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主谓一致练习题答案解析（30题）1. There is always a possibility that the infection will return, but so far there _ been no signs of trouble.A. hasB. haveC. areD. had答案：B. 解析：在由not onlybut also, not justbut, or, eitheror, neithernor连接主语的句子中及在there be句型中，谓语动词的单复数按就近原则处理，即按与谓语动词最靠近的那个主语来确定谓语动词的单复数形式。2. This kind of stories _ instructive while stories of that kind _ harmful to children.A. is; seemsB. are; seemC. is; seemD. are; seems答案：C.解析：this kind of stories的中心词为kind，是单数；stories of that kind的中心词为stories，是复数，故选C。3. The number of people invited _ fifty, but a number of them _ absent for different reasons.A. were; wasB. was; wasC. was; wereD. were; were答案：C. 解析：“the number of+复数名词”意思是“的数量”，谓语用单数；“a number of+复数名词”意思是“许多”，谓语用复数。4. A poet and artist _ coming to speak to us about Chinese literature and painting tomorrow afternoon.A. isB. areC. wasD. were答案：A. 解析：当and连结的两个名词是指同一个人或同一件事，and后的名词前没有冠词，谓语动词应该用单数形式；在and后面的名词前有冠词，谓语就用复数形式。句意：一位诗人兼艺术家明天下午要来给我们作关于中国文学和绘画方面的报告。5. The average of students of the school going to university each year _ over 600.A. areB. has beenC. have beenD. is答案：D. 解析：“the average of+复数名词”作主语与单数动词连用，排除A、C。根据时间状语each year“每年”，句子应用一般现在时，选D。6. Jack, as well as his friends who _ football games, _ travelled with the team.A. likes; hasB. like; haveC. like; hasD. likes; have答案：C. 解析：as well as连接的名词作主语所强调的是它前面的名词，故谓语动词要和该名词保持一致。本题的主语是Jack，故谓语动词要用has travelled；who之后从句的实际主语是先行词his friends的，故第一空格要填like。7. Not only I but also Jane and Mary _ tired of having one examination after another.A. isB. areC. amD. be答案：B. 解析：not onlybut also连接两个并列主语时，句子的谓语根据就近的原则处理。8. One-third of the area _ covered with green trees. About seventy percent of the trees _ been planted.A. are; haveB. is; hasC. is; have D. are; has答案：C. 解析：“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。9. Two hundred and fifty pounds _ too unreasonable a price for a second-hand car.A. is B. are C. were D. be答案：A. 解析：表示度量、时间、金钱等的复数名词作主语时，往往把其看作一个整体，谓语动词采用单数形式。10. In my opinion，what Zhai Zhigang，Liu Boming and Jing Haipeng _ good to our countrys international positionAdid do doesBdid does do Cdoes did doDdo do did答案：B. 解析：句子的主语是what引导的主语从句，即：what Zhai Zhigang，Liu Boming and Jing Haipeng did。what引导的主语从句作主语，谓语动词用单数，借助于助动词does强调谓语，后用动词原形do。11. Every boy and every girl as well as some teachers who _ to visit the museum _ asked to be at the school gate before 6:30 in the morningAare; are Bis; is Care; is Dis; are答案：C. 解析：本题是一个带有定语从句的复合句，定语从句修饰的是teachers，关系词在从句中作主语，应与先行词的数保持一致，故从句谓语用复数。句子主语是Every boy and every girl，当主语后面跟有with，together with，as well as等连接的词时，其谓语动词的单复数不受这些词语的影响。every.and every.作主语，谓语用单数。12. On the contrary, I think it is Truman, _ you, _ to blame.A. more than; areB. less than; who areC. rather than; that isD. rather than; is答案：C. 解析：分析句子成分是解答此题的关键。本题为强调句式，第二个空必须用who或that引导从句，因此可排除A项和D项；rather than意为“而不是”。此处强调的是Truman，故谓语动词应为单数。13. Some of the latest news about this country _ televised _ from the battle field.A. was; directB. were; straight C. were; alive D. was; live答案：D. 解析：由“some of，plenty of，a lot of，lots of，most of，the rest of，all of，half of，part of，the remainder of或分数、百分数+of+名词”等短语作主语时，谓语动词常与of后的名词保持数的一致。一般来说，如果of后面所接名词为复数形式，谓语动词为复数；如果of后面所接名词为单数形式或不可数名词，谓语就用单数形式。news为不可数名词，谓语动词用单数；live表示“现场直播地”。14. The population of the city _ not large, but one third of the population here _ highly educated citizens.A. is; is B. are; are C. is; are D. are; is答案：C. 解析：population表示“人口”总称时谓语常用单数；表示“几分之几”的“人口”则是指具体人口，谓语用复数。15. The growth of part-time and flexible working patterns, and of training and retraining schemes _ more women to take advantage of employment opportunities.A. allow B. allows C. allowing D. have allowed答案：B. 解析：主语的中心词是growth，谓语动词用单数，of短语做定语，修饰growth。16. Facing the economic depression, every possible means _ this year to save the company from going bankrupt. A. has been triedB. has tried C. have been tried D. have tried答案：A. 解析：means由every修饰作主语，谓语动词应该用单数,且主语与try为被动关系，故选择A项。17. The Ministry of Health issued a notice in September that the fees for tests and treatment in (H1N1) flu cases _ by medical insurance. A. coverB. are covered C. will cover D. has been covered答案：B. 解析：that引导的从句为notice的同位语从句。同位语从句的主语是fee的复数形式fees，并且与谓语动词cover是被动关系，故选B项。18. Mr Franklin, in addition to three salesmen, _ to attend the meeting.A. are planningB. were planning C. have plannedD. plans答案：D.解析：当主语后面跟有with，together with，along with，accompanied by，like，in addition to，as well as，as much as，more than，rather than，no less than，except，but，besides，including等连接的词组时，其谓语动词的单复数不受这些词语的影响句意为:富兰克林和其他三个销售人员计划参加会议。句中主语为Mr. Franklin，故选D。19. Neither of them _ going to the school. Both of them _ going to the cinema.A. is; are B. is; is C. are; was D. are; is答案：A. 解析：当eitherneither of.构成的短语作主语时，谓语动词通常用单数形式。both of.构成的短语作主语时，谓语动词通常用复数形式。20. All the furniture in my office _ made in Hong Kong.A. is B. are C. were D. had been答案：A. 解析：有些表示某类别的总称的集合名词，如：machinery(机械)，clothing(衣服)，luggage(行李)，furniture(家具)，equipment(设备)，jewelry(珠宝)等作主语时，谓语动词常用单数。21. The Chinese usually _ chopsticks for meals, while the British _ knives and forks.A. use; uses B. uses; use C. use; use D. used; use答案：C. 解析：the Chinese“中国人”，the British“英国人”，表示整个民族，谓语动词用复数形式。22. He bought me two novels and an English dictionary. Such _ the gifts he gave me.A. was B. is C. were D. are答案：C. 解析：Such做主语，谓语动词要根据其所指保持一致，本句谓语要与the gifts保持一致，根据本题的时态判断，应用过去时态。23. Her family _ much larger than mine four years ago. Her family _ dancing and singing when I came in last night.A. were; was B. was; were C. was; was D. were; were答案：B. 解析：第一句中的her family应理解为“她的家庭”，用单数；第二句中的her family应理解为“她一家人”，用复数。24. The injured in the tsunami _ good care of by some medical teams.A. is taken B. are being taken C. are taking D. is being taken答案：B.解析：“the+形容词/-ing形式/-ed分词”作主语表示“一类人”时，谓语动词常用复数形式。再者，此处应用被动语态。25. On the closet _ a pair of trousers his parents bought for his birthday.A. lying B. lies C. lie D. is laid答案：B. 解析：题干为倒装结构。a pair of trousers为主语部分的中心词，谓语动词应用单数形式。26. Nothing but several glasses _ bought by my father the day before yesterday.A. was B. were C. have been D. would be答案：A. 解析：不定代词anybody，anything，something，everybody，no one，nothing等作主语，谓语用单数。此处nothing是句子的主语，谓语动词要用第三人称单数形式。27. Everyone, men and women, old and young _ sports and games.A. is enjoy B. were enjoying C. enjoys D. enjoy答案：C. 解析：本句主语是不定代词everyone，为单数主语，谓语动词要用第三人称单数形。28. Barbara is easy to recognize as shes the only one of the women who _ evening dress.A. wear B. wears C. has worn D. have worn答案：B. 解析：考查主谓一致和时态。首先the only one of .为先行词时，定语从句修饰的是one，即one是主语，而非后面的复数women，根据主谓一致的原则，谓语动词应该用单数，排除A，D。另外，从“is”可以看出句子是要表示一种习惯，因此要用一般现在时，排除C，故选B。29. - Several department stores, including the one we usually go to, _ sidewalk sales this week.- Lets go and have a look.A. is having B. are having C. has D. have had答案：B. 解析：句子的主语是Several department stores，谓语用复数，根据第二个人的回答可以知道是正在进行沿街促销，所以用现在进行时。30. Of the first Spanish to go to California, the majority _ religious men, _ ministry was to teach the Catholic religion to the natives.A. was; of which the B. were; of whom C. were; their D. were; whose答案：D. 解析：“the majority of+复数名词”作主语时，用复数谓语。the majority单独作主语时，谓语既可用单数，也可用复数形式。Whose引导非限制性定语从句，whose做从句的定语。翻译：最早到达加利福尼亚州的西拔牙人中大多数是神职人员，他们的使命是传授当地人天主教教义。