主谓一致专项练习(含答案)

主谓一致专项练

( ) 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

( ) 2. The number of teachers in our college _____ greatly increased last term. A number of teachers in this school _____ from the countryside.

A. was; is

B. was; are

C. were; are

D. were; is

( ) 3. What _____ the population of China? One-third of the population _____ workers here.

A. is; are

B. are; are

C. is; is

D. are; is

( ) 4. Not only he but also we _____ right. He as well as we _____ right.

A. are; are

B. are; is

C. is; is

D. is; are

( ) 5. What he’d like _____ a digital watch. What he`d like _____ textbooks.

A. are; are

B. is; is

C. is; are

D. are; is

( ) 6. He is one of the boys who _____ here on time. He is the only one of the boys who _____ here on time.

A. has come; have come

B. have come; has come

C. has come; has come

D. have come; have come

( ) 7. Either you or he _____ interested in playing chess. _____ you or he fond of music at present?

A. are; Are

B. is; Are

C. are; Is

D. is; Is

( ) 8. Many a professor _____ looking forward to visiting Germany now. Many scientists _____ studied animals and plants in the last two years.

A. is; have

B. is; has

C. are; have

D. is; are

( ) 9. A knife and a fork _____ on the table. A knife and fork _____ on the table.

A. is; is

B. are; are

C. are; is

D. is; are

( ) 10. 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

( ) 11. How and why Jack came to China _____ not known. When and where to build the new library _____ not been decided.

A. is; has

B. are; has

C. is; have

D. are; have

( ) 12. Now Tom together with his classmates _____ football on the playground.

A. play

B. are playing

C. plays

D. is playing

( ) 13. Two hundred and fifty pounds _____ too unreasonable a price for a second-hand car.

A. is

B. are

C. were

D. be

( ) 14. All but Dick _____ in Class Three this term.

A. are

B. is

C. were

D. was

( ) 15. Soon after the earthquake, every man, woman and child _____ about it.

A. were talking

B. was talking

C. talk

D. talks

( ) 16. _____ of the land in that district _____ covered with trees and grass.

A. Two fifth; is

B. Two fifths; are

C. Two fifth; are

D. Two fifths; is

( ) 17. My friend and classmate Paul _____ motorcycles in his spare time.

A. race

B. races

C. is raced

D. is racing

( ) 18. There _____ a pen, two pencils, and three books on the desk.

A. are

B. is

C. has

D. have

( ) 19. The factory, including its machines and buildings, _____ burnt last night.

A. is

B. are

C. were

D. was

( ) 20. Climbing hills _____ of great help to health.

A. is

B. are

C. were

D. be

( ) 21. Not the teacher but the students _____ excited.

A. is

B. has

C. are

D. have

( ) 22. 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

( ) 23. As I have a meeting at four, ten minutes _____ all that I can spare to talk with you.

A. are

B. was

C. is

D. were

( ) 24. Each man and each woman _____ asked to help when the fire broke out.

A. is

B. was

C. are

D. were

( ) 25. About 60 percent of the students _____ from the south; the rest of them _____ from the north and foreign countries.

A. are; is

B. is; is

C. is; are

D. are; are

答案及部分解析：

1-5 CBABC 6-10 BBACB 11-15 ADAAB 16-20 DBBDA 21-25 CBCBD

1. “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。

2. “the number of+名词”作主语，谓语动词常用单数形式。“a number of+名词”作主语，谓语动词常用复数形式。

3. “分数或百分数+of the population”作主语，谓语动词常用复数形式。

4. or, either...or, neither...nor, not only...but also等(关联)连词连接两个并列主语时，谓语动词的数按“就近原则”处理。注意：即使在疑问句中，动词的数也应与最近的主语保持一致。as well as连接两个并列主语时，谓语动词的数应与前一主语保持一致。

5. what引导的名词性从句作主语时，谓语动词常用单数形式。但当作表语的名词为复数，或what