主谓一致-名词数量一致-倒装练习(答案).docx

主谓一致/名词数量一致/倒装
1. Despite (A) the heavy rain, the television reporter, accompanied by her royal film crew, were willing (B) to wait (C) outside the hotel until the delegates finished their (D) meeting. No error (E).
Answer B was willing

2. The grooved and barbed spears of the box jellyfish, each (A) trailed by (B) a poison thread, is released (C) when (D) the animal is threatened. No error (E)
Answer C are released

3. In the early 20th century, new thinking about (A) symbolism and the unconscious were (B) greatly inspired by (C) the writings (D) of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. No error (E)
Answer B was

4. The derelict old house across from (A) the warehouses and the even more (B) decrepit one just beside (C) them have been placed (D) on the list of historic landmarks. No error (E)
Answer E

5. Air pollution caused by industrial fumes has been studied (A) for years, but (B) only recently has (C) the harmful effects of noise pollution become (D) known. No error (E).
Answer C have

6. At the heart of the program, enthusiastically endorsed (A) by the city’s business association, is (B) plans for refurbishing neighborhoods and for making (C) low interest mortgages available to (D) young families. No error (E) (P956.12)
answer B are

7. The record left by fossils, the ancient remains of plants and animals, provide (A) scientists with (B) their primary source of (C) information about (D) prehistoric life. No error (E)
Answer A provides

8. Langston Hughes may be best known for (A) his poetry, but included (B) among (C) his many published works are (D) a sizable collection of short stories. No error (E)
Answer D is

9. A significant factor to include in the budget when buying a car are the costs of fuel and maintenance and the insurance payments. No error
Answer A significant factors

13. Absent from (A) the speech were (B) any mention of the students and laboratory technicians upon whose (C) contributions the chemist had depended heavily (D). No error (E)
Answer B was

14. The number of awards given this year (A) to biochemists accentuate (B) the significant gains (C) being made in (D) the study of the chemistry of living organisms. No error.(E)
Answer B accentuates

15. Miranda, to her amazement（A）, is the only one of the many freshmen attending this year’s (B) French Day Festival who is (C) able to pronounce her teacher’s (D) name correctly. No error.(E)
Answer E

16. Jason is (A) the only one of the three people I know well (B)in middle school who still write (C) to me regularly(D). No error(E)
答案 C writes

17. The professors' insistence on high standards and rigorous examinations are (A) not, despite what students think, part of (B) a plan to withhold (C) high grades from them (D). No error (E)
答案 A is

19. The Bactrian camel is (A) well adapted to the extreme climate of its native Mongolia, having (B) thick fur and underwool that keeps (C) it warm in winter and also (D) insulate against summer heat. No error (E)
答案 C keep

20. Long thought of as (A) a quiet, stuffy place (B) where people (C) just borrowed books, libraries have been changing (D) their images dramatically over the last few years. No error (E)
答案 B quiet stuffy places

21. The historian argued that we ought to learn more about the process by which individuals like Sam Houston were identified by others as leaders. No error (E)
答案 E

22. As a proponent （A） of school budget cuts, the district's superintendent and budget director have had to (B) face probing, often hostile (C), questions from (D) teachers and parents. No error (E)
答案 A proponents

1. Alongside the trail on which we ride our bikes each morning run a crooked line of rugged old oak trees.
A) run a crooked line of rugged old oak trees
B) runs a crooked line of rugged old oak trees
C) runs rugged old oak trees in a crooked line
D) there runs rugged old oak trees in a crooked line
E) there run a crooked line of rugged old oak
Answer B

2. Only after reading it carefully several times was the poem beginning to make sense to me.
A. was the poem beginning to make sense to me
B.Was when I began to make sense of the poem
C.I began to make sense of the poem
D.Did the poem begin making sense to me
E.Did I begin to make sense of the poem
Answer E

3. Although the exact cause of type 2 diabetes is unknown, experts say that for some people improper diet and lack of exercise contributes to the onset of the disease. P429-13
(A) exercise contributes
(B) exercise they contribute
(C) exercise contribute
(D) exercise, contributing
(E) exercise has been contributing
Answer C

4. One of the most popular and attractive new cars were available for so little money that people thought something was wrong.P718-1
(A) were available for so little money that people thought something was
(B) was available for so little money that people thought something were
(C)was available for so little money that people thought something has gone
(D) was available for so little money that people thought something was
(E) was selling for very little money, so people thought of it as something was
Answer D

5. Television’s programming difficulties, already made acute by rising costs, threatens to become even more severe as a result of lobbying by special-interest groups. P837-8
(A) already made acute by rising costs, threatens
(B) already made acute by rising costs, threaten
(C) already made acuter by rising costs, threaten
(D) having been made acute by rising costs, threatens
(E) after having been made acute by rising costs, threatens
Answer B