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fannyyudan

8.     Among the emotions on display in the negotiating room were anger for repeatedly raising the issue over and over again and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles from ever beginning to heal.

(A) were anger for repeatedly raising the issue over and over again and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles from ever beginning to heal

(B) was anger for repeatedly raising the issue and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles from ever beginning to heal

(C) were anger over repeatedly raising the issue and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles to begin healing

(D) was anger about the issue, which was raised over and over, and preventing the wounds from earlier battles, still raw, to begin healing

(E) were anger about the issue, which was raised repeatedly, and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles to begin to heal

正确答案为B,可以用排除法，可是，Among...之后到底用单数还是复数呢？

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4.     Among the reasons for the decline of New England agriculture in the last three decades were the high cost of land, the pressure of housing and commercial development, and basing a marketing and distribution system on importing produce from Florida and California.

(A) basing a marketing and distribution system on importing produce from Florida and California

(B) basing a marketing and distribution system on the imported produce of Florida and California

(C) basing a system of marketing and distribution on the import of produce from Florida and California

(D) a marketing and distribution system based on importing produce from Florida and California

(E) a marketing and distribution system importing produce from Florida and California as its base

这里Among不是考点，原文中用了复数，前后两题有矛盾么？

NN们，解释一下吧

yaoyao99

Look at the barebone form of the two sentences and you get "Among the emotions was fear." and "Among the reasons were the cost, the pressure, and the system."

fannyyudan

以下是引用yaoyao99在2006-3-21 11:52:00的发言：
Look at the barebone form of the two sentences and you get "Among the emotions was fear." and "Among the reasons were the cost, the pressure, and the system."

making sence

等于这是个倒装句，主语是anger所以用was