Units 1-2
1.There __ a pair of glasses but there __ no books on the desk.
A. are,are B. is ,is C. is ,are D. are ,is
答案:C。
从词法看,a是单数,位于动词应该用单数,排除A.D,眼镜本身事一对或一副,名词本身应该用复数glasses 。 a pair of 是一副、一对、一双等的意思,如果是两副、两对、两双等应该为two pairs of , 这里pair本身要由复数变化,要加s。如a pair of shoes, ten pairs of shoes.另外,pair of 后一般接的名词都是复数形式的名词。按英语语法的就进原则,后一个空填are,因为books是复数,no只是一个否定的修饰词而已。
2.Nobody but Tom and Mary __in the laboratory.
A. are B. have been C. were D. is
答案:D。
这里主语是nobody,谓语动词应该用单数形式。此题不能参照就近原则,介词but后的部分与主语不是并列关系,but Tom and Mary 相当于一个插入语,不是主语部分。英语语法规定:如果主语是单数,尽管后面跟有:with , together with , as well as , no less than, rather than , like , but , besides , except , as much as, including , along with ...等引起的短语,不能看作是并列主语,该主语不受这些词组引导的插入语的影响,谓语动词仍然用单数。
又如:The chairman of the board with many directors was at the meeting last night. 昨天晚上董事长和很多总监在一起开会。
3.He dropped the __ and broke it.
A. cup of coffee B. coffee's cup C. cup for coffee D. coffee cup
答案:D。 注意coffee是无生命的名词,因此不能用coffee's cup! coffee cup这里的coffee是名词做定语,在英语中也有很多类似的,比如university students,man worker,women doctors等等。切记!!!