练习四

Agreement

1.Neither the prices nor the quality _____ changed.

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

2.Not only my mother but also my sisters _____ unhappy.

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

3.It was late, but the audience _____.

  A. were increased       B. were increasing       C. has increased        D. was increasing

4.Statistics _____ that the population of this country will be doubled in ten years’ time.

  A. suggest        B. suggests       C. suggested  D. suggesting

5.The majority of people _____ watching a soccer game to playing it.

  A. prefers        B. is preferring    C. prefer     D. are preferred

6.None of the blame _____ your brother’s.

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

7.She as well as the other students _____ how to install this electric equipment.

  A. learn       B. has learned       C. have learned       D. are learning

8.Every one of my sisters, including Mary, _____ blue eyes.

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

9.Mary, accompanied by her brother, _____ warmly welcomed by the audience.

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

10.Every man and woman _____ good reason to be proud of the work done by their parents.

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

11. Early to bed and early to rise _____.

   A. are good habits    B. is a good habit   C. is good habits    D. are a good habit

12.Making the beds, together with other light jobs, _____ grandma busy until noon.

   A. keeps      B. keep      C. are keeping      D. is keeping

13.One of the twins is a nurse, the other _____ a school teacher.

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

14.During the holiday, every train and steamboat _____ crowded.

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

15.Most of his spare time _____in reading.

   A. was spent     B. were spent       C. are spending       D. spends

16.Neither of us _____ to undertake the responsibility.

   A. want        B. wants      C. is wanted       D. is wanting

17.Three quarters of the soup _____ left.

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

18.If law and order _____, neither the citizen nor his property is safe.

   A. is not preserved          B. are not preserved

   C. not preserves             D. were not preserved

19.A writer and journalist _____ there twice.

  A. have been         B. has been      C. has gone         D. have gone

20.Many a country _____ they travelled, but none has left them a deep impression.

   A. did          B. has        C. have         D. having

21.The water and the food _____.

   A. was using up     B. were using up    C. was running up      D. are running up

22.Not only his sons but also he _____ model workers.

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

23.His “Selected Poems” _____ first published in 1965.

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

24.Twenty pounds _____so heavy as half of twenty kilograms.

   A. are          B. is           C. are not         D. is not

25.Buying clothes _____ often a very time-consuming practice.

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

26.To become a singer _____ study, work and sacrifice.

   A. require        B. requires     C. required          D. as required

27.What he was driving at _____ quite clear.

   A. wasn’t        B. weren’t          C. hasn’t         D. isn’t

28.Skating and skiing _____ very beneficial sports in winter.

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

29.How the prisoner escaped _____ mystery.

   A. is the          B. are the          C. are a            D. is a

30.Mary a farmer _____ wealth from the fruitful soil of the valley.

   A. have acquired       B. has acquired           C. acquire           D. has been acquired

31.John is the only one of the students in the class that never _____ a mistake, even when it is pointed out to him.

   A. admits to       B. admit making       C. admit to        D. admits to make

32.He is not one of those who _____ before difficulties.

   A. bows         B. bowed          C. bow         D. has bowed

33.More than one woman _____ as model workers last year.

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

34.Fifty-eight per cent of the 1,000-mile road _____ paved.

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

35.There _____ still one and a half packets of fish left in the refrigerator.

   A. is          B. have been        C. has been       D. had been

36.Two-thirds of steel _____ up to now.

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

37.John and I are going to play tennis; what _____ the rest  of you going to do?

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

38.I don’t think either of them _____ at home.

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

39.Most pop music _____ me out of mind.

   A. drive       B. is driven   C. drives     D. are driving

40.All I want _____ peace and quiet.

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

41.What are these things doing here _____ what I’d like to know.

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

42.A number of cars _____ parked in front of my house.

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

43.The number of articles published on cancer _____ amazing.

   A. are       B. is        C. have been    D. being

44.Another five weeks _____ necessary for us to finish the work.

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

45.Although the first part of the book is easy, the rest _____.

   A. are difficult               B. has proved difficult

   C. is supposed difficult           D. have been found difficult

46.Neither you, nor I, nor anybody else _____ anything about it.

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

47.The Garth family, which _____ rather a large one, _____ fond of _____ old house.

   A. were…was…their   B. was…was…its    C. was…were….their      D. was…were…its

48.The New York Times _____ one of the most important newspapers in the United States.

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

49.The second six months _____ to him much longer than the first.

   A. seems       B. seem       C. is seeming        D. is seemed

50.The mysterious usually _____ his attention.

   A. attract       B. attracts      C is attracting       D. attracting

 

参考答案

1—5 ACDAC            21—25 DCBDC          41—45 DBBBB

6—10 BBCDD           26—30 BABDB          46—50 ACDAB

11—15 BABCA          31—35ACADB

16—20 BCABC          36—40 CDBCA