we were told that [ ]would come to his birthday party .a many friends of smith'sb mang smith friends c mang smith's friends d many friends of smith

Question

we were told that [ ]would come to his birthday party .a many friends of smith's
b mang smith friends c mang smith's friends d many friends of smith

Answer 1

答案的确是A.
先问一下 a friend of mine（我的一个朋友）的语法结构是否掌握?of是介词,后面一定要用名词或者名词性代词的.smith's其实是和上面的MINE一样是名词性代词,意思是SMITH所拥有的所有事物.整个短语的意思就是“SMITH所拥有的所有朋友中的许多朋友”.
选项D的意思变成了有关SMITH的许多朋友,但不是SMITH的朋友.
选项C呢是不地道的英文.可以说smith's friends,但是再加上MANY的话结构上就太头重脚轻了.硬要这么说的话,外国人能懂,但是不符合他们的说话习惯.
既然C知道了.选项B就不多说了.