英语基础语法知识介绍·名词

11. I knew I shouldn’t accept anything from such a person, but I found it difficult to turn down his _____.

    A. offer              B. suggestion            C. request             D. plan

12.________it is to gather with President Bush at such a special Thanksgiving Day in Iraq!

A. what a fun          B. what fun               C. how fun           D. what joy

13. Oh., John________ you gave us!

A. How a great surprise                             B. how pleasant surprise

C. what a pleasant surprise                         D. what pleasant surprise

14 He is________ as a leader but he hasn’t________ in teaching.

A. success; many experiences                    B. a success; much experience

C. great success; an experience                  D. a great success; a lot of experiences

15 —Who did you spend last weekend with?

—________.

A. Palmer’s                                               B. The Palmers’

C. The Palmers                                          D. The Palmer’s

●参考答案●

1. B。复合名词的复数中含有构词成分man / woman时，将变为men / women, 且所修饰的名词也要变成复数。

2. C。特殊类群体名词police / cattle做主语时，谓语动词用复数。警察个体用policeman / policewoman；牛的个体用 a head of cattle。

3. A。signs指“手势”，还可用our expressions和gesture等body movements来表达思想。sigh意为“叹息”，words与前半句矛盾。

4. C。make sense是习语，意为“有道理”、“意义清楚” (from www.hxen.net)。

5. B。比较：attempt=尝试，企图；intention=意图；purpose=目的；desire=欲望。

6. B。记住：a large / great / good quantity / amount of +复数名词或不可数名词，谓语动词用单数；large / great / good quantities / amounts of +复数名词或不可数名词，谓语动词用复数。

7. A。instructions说明书(常用复数)，explanation解释、说明。

8. C。Most of  / Half of / Part of / part of +名作主语,谓语与of后面的名词保持一致。本题中magazines是可数名词复数，故谓语动词用复数(from www.hxen.net)。

9. B。表示“机会”时，opportunity和chance两者均可；但表示“可能性”时，只能用chance。

10. A。The number of + 名词复数，谓语常用单数；A. number of +  名词复数，谓语常用复数。