1. Nobody but Jane___________ the secret.

A. know B. knows

C. have known D. is known

答:B。

2. All but one ______ here just now.

A. is B. was C. has been D. were

答:D。不定代词all,some,等做主语时,谓语根据情况而定,若指可复数意义,谓语用复数;若指不可数意义或抽象意义时谓语用单数。此题中all指人,“大家,所有的人”;若指抽象事物,谓语应用单数。如:All is clear。一切都清楚了。

经典点拨:切记哪个词是主语。

3. Not only I but also Jane and Mary ______ tired of having one examination after an other.

A. is B. are C. am D. be

答:B。

4. A library with five thousand books _____ to the nation as a gift.

A. is offered B. has offered

C. are offered D. have offered

答:A。见第一题解析。

5. When and where to build the new factory______ yet.

A. is not decided B. are not decided

C. has not decided D. have not decided

答:A。从句、不定式、动名词做主语时,谓语动词常用单数形式,如where we’ll hold the meeting has not been decided yet。虽然是两个疑问词并列,但指开会这一件事,故用单数谓浯。若指两件事时,谓语应用复数。如What he did and what he said were different.。他所做的和他所说的是不一致的。从句做主语时,谓语一般用单数形式,但当what从句做主语时应根据其意思来决定。

如:

What we need are some engineers. 我们需要的是一些工程师。

What we need is an English interpreter. 我们需要一位英语翻译。

6. The number of people invited _______ fifty, but a number of them _________ absent for different reasons.

A. were, was B. was, was

C. was, were D. were, were

答:C。 the number of 接名词做主语时,谓语用单数。a number of 接名词做主语时,谓语用复数形式。

7. Either you or the headmaster_________ the prize to these gifted students at the meet-ing.

A. is handing out B. are to hand out

C. are handing out D. is to hand out

答:D。见第3题解析。

8. Apples of this kind______.

A. tastes good B. tastes well

C. taste good D. taste well

答:C。apples 为主语, this kind 为定语,故用复数谓语。若是This kind of apples..., this kind为主语,则谓语应用单数形式。

9. The Olympic Games _______ held every four years.

A. is B. are C. was D. has been

答:B。Olympic为定语,Games为主语,故用复数谓语,同样当the Olymples做主浯时谓语也用复数形式,因为The Olympics=The Olympic Games.

10. Many a man ________ come to help us.

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

答:B。more than one... 接单数名词,用单数谓语。

如:More than one answer is right. 不只一个答案是对的。

11. He is the only one of the students who _______ elected.

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

答:D。定语从句的谓语一般与先行词一致。如:He is one of the students who have passed the exam。他是通过考试的学生之一。但若one前有the(only)修饰时。从句的谓语用单数形式。

如:He is the one of the students who has passed the exam。他就是那个通过考试的学生。

12. “All ______ present and all _______ going on well,” our monitor said.

A. is, is B. are, are C. is, are D. are, is

答:D

13. The Chinese _____ hard working and brave.

A. are B. is C. has been D. is being

答:A。the Chinese (English. French. Japanese, police)指中国人(英国人、法国人、日本人、警察)的总称,所以用复数谓语。如:The English (British) like to talk about weather. 英国人喜欢谈天气。

14. The rich ________ not always happy.

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

答:A。the Chinese (English,French.Japanese,police,)指中国人(英国人、法国人、日本人、警察)的总称.所以用复数谓浯。如:The English (British) like to talk about weather.英国人喜欢谈天气。

15. Every boy and every girl ______ in our class.

A. are working B. are worked

C. is working D. is worked

答:C。

16. The family ________ all music lovers.

A. is B. are C. was D. be

答:B.集合名词的主谓一致:class.class, team, group, family, crew (船员),court(法院,法官),audience(观众,听众),government(政府,政府官员),committee(委员会,委员会成员),population(人口)等词做主语时.若看作整体时,谓语用单数;若看作个体时,谓语用复数形式.如:

The class is made up of 50 students.这个班有50名学生。

Tbe class are having an English class.这个班的学生正在上英语课。

17. Your trousers_______ dirty, you must have______ washed.

A. is, it B. are, it

C. are, them D. is, them

答:C.表示成双成对的部分构成的物品如scissors剪刀,tongs钳子,glasses跟镜,clothes衣物,trousers裤子等做主语时,谓语用复数形式.指代它们的代词也用复数形式。若用a pair of (a suit of)做主语时,谓语用单数形式。

18. The police the murderer everywhere when he suddenly appeared in a theatre.

A. is searching for B. were searching for

C. are searching for D. were searching

答:B.police.people,cattle,folk等形式为单数形式,但其意义为复数,谓语用复数形式。

19. Everything in the room including the table and chairs ______ new.

A. are B. is C. were D. be

答:B.everything是主语,谓语应用单数,详见第l题解析。

20. The Chinese people __________ a brave and hard-working people.

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

答:B.此句意为“中华民族是一个勤劳勇敢的民族。”句中people作“民族”解。

21. Every means ________.

A. has tried B. have tried

C. has been tried D. have been tried

答:C。此句意为“每一种方法都试过了”。means,works(工厂),sheep,fish,deer等词属单复数形式相同的词。

22. The worker and writer _______ going to give us a lecture.

A. are B. is C. were D. have been

答:B.and并列两名词做主语时,若指一个人兼两个职务时,谓语用单数形式。

23. Ten years__________ a long time.

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

答:B。时间,货币、距离等词的复数形式做主语时,看作整体时,谓语用单数;看作个体时,谓语用复数。如:Ten years have passed.十年过去了。Ten dollars is e-nough. 十美元足矣。(看作整体)

24. Large quantities of water __________ needed for cooling purpose.

A. is B. are C. bas D. have

答:B。quantities为复数形式,谓语用复数。 quantities of ....。

25. No bird and no beast _________ on the lonely island.

A. are seen B. is seen

C. see D. sees

答:B。no...and no...谓语用单数形式。

26. The population of this country__________ very large and 80 percent of the population peasants.

A. is, is B. are, are

C. is, are D. are, is

答:C.population做主语指整体时,谓语常用单数形式,但如果说百分之几或几分之几的人,谓语常用复数。

27. Here________ a new pair of shoes for you.

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

答:A。a pair of做主语,谓语用单数形式。

28. —How _______the team playing?

—They’re playing well, but one of them__________ hurt.

A. are, got B. is, gets

C. are, are D. is, were

答:A.第一句意为“队员们发挥得怎样?”team指“队员”。They’re playing well 是量重要的信息,one of them做主语时,谓语用单数。get+pp. 一种被动式。

29. Neither of the novels which ______ popular with us ________ been translated into Chinese.

A. are, has B. are, have

C. is, have D. is, has

答:A。定语从句的谓语和先行词一致。either和neither做主语时,谓语一般用单数形式。

30. Alice, together with two boys, ______or having broken the rules.

A. was punished B. punished

C. were punished D. being punished

答:A。

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