1.All but one__________here just now.
A.is B.was C.has been D.were(MET87)
2.Not only I but also Jane and Mary__________tired of having one examination after another.
A.is B.are C.am D.be(MET89)
3.A library with five thousand books__________to the nation as a gift.
A.is offered B.has offered C.are offered D.have offered(MET90)
4.When and where to build the new factory__________yet.
A.is not decided B.are not decided
C.has not decided D.have not decided(MET91)
5.The number of people invited__________fifty,but a number of them__________absent for different reasons.
A.were;was B.was;was C.was;were D.were;were(NMET96)
参考答案及详解
1.D。all为主语,而but one修饰all,谓语动词应该同它保持一致。很多考生认为是考时态,或是将此句型同neither...nor或not only...but also混为一类,结果误认为B是正确答案。
2.B。在not only...but also...句型中,其谓语动词应同最近的主语在人称和数上保持一致。如果将Jane或Mary删掉一个,那么A则是答案;如果将I和Jane and Mary的位置对调,C为答案。
3.A。其考查目标除主谓一致外,还涉及到语态的问题。“向某人提供某物”应说offer sth. to sb.,这里的sth.由a library来承担,故应用offer的被动态形式,句中的with five thousand books作a library的定语(a library为主语),故排除C。一般来讲,主语后面除带有but,with外,如果是together with,as well as,rather than,no less than等词语时,其谓语动词也应随主语而变化。
4.A。此题既考查了主谓一致问题,又涉及到时态和语态问题,部分考生只注意题干中yet一词,以为该题只考时态问题,所以误选了C或D。该题从结构讲是动词不定式短语作主语,不定式短语所表达的意义在逻辑上作动词“decide”的宾语,所以该题应该用单数形式的被动语态。
5.C。
