初级英语语法重点、考点与难点(13)

1. Nobody but Betty and Mary _____ late for classyesterday.

A. was                      B. were                     C. has been               D. have been

2. A woman with some children _____ soon.

A. is coming              B. are coming

C. has come              D. have come

3. No one except my parents _____ anything aboutthis.

A. know                   B. knows                  C. is known              D. are known

4. The teacher as well as the students _____ thebook already.

A. has read                B. have read

C. are reading            D. is reading

5. All but one ____ in the accident.

A. was killed             B. were killed

C. will be killed          D. are killed

答案：1. A 2. A 3. B 4. A 5. B

6. 这类并列主语中谓语应与哪个保持一致

a. You or he ______ to blame.

b. _______ you or he to blame?

A. is, Is                    B. are, Are               C. is, Are                 D. are, Is

此题应选C。在通常情况下, 两个并列主语由or, either...or, neither...nor, not...but, not only...but (also)等连接时, 其谓语通常与第二个主语(即临近的一个主语) 保持一致：

1. One or two days _____ enough to see the city.

A. is                         B. are                       C. am                       D. be

2. Neither my wife nor I myself _____ able topersuade my daughter to change her mind.

A. is                         B. are                       C. am                       D. be

3. Not only I but also Jane and Mary ______ tiredof having one examination after another.

A. is                         B. are                       C. am                       D. be

4. Not the teacher, but the students _____ lookingforward to seeing the film.

A. is                         B. are                       C. am                       D. be

注意在疑问句中则通常与第一个主语 (即临近的一个主语)保持一致：

a. You or he is to blame. 你或他有一人要受责备。

b. Are you or he to blame? 受责备的是你还是他?

顺便说一句, 在现代英语中用neither...nor, either...or等连接主语时也可一律用复数(但考生在应试时应避免)。

答案：1. B 2. C 3. B 4. B

7. 这类结构中谓语的数取决于形式还是意义

a. More than one boy ______ read the story.

b. More boys than one ______ read the story.

A. have, have           B. has, has               C. have, has             D. has, have

此题应选D。该题很容易误选A, 认为既然more than one意为“不只一个”(＝多个), 那么其谓语就应该用复数。 其实more than one 用作主语时, 谓语通常要用单数(要从形式一致来考虑)。more than one用作主语时, 要注意以下两个结构：

a. “more than one+单数名词”用作主语, 其谓语通常用单数(即从形式考虑)

b. “more+复数名词+than one”用作主语, 其谓语通常要用复数

也就是说, 以上结构中名词的数决定其后动词的数。

不只一个学生受到惩罚。

正：More than one student was punished.

正：More students than one were punished.