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A lot, A lot of, Lots of, many与much.
  1. A lot相当于much,“很多”，“非常”，用作状语，修饰动词。例如：
  （1) But people began to prevent factoriesand cars from sending poisonous gases into theair,and now conditions have improved a lot.
  但是人们已开始制止工厂和车辆把有毒气体排入空气中，现在的情况已经大大地改善了。
  ( 2) He helped me a lot.
  他帮了我大忙。
  2. A lot of相当于a large number,“很多”，“大量”，可修饰可数名词和不可数名词。例如：
  （1)When the waste water from factoriesis made clean and used again, a lot of moneyis saved.
  当工厂的废水净化后再次利用，就可节省很多钱。
  （2) He sent me a lot of books.
  他送了很多书给我。
  3.Lots of相当于a lot of，但比a lot of更为强调。例如：
  (1) Every day people throw away lotsof rubbish.
  每天人们扔掉大量的垃圾。
  （2 ) Lots ofmonkeys are playingin the monkey moun-tains.
  许多猴子在猴山里玩耍。
  4 Many相当于a large number of,“许多”，用于修饰可数名词。例如：
  ( 1) There are too many eggs in thisbasket, Take as many as you like.
  这篮里有很多鸡蛋，你喜欢多少就拿多少。
  (2) There are many new words inthis lesson.
  这课书里有许多生词。
  5 Much相当于a good deal of“许多”，用于修饰不可数名词。例如：
  （1) There isn't much water in the bot-tle.
  瓶里没多少水。
  (2) How much did you pay for yourbag ?
  你的书包买了多少钱？
  注：a lot of和lots of一般用于肯定句中，若在否定句和疑问句中则用many或much。如：
  There are a lot of interesting stories inthe book.
  Are there many interesting storiesin thebook?
  There aren't many interesting stories inthe book.
  He has a lot of money.
  Has he much money?
  He hasn’t much money.
  Ex.用a lot，a lot of（lots of），many或much填空：
  1.Thank you very ________
  2.Thanks ________
  3.How ________times did you try？
  4.He spent ________time in doing thisexercise.
  5.________young people are coming totheparty.
  6.She likes the child quite________.
  7.Have you ________work to do thismorning？
  8.How________people are there inyour family？
  Key to Ex.1.much 2.a lot 3.many 4.much(a lot of ) 5.Lets of 6.a lot 7.much 8.many
  （石零）