1、专题八 数词与主谓一致 专题八 数词与主谓一致 专题导读专题八 专题导读 对于主谓一致的考查，最近几年经常考查的内容有不可数名词和集体名词的主谓一致问题以及most of，half of，one third of等的主谓一致问题。解题小技巧 研读考试大纲上对数词与主谓一致的考查点是解决问题的关键。分析近几年的试题，我们不难发现，所有的选项没有超出考试大纲，因此，只要熟悉考试大纲所列内容，就不会对答案茫然无所知。真题典例专题八 真题典例 1.2011安徽卷 The factory used 65 percent of the raw materials,the rest of which _ s
2、aved for other purposes.Ais Bare Cwas Dwere 【解析】D 句意：这个工厂用了65%的原材料，剩余的被保存下来以作他用。考查主谓一致。关系代词which指代先行词materials，为复数，又由used可知此处应该用一般过去时。专题八 真题典例 2.2011湖南卷 One third of the country _covered with trees and the majority of the citizens_ black people.Ais;are Bis;is Care;are Dare;is 【解析】A 句意：整个国家的三分之一被森林覆盖
3、，大部分的居民是黑人。one third of the country作主语按单数对待，the majority of the citizens作主语按复数对待，故答案为A。专题八 真题典例 3.2010全国卷 Barbara is easy to recognize as shes the only one of the women who _ evening dress.Awear Bwears Chas worn Dhave worn【解析】B 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
4、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。专题八 真题典例 4.2010湖南卷 Listening to loud music at rock concerts _caused hearing loss in some teenagers.Ais Bare Chas Dhave【解析】C 动名词短语作主语，句子的谓语动词用单数形式，由此排除B、D两项，根据主语与caused是主动关系，排除A项。专题八 真题典例 5.2010四川卷 Such poets as Shakespeare _widely read,of whose wor
5、ks,however,some _difficult to understand.Aare;are Bis;is Care;is Dis;are【解析】A 主句中的主语应为poets，谓语动词用复数，其后的非限制性定语从句的主语应为some of whose works，谓语动词也应是复数。故选A。专题八 真题典例 5.2010四川卷 Such poets as Shakespeare _widely read,of whose works,however,some _difficult to understand.Aare;are Bis;is Care;is Dis;are【解析】A 主句
6、中的主语应为poets，谓语动词用复数，其后的非限制性定语从句的主语应为some of whose works，谓语动词也应是复数。故选A。新题预测专题八 新题预测 1.Have all of you listened to the speech?Yeah.Every boy and every girl in the area _ invited.Awere Bhave been Chas been Dwas【解析】D 由and连接的主语如果由every修饰时，其谓语动词要用单数形式。句子表述的内容仅仅是过去情况，所以用一般过去时态。专题八 新题预测 2.The most impressiv
7、e sight in China,one of the wonders of the world,_ the Great Wall.Ais Bare Cwas Dwere【解析】A 句子的主语是one of the wonders of the world,并且句子表述的是一种客观事实，所以谓语动词要用is。专题八 新题预测 3.Butter and bread _their daily food,but the bread and the butter _ up now.Ais;is eaten Bare;have been eaten Care;are eaten Dis;have bee
8、n eaten【解析】D butter and bread表示同一概念“黄油面包”，谓语动词用单数形式。the bread and the butter指面包和黄油，故谓语用复数。专题八 新题预测 4.The number of people invited _ fifty,but a number of them _ absent for different reasons.Awere;was Bwas;were Cwas;was Dwere;were【解析】B the number of可数名词复数，谓语动词用单数形式；而a number of可数名词复数，谓语动词用复数形式。专题八 新题
9、预测 5.With more forests being destroyed,huge quantities of good earth _ each year.Ais washing away Bis being washed away Care washing away Dare being washed away【解析】D 当主语是quantities ofn.时，谓语动词用复数形式。专题八 新题预测 6.The League secretary and monitor _ asked to make a speech at the meeting _ yesterday.Ais;to
10、hold Bwas;held Care;to be held Dwere;held【解析】B the League secretary and monitor表示同一概念，谓语动词用第三人称单数形式，同时由于the meeting已经举行了，所以用过去分词作定语。专题八 新题预测 7.A certain number of tourists _ complaining about the high accommodation price during the last month.Ais Bare Chas been Dhave been【解析】D 句子的主语由a number of修饰，谓语
11、动词要用复数形式，并且由“during the last month”可知应用现在完成时，故选D。专题八 新题预测 8.The exercises are extremely difficult,but half of the class _ them ahead of time.Ahas already finished Bwill finish Chave already finished Dfinishes【解析】C 集体名词class在这表示其中一个个成员，谓语动词应该用复数形式。专题八 新题预测 9.Life _ filled with good things and we shou
12、ld enjoy them,and that includes the lovely snow that sometimes _ Shanghai.Awas;fell on Bare;fall on Cis;falls on Dwere;fell on 【解析】C life是抽象名词，snow属于物质名词，都应该用第三人称单数形式。专题八 新题预测 10.Why does the river smell terrible?Because large quantities of water_.Ahave polluted Bis being polluted Chas been polluted Dhave been polluted【解析】D quantities ofn.词时，谓语动词要用复数形式。