全真例题分析来源:考试大 (1) Every year Colorado is visited by millions of tourists who come for a variety of teason. (92.8) [答案] D reason为可数名词,a varity of 表示多数概念,故(D)应改为reasons。 (2)Rebecca Latimer, a political commentator and the author of several book ,was the first woman to become a United States senator. (92.10) [答案] C book为可数名词,several表示多数概念,故(C)应用复数形式books。 (3) The most useful way of looking at a map is not as a piece of papers but as a record of geographically organized information. (91.1) [答案] C paper表示“纸张”时是不可数名词,不能接-s。 (4) Andrew Wyeth is famous for his realistic and thoughtful paintings of person and plans in rural Pennsylvania and Maine (93.5)来源:考试大 [答案] C person为可数名词,根据句意,这里应是多数概念的people。
2. 名词的数应与其前面的修饰成分一致来源:考试大 解题要点 下述单词和短语决定名词的单复数:a / an every much many some several this those other one of…等等来源:考试大
全真例题分析 (1) A time zone is a slightly irregular north-south belts that extends from pole to pole (92.10) [答案] C 中心名词belts前有不定冠词a,故应改为单数belt。A / an与其中心名词之间隔有冗长的定语成分,此名词常是考题焦点。 (2) Although mockingbirds superbly mimicthe songs and calls of many bird they can nonetheless be quickly identified as mockingbirds by certain aural clues. (94.1) [答案] B bird为不可数名词,它前面的修饰语many即决定了它应用复数形式。 (3) The fritillaries, one of the largest group of bufferflies, are found not only in this country but in many other pants of the world as well (94.5) [答案] A 短语one of…后面必须接名词的复数形式,即groups。 (4) Manganese does exist naturally in a pure state because it reacts so easily with other element. (91.1)来源:考试大 [答案] D 形容词other后面接复数的可数名词,故element 应加-s. (5) In 1987 the sales of ice cream in the United States amounted to fifteen quarts per year for every persons in the country. (92.1) [答案] D 形容词every后面应接单数名词,即person。
3. 名词的数应与谓语动词一致
全真例题分析 (1) Approximately fifty percent of the package utilized in the United States are for foods and beverages. (92.5) [答案] A 主语是package的百分比率,谓语动词are则决定了package的复数形式。 (2) Human being have thirty-three or thirty-four vertebrate, bat a snake may have as many as three hundred. (93.8)来源:考试大 [答案] A 谓语动词have表明主语应是复数形式,即human beings。 (3) Beneath the deep oceans that cover two-thirds of the Earth tantalizing secret of the planet are concealed. (91.10) [答案] C 谓语动词are 决定了主语secret应接复数形式-s。
全真例题分析来源:考试大 (1) Employments agencies bring together persons qualified for specific jobs and employers who have those jobs available (90.10) [答案] A 名词emplogments修饰说明后面的名词agencies,其作用相当于一个形容词,故应用单数形式。 (2) Acrylic paint enables artists to experiment with many colors effects. (90.5) [答案] D名词colors修饰说明effects,应用其单数形式。来源:考试大 (3) Susan Sontag*s aversion to the traditional critical practice of extracting morals meanings from art is reflected in her novels. (92.1) [答案] B morals应用单数形式修饰后面的名词meanings。