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集体名词作主语主谓一致
1)
通常作复数的集体名词?
集体名词，如：
police, p
eople,cattle,militia,poultry
等，
通常作复数，用复数动词。如：?
Domestic cattle provide us
with milk, beef and hides.
?
2)
通常作不可数名词的集体名词?
有些集体名词，如
foliage,
machinery,equipment,furniture,merchandise,
< br>通常作不可数
名词，随后的动词用单数。例如：
All
the machinery in the factory is made in
China.
?
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既可作单数也可作复数的集体名词?
集体名词，如
audience, committee,
class, crew, family, public, government
等，既可
作单数，也可作复数用。?
The city council is meeting to set its
agenda.
?
4)a
committee,etc. of +
复数名词?
如果主语是由“
a
committee of /a panel of /a board of +
复
数名词”构成，随后的动词
通常用单数。
例如：?
A committee
of five men and three women is to consider the
matter.
?
近义词辨析?
tired,
exhausted, fatigued, weary, worn
?
out
?
这组词均含有“疲惫的”的意思。?
tired
可指因体力或脑力消耗太多而需要休息，还可指因
长期做某事而失去兴趣。?
Henry was so
tired that he went to bed immediately after he got
home.
亨利很疲惫，一到
家就上床睡觉去了。?
exhausted
表达的疲惫程度最强，指因劳累过度而精疲力竭。?
The exhausted engineer fell asleep on
the bus.
精疲力竭的工程师在公共汽车上睡着了。?
fatigued
所表达的疲劳程
度比
tired
和
weary
强，表示由于过度劳累而引起疲乏，不能再继续下去。?
He felt fatigued and
didn
’
t want to say a single
word.
他疲惫不堪，不想说一句话。?
weary
语气比
tired
强，指由于长时间努力工作或由于做单一的事而引起疲倦。?
After a long and weary wait,
the plane finally came to take them back.
经过漫长而又令人疲
乏的等待后，飞机终于来接他们回去了。?
worn
?
out
这个词不太正式，多用于口语。?
The troops were
worn
?
out after winning the b
attle.
战后
,
部队疲惫不堪。<
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专业四级辅导：集体名词作主语主谓一致（模拟题）?
1. Although
?
____
?
Spanish, he attended the
course.
?
A.
he was knowing
B. he is
knowing
?
C.
having a knowledge of
D
.
knows
?
2. Y
ou
?
____
?
that letter to James.
However, you didn
’
t.
< br>?
A.
ought to write
B. ought to have
written
?
C. should write
D
. should be
writing
?
3. Joseph was very lucky
?
____
?
with his life; he almost did not get
out of the room.
?
A. to escape
B. to have
escaped
?
C. to escaping
D
.
to be escaping
?
4. Bread and butter
?
____
?
liked
by Westerners.
?
A. Is
B. Are
C. Were
D
.
be
?
5. The back garden of our house
contains a lawn,
?
____
?
very pleasant to sit on in
summer.
?
A. which is
B. which it is
C.
it is
D
.where it
is
?
6. He set up in business
?
____
?
his own and was very
successful.
?
A. In
D
.
by
?
7. John
’
s score
on the test is the highest in the class; he
?
____
last
night.
?
A. must study
B. should have
studied
?
C. must have
studied
D
. is sure to
study
?
8. Frank almost never
received any education,
?
___
_
?
?
A. would he
B. did
he
?
C.
didn
’
t he
D
.
wouldn
’
t
he
?
if his letter
?
____
?
tomorrow, it
?
___
_
?
too late to do
anything.
?
arrive...is
arrive...were
?
s...will be
s...would be
?
10. We can hear
?
____
?
from the
back of the room.
?
A. just as good
as
easy
?
as
well
as
well
?
11. To obtain a
satisfactory result, one must apply two
?
____
?
of paint
on a clean
surface.
?
B. Levels
D.
courses
?
12. The small mountain village was
?
____
?
by the snow for more than one
month.
?
A. cut back
out
?
off
D
. cut
away
?
13. Miss Green was
?
____
?
$$100 for driving after
drinking.
?
A. Fined
d
ed
D
.posed
?