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1、B
hardly表示几乎不,almost=nearly表示几乎,用于否定句中,二者用法表示的程度,进度、时间不同、almost可与no、nothing等词连用,不可与not连用、、
在表达"几乎不"只能用hardly,不能用nearly not也不能说almost not.
2、A
用数词表达“约数”,常用的数词有tens, hundreds, thousands,
millions及billions等.在用这些数词表示约数时,其后通常跟介词of.
常用短语：
hundreds of 数以百计
thousands of 数以千计
tens of thousands of
数以万计
several millions of好几百万
如：Tens of thousands of trees will be planted there.
那里将种植成千上万棵树.
Several millions of things are on show. 数百万件物品在展出.
The bright star has been there billions of years.
那颗明星已存在那里几十亿年了.
但表示确切的百或千时不能用复数形式,如：
ten
thousand
three million