先请看一道题：
— How many students took part in it?
— ________.
A. Nobody B. No one C. None D. No one
此题应选C。容易误选A，B。
在通常情况下，回答以what，who，how many等开头的疑问句，有一定的讲究：
1. 以What开头的疑问句，否定回答通常用Nothing：
—What did he say at the meeting? 他在会上讲了些什么?
—Nothing. 什么也没有讲。
—What’s in the box? 这盒子有什么?
—Nothing. 什么也没有。
2. 以Who开头的疑问句，否定回答通常用Nobody，No one：
—Who was late today? 今天谁迟到了?
—No one. 没有人迟到。
—Who has read the book? 谁读过这本书?
单词：how many的近义词、反义词、形近词辨析
how many/how much
How many days are there in a week?一星期有多少天？
How much ink have you?你有多少墨水？
<辨析>这两个词组都表示“多少”的意思。how many 后跟可数名词复数。how much 后跟不可数名词，它本身还可以表示“什么价钱”？如：
How much is the coat?这件上衣要多少钱？
与单词：how many 相关的例句或者名人名言
Look how many people died in war.
看！有多少人死于战争。
What he wonders is how many tickets to book .
他要知道的是买多少张票。
※How many a pear which presents a blooming face to the would is rotten at the core, How many an innocent-looking apple, is harbouring a worm in the bud,. But the orange has no secret faults. Its outside is a mirror of its inside. Allen.A.Milne,American writer——表面鲜嫩可爱，内核变坏的梨子在这个世界上不知有多少。看上去纯净无瑕内心早就长了虫的苹果，在这个世界上不知有多少。然而橙子却毫无缺点可以隐瞒，它的外部就是它内心的一面镜子。美国作家 米尔恩.A.A
※It is discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.——( N. Coward ) 令人沮丧的是，有那么多人对诚实感到吃惊，而对欺骗感到吃惊的人却那么的少。（科沃德）
※O liberty, how many crimes have been committed in thy name! 自由啊！假你的名义犯了多少罪啊！
