Question

There are a small number of people involved, possibly ______twenty.

A．as few as          B．as little as          C．as many as         D．as much as

Answer

A

【解析】句意为：涉及少量人员，可能就20个。as…as 后接数字，译为“达…”。由题干中的a small number of可知，说话者语意着重“少”的概念；而little 修饰不可数名词，few修饰可数名词。所以A项正确。

【考点定位】不定代词的考查。表肯定意义有many, much, a few, a little；表否定意义有few, little 。修饰可数名词的有many, few, a few；修饰不可数名词的有little, much, a little。例如：It is too expensive. Moreover, she has little money left. 另外注意：quite a few 相当多；not a little 许多。