题目内容
The father as well as his three children________ skating on the frozen river every Sunday afternoon in winter.
A. is going B. go C. goes D. are going
C
【解析】：主语为the father 后接as well as，按“就前原则”看主语定单复数。主谓一致( Subject-Verb Concord )。当主语后面接由as well as, as much as, accompanied by, including, in addition to, more than, no less than, rather than, together with等引导的词组时，其谓语动词的形式要依主语的单复数而定。在这样的句子里，这些词所引导的词组不影响主语自身的单、复数形式，它们在句子里其实是状语。也就是说，我们完全可以将这些词组搬到句首或是放到句末去。从表面上我们也可以看出，它们与主语之间有"，"隔开。
【高考考点】：主谓一致
【易错点】：考生容易单凭句子意思理解，以为是复数主语，选go。
【备考提示】：避免冗余信息的干扰有些单项填空题的题干往往很长，在某些固定结构中间可能会有一些次要信息，这些次要信息常会干扰考生的正常思维，分散其注意力，从而使其心理活动不能指向或集中于一定的事物，我们可视这样的信息为“冗余信息”。撇开这些信息，句子的主要结构便会一目了然。
名校课堂系列答案When a first-time father saw his newborn son, he immediately noticed the baby's ears obviously standing out from his head. He expressed his concern to the nurse that some children might tease his child. A doctor examined the baby and reassured the new dad that his son was healthy- the ears presented only a minor problem with its appearance.
But the nervous father persisted. He wondered if the child might suffer psychological effects of ridicule, or if they should consider plastic surgery. The nurse assured him that it was really no problem, and he should just wait to see if the boy grows into his ears.
The father finally felt more optimistic about his child, but now he worried about his wife's reaction to those large ears. She had been delivered by operation, and had not yet seen the child.
“She doesn't take things as easily as I do,” he said to the nurse.
By this time, the new mother was settled in the recovery room and ready to meet her new baby. The nurse went along with the dad to lend some support in case this inexperienced mother became upset about her baby's large ears.
The baby was in a receiving blanket with his head covered for the short trip through the cold air-conditioned corridor. The baby was placed in his mother's arms, who eased the blanket back so that she could look at her child for the first time.
She took one look at her baby's face and looked to her husband and gasped, “Oh, Honey! Look! He has your ears!”
No problem with Mom. She married those ears...and she loves the man to whom they are attached.
The poet Kahlil Gibran said, “Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.” It's hard to see the ears when you're looking into the light.
1.When the father first saw his baby, he was worried that________.
A. The baby might not grow up healthily
B. The baby might be laughed at by others.
C. The baby might disappoint its mother
D. the baby might have mental problems.
2.According to the doctor and nurse, the baby’s ears________.
A. could not function well. B. looked the same as others.
C. only caused a small problem. D. needed to have plastic surgery.
3. What is true about the baby’s mother?
A. She blamed her husband for the baby’s big ears.
B. She was the first to discover the baby’s large ears.
C. She suggested having an operation on the baby immediately.
D. She found something similar between the baby and its father.
4. What does the underlined word they refer to?
A. The ears. B. The parents
C. The doctor and nurse. D. The problems
5. What’s the function of the last paragraph?
A. To advise readers to listen carefully.
B. To draw a conclusion from the story.
C. To criticize the wrong attitude to physical beauty.
D. To stress the importance of doctor-patient relationship.