题目内容

The watch and chain as well as the ring of gold.

A．are made B．were made C．is made D．was made

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【解析】

试题分析：考查主谓一致：主语被as well as连接时，谓语和前面的主语一致，就是The watch and chain，因为是一个the，所以指的是“手表和手链”，属于一个东西，谓语是单数，be made of是“由…制成”，句意：手表和戒指都是金子做的。选C。

考点：考查主谓一致

点评：在英语中，句子的主语和谓语动词要保持数上的一致关系，叫主谓一致。这种关系通常要遵循下面三条原则：1．语法一致原则。句子的主语是单数形式，谓语动词要用单数形式；主语是复数形式，谓语动词用复数形式2．意义一致原则即谓语动词该用单数还是复数取决于主语所表达的内容在含义是单数意义还是复数意义。3．邻近原则谓语动词该用单数还是复数形式，取决于最邻近它的名词、代词或其它词的数。

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Unwrapping the package Della said Jim _________ the watch, of which they were both proud．

A.
ought not to sell
B.
wouldn’t have sold
C.
can’t have sold
D.
shouldn’t have sold

　Who would you rather ________ the watch?

　　A. have to repair　　　　　　　　　B. have fixed

　　C. get repaired　　　　　　　　　 D. get to repair

Who would you rather ________ the watch?

　　A. have to repair　　　　　　　　　B. have fixed

　　C. get repaired　　　　　　　　　 D. get to repair

____ the watch and see if you can find out what’s wrong with it.

A. Pack up Break down C. Dig out D. Take apart

When I was seven my father gave me a Timex, my first watch. I loved it, wore it for years, and haven’t had another one since it stopped ticking a decade ago. Why? Because I don’t need one. I have a mobile phone and I’m always near someone with an iPod or something like that. All these devices （装置） tell the time — which is why, if you look around, you’ll see lots of empty wrists; sales of watches to young adults have been going down since 2007.

But while the wise have realized that they don’t need them, others — apparently including some distinguished men of our time — are spending total fortunes on them. Brands such as Rolex, Patek Philippe and Breitling command shocking prices, up to ￡250,000 for a piece.

This is ridiculous. Expensive cars go faster than cheap cars. Expensive clothes hang better than cheap clothes. But these days all watches tell the time as well as all other watches. Expensive watches come with extra functions — but who needs them? How often do you dive to 300 metres into the sea or need to find your direction in the area around the South Pole? So why pay that much of five years’ school fees for watches that allow you to do these things?

If justice were done, the Swiss watch industry should have closed down when the Japanese discovered how to make accurate watches for a five-pound note. Instead the Swiss reinvented the watch, with the aid of millions of pounds’ worth of advertising, as a message about the man wearing it. Rolexes are for those who spend their weekends climbing icy mountains; a Patek Philippe is for one from a rich or noble family; a Breitling suggests you like to pilot planes across the world.

Watches are now classified as “investments” （投资）. A 1994 Patek Philippe recently sold for nearly ￡350,000, while 1960s Rolexes have gone from ￡15,000 to ￡30,000 plus in a year. But a watch is not an investment. It’s a toy for self-satisfaction, a matter of fashion. Prices may keep going up — they’ve been rising for 15 years. But when fashion moves on, the owner of that ￡350,000 beauty will suddenly find his pride and joy is no more a good investment than my childhood Timex.

1.The sales of watches to young people have fallen because they .

A. have other devices to tell the time B. think watches too expensive

C. prefer to wear an iPod D. have no sense of time

2.It seems ridiculous to the writer that ______.

A. people dive 300 metres into the sea

B. expensive clothes sell better than cheap ones

C. cheap cars don’t run as fast as expensive ones

D. expensive watches with unnecessary functions still sell

3.What can be learnt about Swiss watch industry from the passage?

A. It targets rich people as its potential customers.

B. It’s hard for the industry to beat its competitors.

C. It wastes a huge amount of money in advertising.

D. It’s easy for the industry to reinvent cheap watches.

4.Which would be the best title for the passage?

A. Timex or Rolex? B. My Childhood Timex

C. Watches? Not for Me! D. Watches — a Valuable Collection

Unwrapping the package Della said Jim _________ the watch, of which they were both proud．

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