同等学力英语语法专项复习：主谓一致(2)

　　三、例题

　　1. Professor Wu, with three lecturers, ______ attending a symposium ( 专题讨论会) in Shanghai on energy now.

　　A. is B. are C. was D. were

　　2. One and a half hours ______ passed.

　　A. has B. are C. is D. have

　　3. Many a student ______ going to take part in CET-6 next month.

　　A. is B. is to C. are D. was

　　4. What matters ______ not winning but participating.

　　A. are B. to be C. was D. is

　　5. Passenger ships and ______ are often equipped with ship-to-shore or air-to-land radio telephones.

　　A. aircrafts B. aircraft C. the planes D. also the planes

　　6. John is the only one of the students who ______ to France.

　　A. has been B. have been C. had been D. has being

　　7. Linguistics (语言学)______ very difficult to learn.

　　A. is not B. are not C. were not D. wasn’t

　　8. The flight service crew ______ largely women.

　　A. is B. was C. are D. were

　　9. Three hours ______ the limit of this examination.

　　A. is B. were C. are D. was

　　10. His selected poems ______ first published in 1992.

　　A. was B. were C. had been D. are

　　11. Many a man ______ life is meaningless without purpose.

　　A. think B. thinks C. thought D. has thought

　　12. Nobody but San and Ann ______ in the lab.

　　A. are B. had been C. were D. is

　　13. More than one question ______ discussed.

　　A. have been B. has been C. are D. has

　　14. This is the best one of automobiles that ______ in working order.

　　A. is B. are C. had been D. have

　　15. Writing stories and articles ______ what I’m fond of.

　　A. is B. were C. are D. have been

　　16. Neither of the young men who had applied for a position in the university ______.

　　A. has been accepted B. have been accepted

　　C. was accepted D. were accepted

　　17. At the bus stop ______ a soldier and two young people on their way to North Carolina.

　　A. were B. was C. is D. sits and waits

　　18. “Do you want to wait?” “Two weeks ______ too long for me to wait.”

　　A. was B. is C. are D. were

　　19. Neither Tom nor his parents ______ at home now.

　　A. has B. are C. was D. is

　　20. The number of articles published on cancer ______ amazing.

　　A. are B. have been C. is D. be

　　21. More than one dish ______.

　　A. broken B. are broken C. was broken D. break

　　22. My sister as well as my father ______ once a teacher.

　　A. was B. were C. are D. is

　　23. Every man and woman working here ______ along well with me.

　　A. are getting B. get C. is got D. is getting

　　24. The old ______ well looked after by the government.

　　A. is B. are C. being D. has

　　25. How close parents are to their children ______ a strong influence on the character of the children.

　　A. have B. has C. having D. to have

　　26. News of victory ______ pouring in.

　　A. keep B. keeps C. have kept D. is kept

　　27. What ______ your politics?

　　A. is B. has C. are D. have

　　28. The choir ______ unable to make up their minds.

　　A. seems B. still C. seem D. remains

　　29. Bread and butter ______ what I have for breakfast.

　　A. is B. has C. are D. have

　　30. Anybody who ______ the law will be punished.

　　A. break B. broke C. breaks D. have broken

　　四、例题解析

　　1. 答案：A

　　解析：如单数名词作主语时，后有下列词或词组with、as well as 、besides 、but 、together 、with 等作修饰，谓语动词仍用单数形式。题中主语为单数，后虽有with three lecturers 修饰，谓语动词仍用单数，故排除B 和D。依据题中now 一词，又可排除D，故A 为正确选择。

　　2. 答案：A

　　解析：one and a half 后接名词作主语时，名词本身用复数，但谓语动词应用单数。因此排除B 和D。A 和C 区别在于时态，根据空当passed 一词，即可作出正确选择A。

　　3. 答案：A

　　解析： many a 后加单数名词作主语时，虽然意思上表示“许多”，但谓语动词仍用单数。因此正确选择为A。B 语法不通。C 为复数可排除。D 时态不对。

　　4. 答案：D

　　解析：A、C、D 三个选择都为be 动词，因此，空当前很可能是句子主语，又因出现动词matter (要紧、重要)，因此，主语极可能为一主语从句，如主语为名词性从句，谓语动词一般用单数。将D 置入空当内，正好符合题意，因此以上推断正确。题意：重要的不是取胜而是参与。

　　5. 答案：B

　　解析：根据空当前后部分内容和所给四个选择，and 后名词也应是复数形式。aircraft 一词的单复数形式相同，都为aircraft，因此A 可排除。C 虽然为复数形式，但定冠词the 不必要，亦可排除。D 亦可同时排除，因此，正确选择只能是B。题意：客船和客机常备有船上至岸上、空中到陆地的无线电电话机。

　　6. 答案：A

　　解析：定语从句中谓语动词的性数应与先行词的性数取得一致。解此题关键是要弄清先行词是the only one 还是the students。

　　7. 答案：A

　　解析：某些表示学科的名词，虽是复数形式，但谓语动词应用单数形式。据此，排除B 和C。A、D 区别在于时态，根据题意，D 即可排除，因此A 为正确选择。

　　8. 答案：C

　　解析：某些集体名词作主语时，谓语动词用单数还是用复数取决于它在句中的单复数意思。如果指一整体，谓语动词用单数形式;如果指其中的成员，谓语动词用复数形式。此题中crew 指具体乘务人员，因此谓语动词用复数，A 和B即可排除。C、D 的区别在时态，稍稍比较，即可得出正确选择C。

　　9. 答案：A

　　解析：某些表示时间、距离等的复数名词作主语时，如只表示一整体概念，不强调复数意义，谓语动词应用单数形式。本题中, three hours 被视为一整体，因此谓语动词不用复数形式，B、C 即可排除。因句中没有表示过去某时的时间状语，故D 可排除，得到最佳选择A。

　　10. 答案：A

　　解析：书名、报名、国家名等作主语时，如只指一本或一个或一种，即使它是复数形式，谓语动词也还用单数形式，据此，可排除B 和D。另外题中有表示过去某时的状语，所以可以排除C，得出A 为正确选择。

　　11. 答案：B

　　解析：many a 后接单数名词作主语时，谓语动词应用单数，据此可排除A。B、C、D 的区别在于时态。因本题讲述一般的情况，故可排除C 和D，得出B 为正确答案。题意：许多人认为，人生没有目的就没有意义。

　　12. 答案：D

　　解析：如作主语的名词(或代词)后有with、as well as 、but 等词修饰，谓语动词不受后面所出现的名词或代词的影响。据此，本题的谓语动词的性数应与nobody 保持一致。因此A、C 即可排除，因为当nobody 、anybody 、somebody不是代词作主语时，谓语动词用单数形式。

　　13. 答案：B

　　解析：问题被讨论，据此可排除主动式的C 和D。A 和B 区别在于单复数。more than one 后接单数名词作主语时，谓语动词用单数形式，因此A 可排除，而得出B 为正确选择。注意，如果more than 本身作主语，谓语动词需用复数，如：More than one have come. 来了不只一人。

　　14. 答案：B

　　解析：解此题关键在于弄清that 从句的先行词是哪一个。根据题意，先行词应是automobiles ，而非前面的the best one。

　　15. 答案：A

　　解析：动名词或动名词短语作主语时，谓语动词用单数形式。因此B、C、D 均可排除，得出A 为正确选择。题意：写小说和文章是我喜爱做的事情。

　　16. 答案：C

　　解析：本题主语中心词neither (两者都不)是单数概念，因而谓语动词也应用单数。从题中看，定语从句中用了过去完成时，表示过去的过去。过去时间只能通过谓语动词才能实现，所以选C。

　　17. 答案：A

　　解析：本题是一个倒装句，句子的真正主语是a soldier and two young people ，因而谓语动词应该是复数形式。

　　18. 答案：B

　　解析：英语中表示时间、重量、长度、价值等的名词作主语，其形式是复数，意义是单数。此题中“两个星期”是一个时间整体，在意义上是单数概念，谓语动词应用单数形式。

　　19. 答案：B

　　解析：neither… nor… 连接两个名词时，根据就近原则，谓语动词应与相邻的主语在数上取得一致。his parents 离空格最近，因而应填入are。

　　20. 答案：C

　　解析：a number of 是一个短语，相当于many 。而the number of 的核心词是number， 表达的是一个单数概念，谓语动词用单数形式。

　　21. 答案：C

　　解析：more than one 表示复数概念，但one 是主语的核心词，故谓语动词须用单数。此句译为：“不止一个碟子被打碎了。”

　　22. 答案：A

　　解析：当主语中心词被together with 、as well as 、including 、with 等修饰时，不影响谓语动词与主语中心词数的一致性。my sister 是单数名词，句中once 又指过去，因而正确答案为A。

　　23. 答案：D

　　解析：句子中的主语是由and 连接的两个单数句词，而且句词前又有each 、every 或no 作定语时，谓语动词应用单数。

　　24. 答案：B

　　解析：“the + 形容词”作主语，若表示某一类可数的人或事物，如：the rich 、the blind 、the young 等，谓语动词用复数形式。如果表示不可数的事物、抽象概念或个别人，谓语动词用单数形式。

　　25. 答案：B

　　解析：此题的主语是how 引导的一个主语从句，故谓语动词用单数。

　　26. 答案：B

　　解析：此句译为“捷报频传”。news 是复数名词，在句中作主语时，谓语动词的数要取决于它所表示的意义，此句中的news 表示单数概念，因而B 正确。

　　27. 答案：C

　　解析：politics 作“政治学”讲时是单数概念，在句中作主语时，应用单数谓语动词形式。但此句中的politics，是“政治观点”的意思，相当于political viewpoints (or stands)，因而空格内应填入复数动词。再如：acoustics 作句子主题时，若意为“声学”，则跟单数形式;若意为“音响效果”，则表示复数概念。

　　28. 答案：C

　　解析：choir(合唱队)是集体名词，作主语时，若表示一个整体，则用单数谓语动词，若强调组成成员，则用复数谓语动词。此题是后一种情况。从句中的their 一词也说明正确的谓语动词形式是复数。类似的名词还有police 、team、family 等。

　　29. 答案：A

　　解析：bread and butter 意为“黄油面包”，常常一同使用，习惯上被视为一个整体，故谓语动词用单数。

　　30. 答案：C

　　解析：不定代词somebody 、everything、anybody 等作主语时谓语动词用单数。

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