EXERCISES

1. All the professional personnel _____ invited to attend the meeting 1. All the professional personnel _____ invited to attend the meeting. A. have   B. were   C. has   D. was 2. Every doctor and every nurse ______ a new hospital for SARS patients. A. has founded  B. have found   C. expects to found  D. has to be found 3. The number of students in this school ______. A. is increasing  B. are increasing  C. is increased  D. are increased B C _________________________________________ 6) 不定代词each, every, no所修饰的名词 及each…and each…, every…and every…,no…and no…, many a …and many a…结构作主语时，谓语动词仍用单数形式。如： A

4. The questions which ______ to yours are not easy to answer. A 4. The questions which ______ to yours are not easy to answer. A. is the same  B. are different  C. is like   D. are similar D 如果主语有more than one… 或many a… 构成，尽管从意义上看是复数内容，但它的谓语动词仍然用单数形式。如： 5. You, who______ his good friend, should help him get out of trouble. A. am   B. is   C. are   D. was 6. A pair of shoes ______ under the bed. A. was   B. were  C. has been  D. have been 7. Many a student ______ the film now. A. has seen B. had seen C. have seen D. saw C A ____________ A ___________

D 8. The police ______ the lost boy all day. A. is searching for  B. are searching for  C. searches for  D. search 9. Not only I but also she ______ this. A. know   B. knows    C. am known  D. known 10.The news that she is coming to visit us ______ exciting. A. is   B. was   C. were    D. are ______________ 主语形式虽为单数，但意义为复数， 谓语动词用复数。如： B people, police, cattle The crowd were surrounding the government official.    并列主语用连词or, either…or, neither…nor, not only…but also等连接，谓语应同相邻的主语保持人称和数的一致。 A

11. The crowd ______ for their lives A. were run B. were running C 11. The crowd ______ for their lives A. were run  B. were running  C. was run   D. was running B A 13. Five minus three ______ two. A. is   B. are   C. was   D. were 14. Twenty dollars ______ enough for the coat. A. is   B. are   C. was   D. were ________________________ A ____________________ 当名词词组中心词为表示度量、距离、金额、时间等复数名词时，往往可以根据意义一致的原则，把这些复数名词看作一个整体，谓语动词用单数形式。如：

15. The first two questions were easy, but the rest of them ______ not 15.The first two questions were easy, but the rest of them ______ not. A. was  B. were  C. being  D. to be 16.Either Tom or I ______ to blame. A. to be  B. am  C. are  D. is 17.______ good exercise. A. Climbing hills is   B. Climbing the hill is C. The climbing hills are   D. The climbing of hills are B B 如果名词词组的中心词是all, most, rest, some, neither, none, no等词，所指是复数意义，谓语动词用复数形式；反之用单 数。如： A

关系代词which, who, that在定语从句中作主语时，其谓语动词的数应与其前的先行词 的数保持一致。 18. Something ______ gone wrong with my TV set. A. has  B. have  C. is  D. are 19. This is one of the best films that ______ this year. A. is appearing   B. appear C. has appeared  D. have appeared 20. Half of the students ______ made the same mistake. A. has  B. have  C. is  D. are 21. The old ______ taken good care of in our country. A. is  B. has  C. are  D. have A “the＋形容词（或过去分词或现在分词）”如：the brave, the poor, the rich, the blind, the young, the old, the sick, the wounded, the injured, the unemployed, the dying, the living 等结构担任主语表示一类人时，谓语动词常用复数形式；但也有少数的形容词或过去分词与定冠词连用指个别或表示抽象的概念时，谓语动词用单数。 half of, (a) part of修饰可数名词单数及不可数名词作主语时，谓语动词用单数，修饰可数名词复数作主语时，谓语动词用复数。 ______________________ D B 关系代词which, who, that在定语从句中作主语时，其谓语动词的数应与其前的先行词 的数保持一致。 __________________________ C __________

a watch and chain 一块带链的表  a needle and thread /a coat and tie 配有领带的上衣 A knife and fork is needed for a western meal.　 吃西餐时要用刀和叉。 The cart and horse is coming.　马车来了。 (配套事物) B 22. Each soldier and each sailor ______ a thick coat. A. are given  B. was given  C. being given  D. were given 23. Where ______ dirt, there are flies. A. there has B. is  C. there is  D. there are 24. A fork and knife ______ on the table. A. is  B. are  C. has been D. have been 25. When and where to build the factory ______ yet. A. is not decided  B. are not decided  C. has not decided  D. have not decided C A _____________________ A

26. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ______ popular with people of all ages since it was made into the first full-length cartoon. A. were  B. was  C. has been D. is 27.All but one ______ here just now. A. is   B. was  C. has been D. were 28. Three-fourths of the surface of the earth ______ sea. A. is   B. are   C. were  D. has been 29. Nobody but Jane ______ the secret. A. knows   B. know   C. have known   D. is known C _________________________________________________ 形复意单的单词有：news，works 和一些以s结尾的书名、组织机构的名称（如： “The Selected Poems of Li Bai”， the United States, the United Nations） 以及以ics结尾的学科名称（如：physics，politics，maths，economics等）。 D 当主语后面跟有as well as, as much as, no less than, along with, with, like, rather than, together with, but, except, besides, including, in addition to等引导的词组时，其谓语动词的单、复数按主语的单、复数而定。 A A