问题补充:
There was woman in the room, sitting and looking at me in the dark.
A. a 80-year-old
B. an 80-year-old
C. a 80-years-old
D. an 80-years-old
答案:
A. a 80-year-old
(答案→)B. an 80-year-old
C. a 80-years-old
D. an 80-years-old
解析:英语中两个或多个单词中间可以用短横线连接起来,起一个相当于形容词的作用,这类单词叫做合成词。其一般构成规则就是其构成单词一般都要用原形。句意:房间里坐着一个八十岁的老妇人,在黑暗中看着我。Eighty词首音素是元音,不定冠词用an,选B。