主谓一致整理稿及专项练习[2]

Agreement   (主谓一致)专项练习

一、选择填空

1. 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

2. The number of students in this school ______ by 5% every year.

     A. rise            B. raise         C. rises           D. raises

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

4. E-mail, as well as telephones, ____ an important part in daily communication.

     A. is playing       B. have played   C. are played        D. play

5. Nobody but Jane _______ the secret.

    A.  Know          B. knows       C. have known      D. is known

6. All but one ______ here just now.

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

7. Either you or the headmaster ____ the prizes to these gifted students at the meeting.               

    A. is handing out   B. are to hand out     C. are handing out   D. is to hand out       

8. Not only I but also Jane and Mary ______ tired of having one examination after another.   A. is          B. are            C. am         D. have

9. She is one of the few girls who _____ in the kindergarten.

   A. is well paid       B. are well paid     C. is paying       D. are paid well

10. _____ of the land in that district _____ covered with trees and grass.

   A. Two fifth; is       B. Two fifth; are    C. Two fifths; is   D. Two fifths; are

11. 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

12. There _____ no life on the moon.

   A. is said to have     B. are said to have     C. is said to be    D. are said to be

13. ----Each of the students, working hard at his or her lessons, ____ to go to university.

   ----So do I.   A. hope      B. hopes      C. hoping      D. hoped

14. A group of _______ are eating ____ and ____ at the foot of the hill.

   A. sheep; grass; leaves     B. sheeps; grasses; leaves

C. sheep; grass; leaf      D. sheeps; grass; leafs

15. All the ____   are made of _______, not plastics.

     A. glass; glass     B. glasses; glass   C. glass; glasses   D. glasses; glasses

16. It was he and I who _____ at your house yesterday.

     A. was      B. am        C. were       D. is

17. All means that _____ possible _____ been used to save him

     A. is; have   B. were; have   C. was; has   D. are; has

二．用所给词的适当形式填空  

1.   Her advice _______ useful to me. (be)

2.   Laying eggs _______ the queen ant’s full-time job. (be)

3.   Everyone _______ Tom and Mary will get married next month. (know)

4.   Nothing ______ been done to stop the lake from being polluted.   (have)

5.   Either of the rooms ____ big enough. ( be )

6.   More than one person _____ killed in the accident.    ( be )

7.   More questions than one _______ been asked. ( have)

8.   A poor woman together with her four children ____ found begging in the street. ( be )

9.   The professor, including all of his students ______ gone abroad.  ( have)

10.  Two hours _____ enough for us to finish the work.     ( be )

11.  One hundred dollars a month _____ not a high pay.  ( be )

12.  Arabian Nights _____ a book popular with the young children.  ( be )

13.  Politics _______ not easy for the students to learn well.   ( be )

14.  The youth ______ fond of rock ’n roll music. ( be )

15.   Fifty tons of coal _______ wasted in the factory last year.   ( be )

16.   A large quantity of new machines ____ been bought by the factory this year. ( have )

17.   Collecting stamps and playing the guitar _____ my hobbies.  (be)

18.   Each boy and each girl ______ to finish the work on time.  ( be )

19.   What they needed _____ some water. ( be )

20.   Nearly 60 percent of the students in our class ____ boys. ( be )

21.   More than two thirds of the surface of the earth ___  covered by water.  ( be )

22.   Neither my parents nor my sister _______ known the secret. ( have )

23.   There ___ some water and stones in the bottle.  ( be )

三．：对比选择填空

1．a. He is the only one of the students that _______ got full mark.

   b. He is one of the students that ______ got full make.

   A. is           B. are          C. has         D. have

2. a. Three fourths of the teachers present _____ against the plan.

  b. Three fourths of the surface of the earth ______ covered with water.

   A. is           B. are          C. was         D. were

3. a. The famous singer and dancer ____ our party this evening.

  b. The famous singer and the famous dancer _____ our party this evening.       

   A. are going to attend   B. was to attend   C. were to attend   D. is going to attend

4. a. A number of students ____ from the country.  b. The number of students _____ 900.

   A. is           B. are          C. has          D. have

5. a. Where and when to have the party _____ not been decided yet.

  b. What I say and think _____ nothing to do with you.

  A. is           B. has          C. are          D. have

6. a. Many a boy _____ this kind of bicycle.   b. Many boys ____ this kind of bicycle.

  A. like         B. likes

7. a. All but one _____ here now.    b. There is nothing unusual. All ____ going well.

  A. has         B. is            C. have         D. are

8. a. What she wants ____ more time.    b. What she wants ____ more sheep.

  A. has         B. have          C. is           D. are

9. a. I can work out two of the five problems, but the rest ______ too difficult for me.

   b. I have finished one third of the work and the rest _____ left for you.

   A. is          B. are            C. has          D. have

10. a. The population of the small country _____ 600,000.

   b. Two thirds of the population in this small country  ____  farmers.

   A. has         B. have           C. is           D. are

11. a. The basketball team _____ baths now.   b. The basketball team _____ 5 members.

   A. has         B. is having        C. are having     D. have

12. a. My family ______ very small.    b. The family _____ sitting round the table now.

   A. is          B. were            C. was           D. are

13. a. Either you or I ______ going to the teacher’s office after class.

   b. ______ either you or I going to the teacher’s office after class?

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

14. a. They each ______ a new English-Chinese dictionary.

   b. Each of them ______ a new English-Chinese dictionary.

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

15. a. A scientist and some of his assistants _____ to help to do the work.

   b. A scientist , as well as some of his assistants, ____ to help to do the work.

   A. sent       B. send           C. were sent       D. was sent

15. a. There __ a magazine, a few letters and some newspapers on the table.

   b. There ___ a few letters, a magazine and some newspaper on the table.

   A. is         B. are            C. have           D. has

16. a. Either of the street ______ lined by trees and flowers.

   b. Both of the street _______ lined by trees and flowers.

   A. is         B. are            C. have            D. has

17. a. All that he needs ________ more time and money.

   b. All that he needs ________ more natural resources.

   A. is          B. are            C. have            D. has

18. a. The rest of the students in the school ____ going to stay at school.

   b. The rest of his income _______ to give to his mother.

   A. is          B. are           C. was             D. were

19. a. The sheep that he has raised _____ white ones.

   b. The sheep he is going to give to his son _______ a young one.

   A. is          B. are           C. have            D. has