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语语法高频考点——主谓一致(一)
一、单一主语的情况
1. 主语是who, what, which, all, more, most, some, any, none, the rest时,谓语须依具体情况而定。
Who’s the girl over there?
Who are the boys playing games there?
All are present at the meeting except the foreigner.
All here is going on very well.
2. 表示总称意义的名词people, cattle, police, youth做主语时,谓语用复数形式。
English people are fond of talking about weather.
People read for pleasure during their spare time.
3. 主语是public, board, family, class, team, group, crowd, audience, company, enemy, government, herd, jury, party等名词时,指整体,谓语用单数;指成员,谓语用复数。
Our class is made up of fifty students.
His team are talking with the coach.
My family is a large one and the whole family are music lovers.
4. 表示时间、距离、金额、数量等概念的复数名词短语作主语时,通常被看作一个整体,谓语动词用单数形式。
Ten years is a moment in history.
Twenty dollars is too much to pay for that shirt.
5. 主语是news, politics, physics, plastics, mathematics等名词,谓语也只能使用单数。
Physics is very interesting and useful.
Mathematics is her favorite subject.
6. 主语是书名、剧名、报刊、杂志名称或国家、单位名称时,谓语也只能使用单数。
The Arabian Nights is a book known to lovers of English.
The New York Times is a popular newspaper in the US.
The United States is leading the world in science and technology.
7. 主语是不定式、动名词(短语)作主语时,谓语动词用单数。
To prevent the air from being polluted is what we’re now researching.
As a teacher, learning to be patient is very important.
8. 主语是clothes, compasses, goods, glasses, trousers, scissors, shoes, socks, gloves等名词时,谓语用复数。
His clothes were old and shabby.
Compasses are still very useful, even if fewer and fewer people carry them.
The trousers are expensive.
Your glasses are on your nose.
9. 主语是kind of, type of, pair of, amount of, quantity of +名词时,谓语依照kind, type, amount, pair, quantity的数而确定。
Large quantities of rice have been destroyed in the flood.
10. 主语是a number of +名词复数时,谓语用复数。
A number of kids are flying kites in the park.
11. 主语是the population时,谓语用单数。主语是分数+ population时,谓语动词用复数。
What is the population of your town?
About eighty percent of the population in our country are farmers.
12. 主语是means, works, sheep, fish, Japanese, Chinese等名词时,谓语动词的形式须依照它们在句中的意义来确定。
Every means has been tried but we can’t save him.
All the means have been tried but we can’t save him.
The Chinese are the friendliest people I have ever met.
Some fish attract other fish with a light on their body-and then eat them!
13.“the+形容词”作主语,代表单数名词时用单数动词;如果意义指一类人,则应视为复数,谓语动词也应该用复数。
In many stories, the good are well rewarded and the bad are doomed to unfortunate.
The new is sure to replace the old.
【试题再现】
1.One-third of the area ______ covered with green trees. About seventy percent of the trees ______ been planted.
A. are; have
B. is; has
C. is; have
D. are; has
【金标尺答案】C
【金标尺解析】本题考查主谓一致。
句意:三分之一的区域被绿植覆盖,已经种植了大约70%的树。“分数或百分数+of the+名词或代词”作主语时,谓语动词的单、复数形式取决于名词或代词的单、复数形式。第一空主语为area,故用单数。第二空主语为trees,故用复数。
A、B、D项为干扰选项,故排除。
故本题答案为C。
2. 30,000 dollars ______ a large amount of money, but it’s ______ than we need.
A. is; far more
B. are; very much
C. is; far less
D. are; very little
【金标尺答案】C
【金标尺解析】本题考查主谓一致。
句意“三万美元是一大笔钱,但它离我们需要的还差得远。”金钱、距离等都看作单数,排除B、D;根据but可知,逗号前后句为转折关系,故选C。
A、B、D项为干扰选项,故排除。
故本题答案为C。
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