?Class Four is on the third floor. 四班在三楼。

?Class Four are unable to agree upon a monitor. 四班的人在选谁当班长的事情上无法达成一致。

【注意】 people, police, cattle等集合名词作主语，谓语动词一般都用复数。 ?The police are looking for the lost child. 警察正在寻找那个失踪的孩子。

就近一致原则

有时谓语动词的人称和数与最近的主语保持一致。

1．当两个主语由either...or, neither...nor, whether...or, not only...but also连接时，谓语动词的人称和数与邻近的主语一致。

?Either the teacher or the students are our friends. 那个老师和那些学生都是我们的好朋友。 ?Neither they nor he is wholly right. 不论是他们还是他都没全对。

2．there be句型中be动词的数取决于其后的主语。如果其后是由and连接的两个主语，则be动词的数应与靠近的那个主语保持一致。

?There are two chairs and a desk in the room. 房间里有两把椅子和一张桌子。 【注意】 Here引导的句子用法同上。

Ⅰ.单句语法填空

1．More than 60 percent of the world's radio programmes are(be) in England. 解析 句意：世界上超过百分之六十的广播节目来自英国。“分数或百分数＋of＋名词”构成的短语作主语时，其谓语动词的数要根据短语后面名词的数而定。programmes为复数，故谓语动词也要用复数形式。

2．“All are(be) present and all is(be) going on well，” our monitor said.

解析 句意：班长说：“所有人都在场，一切顺利。”第一个all指所有人，是复数意义；第二个all指事情的进展，是单数意义。

3．Yesterday the League secretary and monitor was_asked(ask) to make a speech at the meeting.

解析 句意：昨天，我们的团委书记，也是我们的班长，被要求在会议上发言。and连

接的两个词共用一个冠词，表示是同一个人，谓语动词要用单数形式。

4．Mary as well as her sisters is_studying(study) Chinese in China now.

解析 句意：玛丽和她的姐妹现在在中国学习汉语。Mary为单数意义词，尽管其后连接由as well as引导的短语，谓语动词的数仍然要由Mary这个词决定。

5．It is known to all that the richare(be) not always happy. 解析 句意：人们都知道富人并非总是快乐的。“the＋形容词”表示某一类人时，谓语动词用复数形式。

6．The police were_searching(search) for the murderer everywhere when he suddenly appeared in a theatre.

解析 句意：警察正在到处寻找凶手，这时，他突然出现在剧院。police作主语时，谓语动词一般用复数形式。

7．Air pollution, together with littering, causes/has_caused/is_causing(cause) many problems in our large industrial cities today.

解析 句意：如今，空气污染与乱丢垃圾，在我们大工业城市引起了许多问题。由together with连接的两部分，其后的谓语动词的数与其前的部分保持一致。

8．The Olympic Games are (be) a major international event of summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes compete in a wide variety of events.

解析 句意：奥运会是一个夏季和冬季的重要国际体育赛事，期间数千名运动员在很多赛事中竞技。the Olympic Games作主语时，谓语动词要用复数形式。

9．All possible means have_been_tried(try), but it seems that they have a long way to go. 解析 句意：他们尝试了所有可能的方法，但似乎他们还有很长的路要走。名词means (方法) 的单复数同形，用作主语时，其谓语的单复数要视具体含义而定。 此处means与all 连用，表示复数意义，意为“所有方法”，故谓语动词用复数形式。

10．What a pity! All his property—the books, the pictures and the house, was_consumed/has_been_consumed(consume) by the big fire. 解析 句意：真遗憾！他所有的财产——书籍、照片和房子，都被大火吞噬了。句子的主语是all his property, 表示整体，谓语动词用单数。

11．Neither of the novels which are(be) popular with us has_been_translated(translate) into Chinese so far.

解析 句意：到目前为止，受我们欢迎的两本小说都未被翻译成汉语。which引导的定语从句修饰的先行词是novels，为复数名词，所以定语从句中谓语动词要用复数形式；主句的主语为neither引导的名词短语，谓语动词要用单数形式。

12．A growing number of people are_beginning(begin) to believe that learning new skills and knowledge contributes(contribute) to more promotion opportunities.

解析 句意：越来越多的人开始相信学习新的技能和知识能帮他们获得更多的提升机会。

a number of 表示“许多”，连接名词作主语时，谓语动词要用复数形式；动名词短语作主语时，谓语动词一般用单数形式。

13．What he has said leaves/has_left(leave) much for us to think about. 解析 句意：他所说的话发人深省。此处what引导的主语从句表示单数意义，后面谓语动词用单数形式。

14．There is/was(be) a small quantity of water left in the bottle.

解析 句意：瓶子里还剩下少量的水。there be句型中be动词的单复数取决于其后的主语。water为不可数名词，所以此处be动词要用单数形式。

15．The variety of goods on sale in that shop is(be) surprising. 解析 句意：那个商店出售的货物品种多得惊人。the variety of 意为“……的种类/多样性”，其后接名词作主语时，谓语动词要用单数形式。

16．Machines of this kind help(help) us a lot in our daily life. 解析 句意：这种机器在我们的日常生活中对我们帮助很大。machines of this kind的中心词为machines，是复数名词，谓语动词要用复数形式。

17．It is because we are different and each of us is(be) special.

解析 句意：那是因为我们与众不同，我们每个人都很特别。“each of...”作主语，谓语动词需用单数形式。

18．The film Gone with the Wind was_shot(shoot) in Atlanta, the US, because the novel was set in the American Civil War.

解析 句意：电影《乱世佳人》是在美国亚特兰大拍摄的，因为这部小说是以美国内战为背景。本句的主语是the film，是单数，Gone with the Wind是其同位语。

19．Over the Yangtze River have_been_built(build) eleven grand bridges in Wuhan so far, and another one is said to be finished next year.

解析 句意：到目前为止，武汉已建成十一座长江大桥，另一座新桥据说将在明年完成。这是一个倒装句，句子的主语是eleven grand bridges，因此谓语动词用复数形式；又因so far 意为“到目前为止”，故谓语动词用现在完成时。

20．Mr Smith is one of the foreign teachers who are(be) working in our school. 解析 句意：史密斯先生是在我们学校工作的外籍教师之一。定语从句中谓语动词的数要由先行词决定，此处先行词为teachers，所以从句中的be动词用are。

Ⅱ.单句改错

1．There are 60 students in Tom's class and thirty percent is from Wuhan.

are

解析 句意：汤姆的班级有60名学生，其中30%来自武汉。thirty percent后省略了of the students。

2．John together with his workmates are playing football over there.

is

解析 句意：约翰和他的同事们正在那里踢足球。此句真正的主语是John。

3．A large number of students are gathering at the school gate, and the number of them are

isreaching 100.

解析 句意：许多学生聚集在校门口，人数达到了100。the number of them的中心词为number，是单数。

4．The writer and translator are delivering a speech in front of a large number of audience in

isour school.

解析 句意：在我们学校，那位作家兼翻译家正在许多观众前发表演讲。The writer and translator是一个人。

5．In fact, not only Mary and I but also Jane are tired of having one exam after another.

is解析 句意：事实上，不仅是玛丽和我，而且简也厌倦了一个接一个的考试。根据就近一致原则，谓语动词的数和最近的Jane保持一致。

6．“If anybody want to buy the book, please put down his name，” said the teacher to the

wantsmonitor.

解析 句意：老师对班长说，如果有人想买书，把名字记下来。anybody是从句的主语，谓语用单数形式。

7．Nothing but one desk and six chairs are in the room.

is

解析 句意：房间里除了一张桌子和六把椅子外什么都没有。Nothing是主语，谓语用单数形式。

8．Between the two roads stand a TV tower called “Skyscraper Tower”．

stands

解析 句意：两条路中间矗立着一座被称为“摩天塔”的电视塔。此句为倒装句，真正的主语为a TV tower。

9．The hungry children care so little about their meals that anything will do so long as the food fill their stomachs.

fills

解析 句意：那些饥饿的孩子们不在意他们的饮食，只要能填饱他们的肚子，什么食物都行。从句的主语food为不可数名词，谓语动词用单数形式。

10．Where to get the materials and how to get them has not been discussed at the meeting.

have解析 句意：到哪里去找材料以及怎么找并没有在会上讨论。此句的主语为Where to get