Lesson 56 faster than sound
faster / the most handsome /the most unusual / the oldest/ no less exciting
enter for / take part in /once a year /twice a year / three times a year
a great deal of excitement/pleasure + 不可数名词
a great number of / a great many+ 可数名词
a great many explosions
wheel
many people/cars many of the cars
break down
on the course
some drivers spent more time under their cars than in them.
a few cars/ few cars
the plane reached a speed of five hundred kilometres an hour.
any of the rivals / any rival
sped / speed
downhill at the end of the race
I had a lot of trouble finding my glasses.
this race was very different from that one.