1. 1) There ________ a dictionary, two books and five pens on the desk.

　　2) There ________ two chairs and a table in the corner of the room.

　　A. are B. is C. has D. have

　　2. 1) The number of tall buildings ________ greatly in Beijing in the last few years.

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

　　2) A number of tall buildings ________ in Beijing in the last few years.

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

　　3. 1) The population of China ________ much larger than that of Japan.

　　2) Two-thirds of the population in China ________ farmers.

　　A. is B. are C. has D. have

　　4. 1) He is one of my friends who ________ working hard.

　　2) He is the (only) one of my friends who ________ working hard.

　　A. is B. are C. does D. do

　　5. 1) What I need now ________ more time and money.

　　2) What we need now ________ English textbooks.

　　A. is B. are C. has D. have

　　6. 1) Each of the students in our class ________ hard at English.

　　2) They each ________ hard at English.

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

　　参考答案与解析：

　　1. B, A。在“There be ...”结构中，如果主语不只一个时，谓语动词的数通常和其邻近的主语保持一致。

　　2. C, D。the number of意为“……的数目(字)”，后接名词复数作主语时，谓语动词要用单数形式；a (large / great) number of意为“许多”，后接名词复数作主语时，谓语动词要用复数形式。

　　3. A, B。“population”意为“人口”、“人数”，其前应有定冠词修饰，单独作主语时，谓语动词一般要用单数形式；但当其前有分数词或百分数词修饰，而且作主语时，谓语动词要用复数形式。

　　4. B, A。当“one of + 名词复数”充当先行词时，定语从句中的谓语动词要用复数形式。如果one前有the, the only, the very等词修饰时，从句中的谓语动词则要用单数形式。

　　5. A, B。当疑问代词或疑问副词引导的主语从句作主语时，谓语动词可以是单数，也可以是复数，主要根据其后的名词来决定。

　　6. C，D。

　　“each of + 名词复数”作主语时，谓语动词用单数形式；但当each作主格代词复数(we, you, they)的同位语时，谓语动词用复数形式。

　　(文/刘耀辉； 英语辅导报冀教高一版 04~05学年度第12期；版权归英语辅导报社所有，独家网络合作伙伴新浪教育，未经许可，不得以任何形式进行转载。)