标题: 请教补充885题中的主谓一致问题 [打印本页] 作者: luoyx 时间: 2003-9-15 13:02 标题: 请教补充885题中的主谓一致问题 12. Darwin was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; his tremendous originality lay in the fact that he proposed the idea of natural selection as the means by which evolution worked. (A) lay in the fact that he proposed the idea (B) lay in the fact of his proposing the idea (C) laid in the fact of his proposing the idea (D) laid in his proposal (E) lay in his proposal
The key is E. “his tremendous originality” 是单数,为什么不用lays?
11. In the most common procedure for harvesting forage crops such as alfalfa, as much as 20 percent of the leaf and small-stem material, which is the most nutritious of all the parts of the plant, shattered and fell to the ground. (A) which is the most nutritious of all the parts of the plant, shattered and fell (B) the most nutritious of all parts of the plant, shatter and fall (C) the parts of the plant which were most nutritious, will shatter and fall (D) the most nutritious parts of the plant, shatters and falls (E) parts of the plant which are the most nutritious, have shattered and fallen
The key is D. "the most nutritious parts" 指代单数不可数名词material,为什么不用part?作者: dullpen 时间: 2003-9-15 14:49
12. lay在该句中是lie的过去式,不是动词原级. 例句challenges that lies ahead.
11.the most nutritious parts是指代两种单数不可数名词material:leaf and small-stem material,所以应当用parts作者: super_lee 时间: 2003-9-15 14:54
第一题:lay是lie的过去式 第二题:“as much as 20 percent of the leaf and small-stem material,”注意有个and。作者: wxiaobin 时间: 2003-9-15 14:56
(1) lie in 的过去式 (2)不是关键的问题把,我觉得两者都可以作者: luoyx 时间: 2003-9-15 16:55
第二题:
但为什么答案D中parts和shatters and falls同时出现?两者是否有冲突?作者: braveMBA 时间: 2003-9-17 02:46
the most nutritious parts of the plant是修饰the leaf [and] small-stem material,但是shatters and falls的主语是as [much] as 20 percent of [],是不可数的。
你的问题: “如果leaf and small-stem material是两个单数不可数名词,那么谓语就不能用shatters and falls” 如果leaf and small-stem material shatter and fall。
对于 "但是shatters and falls的主语是as [much] as 20 percent of [],是不可数的。",我有不同看法。
as much as 是一个副词,可以修饰可数和不可数名词。注意它不同于as much.... as. 故as much as 20 percent of sth的谓语应取决于sth是单数还是复数。以下句子是我在网上查到的。
As much as 20 percent of 2 million inmates held in US prisons live in perpetual fear
Fifteen percent of New Yorkers arrived in New York City in the last 10 years and as much as 20 percent of New York City’s residents are not U. S. citizens.
Every time you open the oven door, as much as 20 percent of the heat escapes.
因此对于本题的谓语shatter and fall的单复数应取决于leaf and small-stem material。 通过“parts"可以看出leaf and small-stem material是复数,因此谓语也应该用复数。所以原题答案还是有冲突的。
不知道我有没有说清楚。 作者: rebuscat 时间: 2003-9-17 12:14
再问12, A的错误在哪里呢,可不可以用to lie in the fact that 这样的句型呢?作者: braveMBA 时间: 2003-9-17 21:50
Luoyx,我觉得你说的有道理。但是,可能要注意这样的一个表达:
As much as 20 percent of water and air, the most ...parts of aerosphere, is polluted.
parts指的是water,air,但是句子的主语是20 percent of water and air,并不是water and air,我觉得如果是不可数名词用MUCH修饰,可数名词用MANY修饰,这是不可动摇的原则。