1.Black Smith mopped the ? oor, cleaned the windows, and other odd jobs.

2.People can be relatively rich only if you are relatively poor, and as power is mainly in the hands of the rich, public policies re? ect their interests rather than those of the poor.

3. Understanding the cultural habits of another nation, especially one containing so many diversi?ed subcultures as the US, are a complex, bewildering task to us.

4. And they must not break the rules too often if we want to win the games.

5. It also served to stimulate a fundamental curiosity about the processes itself.

6. He would cause more noise with mere newsprint than most people do sophisticated black market ? reworks.

7. According to a recent study, the Japanese increasingly is seeing a decline of their traditional work-moral values.

8. Before liberation our life was worse than draught animals.

9.Like his other cookbooks, this man offers lengthy explanations of what he considers to be basic cooking principles.

10. Not only the members of the club but also the manager were friendly to me.

11. In fact, today’s teenagers are misbehaving a lot less than his parents did.

12. A regular series of articles focus on strategic home repairs and redecorating that can be done to prepare a home for sale.

13. Many a writer and artist have longed to travel back in time to the sizzling Paris of the 1920s, to sip absinthe with Hemingway at Les Deux Magots or dine on.

14.Either my elder brother or I are prepared to fetch the ? shing set left at home.

15. The bund, in addition to the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, are the tourist attraction in Shanghai.

16. Nothing else at this festival comes close to stirring up the excitement and sense of discovery generated by “Beasts”, which also have inspired a minor critical backlash and worse.

17. It is I that is in charge of the project sponsored by the government.

18. Amazingly, Dannie is the only one of the volleyball players that have won the most valuable player award.

19. There are a double bed, two tables and three cupboards in the house the Smith have rented.

20.After the earthquake, the homeless was accommodated in the stadium of the primary school.

答案與解析

1. 答案 ∧other — did
解析：此句主要考查修辭結構一致，前面的并列結構都是did sth.的動賓結構，and 后要保持一致。

2. 答案 you — others
解析：此句是說，如果一部分相對比較窮，那么一部分人就會相對 比較富。將人群分為兩部分，此處就不能用you ；others才可以表示人群的一部分。

3. 答案are — is
解析：此句的主語并非subcultures ，而是句子開首的understanding ，故相應 的謂語動詞應 該用單數(shù)形式is。

4. 答案we — they或they — we
解析：按照句子邏輯 ，談論的應該都是“我們”或“他們”的事 ，上下文應保持一致。

5. 答案itself — themselves
解析：此處反身代詞指代 的是processes ，應用復數(shù)形式。

6. 答案do∧— with
解析：此句前半部分是cause noise with newsprint ，后半句是并列句 ，do代替cause noise，后接with sophisticated black market ?reworks。故此處缺少介詞with。

7. 答案is — are
解析：the加上形容詞一類人的時候后面應用動詞的復數(shù)形式 ，如 ：The old receive particular respect in Chinese society. 除非句子賓語暗示其視為一個整體 ，如 ：The Chinese is a brave people.

8. 答案animals — animals’
解析：此題考查比較級中的一致性問題，“我們 的生活”不能與“牛馬”比較 ，應該是“生活”與“生活”比較 ，可以是that of draught animals 或draught animals’。

9. 答案man — book
解析：此題同樣考查比較級中的一致性問題，作為介詞，like/unlike后面所接的名詞就是一個被比較的對象 ，該名詞與句子主語構成比較關系。但此句like后接的是book，而主語是man，因此需要改為book。

10. 答案were — was
解析：此題考查主謂一致性問題 ，由or, not only...but also..., either...or..., neither...nor...連接主語時，謂語的單復數(shù)形式與靠近的主語一致，因此此處應當用單數(shù)。

11. 答案his — their
解析：本句的主語是teenagers ，為名詞 的復數(shù)形式 ，本句 中指那些少年 比他們 的父母 當年要規(guī)矩得多。因此需要用代詞their指代少年們的。

12. 答案focus — focuses
解析：series是單復數(shù) 同形 的名詞 ，a series of表示一系列 ，雖然是復數(shù)含義 ，但需用謂語動詞的單數(shù)形式與其搭配。它也可以和謂語動詞的復數(shù)形式搭配 ，如There are two series of books, one for children and the other adults. 主要取決于名詞是單數(shù)還是復數(shù) 。類似的名詞還有總部headquarters、方法 means、種類 species、工廠works等。
13. 答案have — has
解析：當and連接的并列名詞有many a做前置定語時，雖然表示很多……，謂語動詞通常用單數(shù)形式。

14. 答案are — am
解析：當either...or...連接的并列結構作主語 ，謂語動詞的單復數(shù)形式根據(jù)就近原則確定。類似的結構還有neither...nor..., not only... but also..., or, nor等。

15. 答案are — is
解析：本句的主語是the bund，其后跟著由inaddition to引導的名詞詞組，謂語動詞的單復數(shù)取決于主語本身。類似用法還有as well as, as much as, rather than, no less than, with, along with, except等引導的名詞或名詞詞組。

16. 答案have — has
解析：“Beasts”是非限制性定語從句的先行詞，是一部作品的名稱，表示單數(shù)含義，因此從句中的謂語動詞應該使用單數(shù)形式。

17. 答案is (in) — am
解析：在It is I that / who分裂句 中，從句的謂語動詞取決于I ，故用am。

18. 答案have — has
解析：限制性定語從句 的先行詞one of the volleyball players 由the only做前置定語，從句中的謂語動詞用單數(shù)形式。

19. 答案are — is
解析：there be引導的存在句中，be動詞的單復數(shù)形式取決于第一個名詞或名詞詞組的單復數(shù)形式，類似就近原則。

20. 答案was — were
解析：the homeless表示無家可歸的人們，要使用動詞的復數(shù)形式作謂語動詞。類似的由定冠詞和形容詞組成 的詞組還有the jobless, the disabled, the rich, the poor等。