最新命题题库2005高考英语试题分项解析汇编专题12 数词与主谓一致专题12 数词与主谓一致third of the country ______covered with trees and the majority of the citizens_______black people.A. is; areB. is; isC. are; areD. are; is【答案】A【考点】考查主谓一致。

【解析】整个国家为整体，三分之一的部分当然也应用单数；而the majority of citizens 主要指人，是可数名词，此时的谓语动词用复数，表示“大多数，大部分”。

which _____ saved for other purposes.A. isB. areC. wasD. were【答案】D【考点】考查主谓一致和时态。

【解析】定语从句中先行词是the raw materials，故定语从句应与先行词数的一致，用复数，上文时态为过去式，故选D。

句意为：工厂用了这种原材料的65%，剩余部分节省出来作他用。

to loud music at rock concerts caused hearing loss in some teenagers.A. isB. areC. hasD. have【答案】C【考点】主谓一致【解析】根据动名词短语作主语, 句子的谓语动词用单数形式, 由此排除B、D两项, 根据主语与caused的主动关系, 排除A项Such poets as Shakespeare widely read, of whose works, however, some difficult to understand.A. are；areB. is；isC. are；isD. is：are【答案】A【考点】考查主谓一致。

【解析】主句中的主语应为poets, 谓语动词用复数, 其后的非限制性定语从句的主语应为some of whose works, 谓语动词也应是复数。

故选A。

is easy to recognize as she’s the only one of the women who _______ evening dress.A.wearB.wearsC.has wornD.have worn【答案】B【考点】考查主谓一致和时态。

【解析】首先the only one of ….为先行词时, 定语从句修饰的是one, 即one是主语, 而非后面的复数women, 根据主谓一致的原则, 谓语动词应该用复数, 排除A, D。

另外, 从“is”可以看出句子是要表示一种习惯, 因此要用一般现在时, 排除C, 故选A2009辽宁﹚Peter’s jacket looked just the same as Jack’s, but it costhis.A. as much twice asB. twice as much asC. much as twice asD. as twice much as【答案】B【考点】考查as----as同级比较前的修饰语位置。

【解析】twice应该放在第一个as之前, 选B符合。

（2009四川﹚The teacher together with the students _______ discussing Reading Skills that ______ newly published in America.A. are; wereB. is; wereC. are; wasD. is; was 【答案】B【考点】考查主谓一致。

【解析】A together with B作主语时谓语动词与A的单复数保持一致；第二空为定语从句that指代Reading Skills, 由于Reading Skills是书名所以谓语动词用单数。

（2009湖南﹚Either you or one of your students ______ to attend the meeting that is due tomorrow.A. areB. isC. haveD. be【答案】B【考点】主谓一致的用法。

【解析】Either …or…. 连接两个主语, 按就近原则来确定谓语的单复数。

One of your students 谓语应用单数形式。

（2008陕西﹚—Did you go to the show last night?—Yeah.Every boy and girl in the area invited.A.wereB.have beenC.has beenD.was【答案】D【考点】本题考查主谓一致。

A.need repairingB.needs to repairC.needs repairingD.need to repair【答案】A【考点】本题考查主谓一致和非谓语动词。

【解析】分数、百分数修饰名词, 谓语动词的单复数取决于名词, 此处two-thirds修饰buildings, 故谓语动词取决于名词复数buildings , 排除B、C两项, need doing=need to be done意为“需要被做”。

（2007上海﹚A survey of the opinions of experts that three hours of outdoor exercise a week good for one’s health.A. show; areB. shows; isC. show; isD. shows; are 【答案】B【考点】本题考查主谓一致。

【解析】由a survey可知第一个空用shows, 首先排除A、C两项；第二个空前的时间three hours of outdoor exercise a week表示抽象概念, 看作单数, 故其谓语动词用单数形式。

（2007浙江﹚Professor James will give us a lecture on the Western culture, but when and where ____ yet.A. hasn’t been decidedB. haven’t decidedC. isn’t being decidedD. aren’t decided【答案】A【考点】本题考查主谓一致及动词的时态。

【解析】根据句意, 此处应用被动语态, 不用主动语态, 故排除B；又因为when and where 表示单数意义, 故排除D；再根据句末的yet可知, 最好用现在完成时, 故选A最佳。

（2007浙江﹚It is reported that the floods have left about people homeless.A.two thousandB.two-thousandsC.two thousandsD.two thousands of【答案】A【考点】本题考查数词的用法。

【解析】hundred, thousand, million, billion, dozen, score等指具体数字时, 不用复数形式；指大约数字时, 常用复数形式。

如：one hundred, two thousand, three million, hundreds/thousands/millions/billions/dozens/scores of。

（2006北京﹚She went to the bookstore and bought .A.dozen booksB.dozens booksC.dozen of booksD.dozens of books【答案】D【考点】本题考查dozen的用法。

【解析】dozen意为“一打, 十二个”, 与数词连用时要用单数形式。

与of连用时要用复数形式。

dozens of意为“若干, 许许多多”。

dozen与数词或many, several连用时其后不加s；dozen前有基数词表示确切数字时, 其后一般不与of连用。

（2006浙江﹚The company had about 20 notebook computers but only one-third used regularly.Now we have 60 working all day long.A.isB.areC.wasD.were【答案】D【考点】本题考查主谓一致及动词的时态。

【解析】当分数、百分数作主语时, 要根据其后面的名词来决定其谓语动词的单复数。

此处one-third应是one-third of the notebook computers的省略形式, 因此谓语动词用复数, 且句子的时态用了过去时, 所以D项正确。

（2006安徽﹚Most of what has been said about the Smiths also true of the Johnsons.A.areB.isC.beingD.to be【答案】B【考点】此题考查主谓一致的用法。

【解析】名词性从句作主语时谓语动词用单数形式。

另外句中be true of意为“对……也适应”。

（2006江苏﹚A poet and artist coming to speak to us about Chinese literature and painting tomorrow afternoon.A.isB.areC.wasD.were【答案】A【考点】此题考查主谓一致的用法。

【解析】由时间状语“tomorrow afternoon”判断, 此处应用现在进行时表将来, 故排除C、D两项。

“a poet and artist”指一位诗人兼画家, 谓语动词用单数, 故选A项。

（2006辽宁﹚The father as well as his three children ____ skating on the frozen river every Sunday afternoon in winter.A. is goingB.go C.goes D. are going【答案】C【考点】此题考查主谓一致的用法。

【解析】从语法讲解的角度来看, 主语The father是单数概念, 尽管后面跟有as well as his three children,谓语动词仍要用单数形式。

every Sunday afternoon in winter暗示该空表示经常性、习惯性动作, 因此应用一般现在时。

从命题方式的角度看, 此题学生易弄混淆主语为his three children而出错, 在主语后添加his three children容易误导学生对主语的判断。