新人教必修4-Unit1 Women of achievement Grammar.pptVIP

关于one of 的主谓一致 “one of +复数名词/代词”作主语时，谓语动词用单数形式。 One of the men doctors is visiting the patient. 在定语从句中，若先行词是“one of +复数名词”时，定语从句的谓语动词用复数形式；若是the only one of +复数名词，用单数形式。 He is one of the students who come from England.他是来自英国的学生之一。 He is the only one of the students who comes from England.他是唯一来自英国的学生。 高考链接 1. As a result of destroying the forests, a large _____ of desert _____ covered the land.(上海2001） A. number; has B. quantity; has C. number; have D. quantity; have B 精析：a large number of 后面要接复数名词，所以A不能作为答案。因为desert是单数，所以要填 has。这句话的意思是“毁坏森林的结果是，大片沙漠覆盖了陆地．”答案 B 2. ____ of the land in that district ____ covered with trees and grass.(上海2000) A. Two fifth, is B. Two fifth, are C. Two fifths, is D. Two fifths, are C 精析: 分数的分子用基数词,分母用序数词表示.如果分子大于1, 分母序数词后加-s. 分数和百分比作主语时,谓语动词的形式取决于分数和百分数后面的名词.句子中的主语 land是单数,所以谓语动词要用is covered. 答案C. 3 ---- Each of the students, working hard at his or her lessons, ____ to go to university. ---- So do I.（全国1998） A. hopes B. hope  C. hoping D. do hope A 精析：这句话的主语是 Each of the students，是单数，所以要 hopes 选作谓语。现在分词短语working hard at his or her lessons 作状语，表示伴随的情况。有的考生盲目地把 lessons 当成了主语，填写了hope，发生了错误。本题的译文：每一个努力学习的学生都想上大学。我也是。答案 A。 4. ____ people in the world are sending information by e-mail every day.（上海2001） A. Several million  B. Many millions C. Several millions  D. Many million A 精析: 在million前如果有具体的数字或 several等词时，要用单数形式。 many一般不与 million等词连用. 表示“数百万”，英语为 millions of。这句话的意思是“每天，世界上有几十万人通过 e-mail传递信息。”答案 A。 5.The number of people invited ______ fifty, but a number of them _______ absent for different reasons. (NMET96) A. were; was B. was; was C. was; were D. were; were C 6. The number of students in this school _________ by 5% every year.(MET92) A. rise B. raise C. rises D. raises the number of+复数可数名词作主语，表示……的数目(数量)，谓语动词用单数；a number of+复数可数名词作主语，表示许多……，谓语动词用复数。 C 7. A good deal of money _________ spent on books.(MET84)