D. five-hundreds-dollars(TOEFL，74. 3)
 8. “Can I get you anyting while I'm downtown? ”“ Yes，I need some_________. ”
 A. shoe lace B. shoes lace
 C. shoe laces D. shoes laces (TOEFL，71. 6)