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 Although______our readers are not science professionals, they are eager to learn about new scientific developments. A. a good deal of                                              B. the great number of C. a large amount of                                         D. a great number of 答案：【解析】选D。a great number of 表示“大量的”，修饰可数名词，作主语时谓语动词用复数。而the number of. . . 则表示“……的数量”，谓语动词用单数；a good deal of，a large amount of表示“大量的”，修饰不可数名词。所以正确选项为D。

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