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1.Three______ died in the terrible fire in Luo yang last winter.
A. hundreds people B. hundred people
C. hundreds peoples D. hundred peoples
解析:选B. hundred一词前面有具体数词修饰时不加-s。
2. Either you or the president _______ the prizes to these gifted winners at the meeting.
A. is handing out B. are to hand out
C. are handing out D. is to hand out
解析:选D. 当either …or 连接两个并列主语时,句子的谓语动词在人称和数上与后一个主语保持一致。“be+不定式”表示按计划或安排将要发生的动作。
3. I, who ______ your close friend, will try my best to help you out of trouble.
A. am B. is C. are D. be
解析:选A. who 为引导定语从句的关系代词,其先行词是I ,所以谓语动词要用am。
4. The Olympic Games in the year 2008 _____ in Beijing of China, which _____ known to us all.
A. is to hold; is B. is to be held; was
C. are to hold; is D. are to be held; is
解析:选D. 主语the Olympic Games 意为:奥运会,谓语动词要用非第三人称单数形式;后半部分为which引导的非限制情定语从句,其谓语动词要用单数形式。
5. There _____ a lot of rubbish on the floor so I asked Mary to sweep _____ up.
A. were; it B. are; them
C. was; it D. is; them
解析:选C. there be句型中be动词的单复数取决于其后的主语,a lot of rubbish(不可数名词),因此后面谓语动词要用单数。
6. Three million tons of coal ______ every year in the city.
A. is exploited B. are exploited
C. had exploited D. have exploited
解析:选A. 主语为coal, 是不可数名词。根据题意,此处要用被动语态。
7. Stories of the Long March _______ popular with the young people now.
A. is B. was C. are D. were
解析:选A. 主语Stories of the Long March 是书名,谓语动词要用第三人称单数形式。
8. Mathematics _______ the language of science.
A. are B. are going to be
C. is D. is to be
解析:选C. 此处mathematics 为学科名词,作主语时谓语动词要用第三人称单数形式。
9. Both rice and wheat _____ grown in our country.
A. is B. are C. was D. were
解析:选B. both----and---连接两个并列主语时,句子的谓语动词要用非第三人称单数形式。
10. ________ either of your parents come to see you recently?
A. Have B. Had C. Has D. Is
解析:选C. either 是主语部分的中心词,助动词要与either在数上保持一致。
11. What the children in the mountain village need ________ good books.
A. is B. are C. have D. has
解析:选B. what 引导的主语从句作主语时,谓语动词要根据后面的名词的数来决定,此处要用非第三人称单数形式。
12. The whole family _______ TV attentively.
A. are watching B. is watching
C. is seeing D. are seeing
解析:选A.此处family指家里的各个成员,所以谓语动词要用非第三人称单数形式。
13. Nothing but several glasses ________ bought by my father the day before yesterday.
A. was B. were C. have been D. would be
解析:选A. 此处nothing句子的主语,谓语动词要用第三人称单数形式。
14. At the bus stop ______ a soldier and two young people on their way to the village.
A. were B. was C. is D. sits
解析:选A. 此句为倒装句,句子的主语是a soldier and two young people.
15. If law and order ______, neither the citizen nor his family is safe.
A. are not preserved B. is not preserved
C. were preserved D. have not been preserved
解析:选B. 此处主语law and order 指的是同一个概念,所以谓语动词要用第三人称单数形式.
16. There ______ little change in that middle school.
A. have B. had C. have been D. has been
解析:选D. 此处there be结构中的主语little change是不可数名词。
17. What such a sunset is ______ strange to us all.
A. going to be B. / C. is D. that
解析:选C. 本句是主语从句,缺谓语,所以要用第三人称单数形式。
18. Seventy-five percent of the earth’s surface ______ with water.
A. is covered B. is covering
C. were covered D. are covered
解析:选A. 本句缺谓语,主语percent后面是不可数名词,所以要用第三人称单数形式。
19. The following ______ some other mental diseases.
A. being B. are C. was D. were
解析:选B. 本句的表语是复数形式,所以谓语动词要用非第三人称单数形。
20. Not only you but also I ______ able to help him out.
A. are B. is C. am D. were
解析:选C. 根据就近一致性原则,谓语用am。