--There__________
no milk in the fridge. Could you get some for me, Dick?
--All right, Mum. [福州市]
A.
is
B.
are
C.
was
D.
were
[答案]A.[解析]本题考查"there
be”句型中be的数及时态,be在数上要与最近的主语保持一致.句子的主语是不可数名词,所以be应使用单数形式,B、D两项可以排除。
Not only
Jim but also his sister ______a few cities in the south since they came to
China.[07临沂市]
A.will visit B. has
visited C.have visited D
.visited
[答案]B .[解析]本题既考查时态,又考查并列连词not only...but also的用法。由时间状语since they came to China,可判断用现在完成时,排除A、D两项;not only...but
also连接两个并列的主语时,谓语动词要用“就近原则。
Neither
Jim nor his cousins _______to America,
but _____of them know the country very well. [07年潍坊市]
A.have been;a11 B. have been; both C
has been; all D.has been; both
[答案]B.[解析]考查neither...nor的用法,以及both与all的区别。neither…nor连接两个主语时,谓语用“就近原则”,cousins是复数,谓语用have been,排除C和D项;指两者用both。
[语法回顾]
主谓一致
1. 语法一致的原则