The atmosphere consists of an ocean of gases ______ miles high.

The atmosphere consists of an ocean of gases ______ miles high.
A、hundreds
B、hundreds of
C、of hundreds
D、of hundreds of
【正确答案】:B
【题目解析】:大气由上百英里高的气体组成。“hundred,thousand等数词的复数形式+of短语”表示的是不确切的数量。hundreds of 表示 成百的,thousands of 表示 上千的。