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liul781

35.  The first railroad in the United States were short wooden tramways connecting mines also quarries with nearby streams.

answer: C         also--------and

为什么主语是the first railroad，而谓语用were而不是was?

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enjoylife517

这里the first railroad表示泛指，尽管好像形式不是复数，从were后面的成分也可以看出，其实表达的是复数的含义。

liul781

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