[例1] E-mail, as well as telephones, _____ an important part in daily communication.
A. is playing B. have played C. are playing D. play
分析:带有as well as 短语的名词做主语时,谓语动词与这个名词的人称和数一致,不受as well as 短语内容的影响。E-mail是单数形式,故选择A。
[例2] Either John or his friends _____ to blame for the bad results.
A. are B. is C. was D. has been
分析:either…or..连接两个名词做主语时,其谓语动词与离它最近的名词的数和人称一致,本题中his friends 决定了谓语动词的形式,故选择A。
[例3] The conductor and composer _____ by a crowd of people.
A. are greeted B. is greeted C. greets D. have been greeted
分析:根据句意,主语部分的The conductor and composer 是指一个人即:乐队指挥兼作曲家, 所以主语的内容是单数形式,故选择B。
[例4] —The trousers _____ you well, madam.
—But the colour _____ me.
A. fit; don’t suit B. fits; doesn’t suit C. fits; don’t suit D. fit; doesn’t suit
分析:trousers, clothes, glasses,等名词本身就是复数形式。谓语动词用复数形式。Colour 是单数,谓语用单数,故选择D。
[例5] The Smith’s family, which _____ rather a large one, _____ very fond of their old house.
A. were; were B. was; were C. were; was D. was; was
分析:family指"家庭"为单数,指"家庭成员"为复数形式。第一空格前的which 指"家庭" 谓语用was. 第二空格后的fond of指"家庭成员喜欢他们的老房子" 谓语为were,故选择B。
[例6] He is the only one of the students who _____ a winner of scholarship for three years.
A. is B. are C. have been D. has been
分析:当定语从句先行词是"one of +复数形式"时, 其后的从句谓语动词用复数形式。而当one之前有the only时, 定语从句则强调the only one,谓语动词用单数。另外,题目中的时间状语for three years表明从句的时态为现在完成时,故选择D。
[例7] Three fifths of the police _____ in the school near the town.
A. has trained B. have trained C. has been trained D. have been trained
分析:分数+名词做主语时,谓语动词的形式由分数所指的名词的形式(可数名词或不可数名词)决定,police 是集合名词为复数形式,根据句子意思,police 与train 为被动关系,应用被动语态,故选择D。
1. Now my picture and the prize is hanging in the library.
分析:本句中主语Now my picture and the prize是复数形式,谓语动词is应改为are.
2. Sometimes, we talked to each other very well in class, but after class we become stranger at once.
分析:本句第一行,根据全篇内容的语境,应当是一般现在时,所以谓语动词talked改为talk.第二行:根据句意:我们下课后立刻又成了陌生人。Stranger应当与主语we一致,改为复数形式,strangers.
3. But not all information are good to society.
分析:主语information是不可数名词,are应改为is