主谓一致考例剖析

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  【考例剖析】

  例 1:Each of the students______ a dictionary.(2004资阳)

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

  剖析:此题意思是“每个学生都有一本字典”,所以先排除B、C 。句中of students作each的定语,真正的主语是each,故又排除A 。

  答案:D

  例 2: How time flies! Ten years ________ passed. (2004天津)

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

  剖析:Ten years通常被看作是一个时间整体,谓语动词用单数形式。

  答案:B

  例 3: Not only his parents but also his brother ________to the Summer Palace. They haven’t been back. (2004南通)

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

  剖析:由not only…but also连接两个并列主语,其谓语动词根据就近原则同相邻的主语保持一致,谓语动词应用单数形式。又因为他们还都没有回来,所以用has gone而不用has been。

  答案:D

  例 4:Look! There _______ playing with the tourists on Dahe Square.(2004包头)

  A. are a number of deer B. are a number of deers

  C. is a number of deer D. is a number of deers

  剖析:句子的主语a number of deer。当a number of + 名词作主语时,谓语用复数。因此首先排除C、D,而deer单复数相同,所以B也不正确。

  答案:A

  例 5:The Smiths ______ sending e-mails _______ letters.because it is faster.(2005云南)

  A.prefer, to writing B.prefer,to write

  C.prefers,to writing D.prefers,to write

  剖析:姓氏名词用复数且前面加上定冠词时,表示一家人或一对夫妇。作主语时,谓语用复数。再如:The zhous live upstairs.(姓周的那家住在楼上)。此题答案应在A、B中选,而短语prefer… to…中的to是一个介词,故又排除B。

  答案:A

  例 6:Everyone except Bill and Jim ______there when the meeting began.(2005黑龙江)

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

  剖析:根据主、从复合句时态一般要一致的原则,本题首先可排除B、C,而主句主语含有except等时,其谓语的单复数取决于except前边的名词的单复数,所以D答案也不正确。

  答案:A

  例 7:Either Jane or Steven _____ watching TV now.(2005重庆)

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

  剖析:根据就近原则,应排除A、C,而题中单词now表明现在,所以D也不正确。

  答案:B

  例 8:Since 2000, Nanchang has become a new city. Everything ______.(2005江西)

  A. are changed B. was changed C. has changed D. had changed

  剖析:根据“不定代词作主语,谓语往往用单数”这一点,首先可以排除A答案。又由于change属于不可数名词,它没有被动语态,所以B也不正确。由since引出的一个含具体过去时间的句子,主句用现在完成时。

  答案:C

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