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1. Nobody but Betty and Mary ____ late for class yesterday. A. was B. were C. has been D. have been 2. A woman with some children ____ soon. A. is ing B. are ing C. has e D. have e 3. No one except my parents ____ anything about this。 ? What he left me are only a few old books. 他給我留下的只是幾本舊書。 謂語應(yīng)該跟主語一致還是跟表語一致 ? We Chinese ____ a hardworking people. A. is B. are C. is being D. are being 此題應(yīng)選 B。 類似這種用法的詞主要的有: team(隊(duì) , 隊(duì)員 ), class(班 , 班上的全體學(xué)生 ), crowd(人群 ),government(政府 ), crew(乘務(wù)員 ), mittee(委員會(huì) , 委員們 ),audience(聽眾 )等: ? The team is the best in the league. 這個(gè)隊(duì)在聯(lián)賽中打得最好。 Not only he but also I am invited. Neither my gloves nor my hat goes with the dress. 但注意: “with / along with / together with / including / but / except / like / among / as well as / no more than / besides / rather than +名詞 ” 置于主語后 , 謂語動(dòng)詞一般仍和前面的名詞在單復(fù)數(shù)上保持一致 。 The English speak English. The rejected were heaped in the corner . 廢品堆在角落里。 The steel works is near the station. Two new steel works are being built. 意義一致的原則 3. “kind, sort, pair, type +名詞 ” 作主語 , 以這些名詞本身的單復(fù)數(shù)而定 。 ? The Olympic Games are held once every four years. ? 4. a number of /quantities of /a group of +名詞作主語。 ? When and where we will have the meeting has not been decided. 9. 單數(shù)名詞 、 抽象名詞 、 物質(zhì)名詞作主語 。 ? Twenty years has passed since he left his hometown. ? (注:如果強(qiáng)調(diào)數(shù)量,則用復(fù)數(shù)) 7. 由 any,some,every,no和 one,thing,body等所構(gòu)成的不定代詞作主語 。 maths, mathematics, physics, politics等。 ? Every desk and every chair is m