主谓一致
主谓一致必须牢记的几句话：
1) 就近原则 neither----nor----/ either----or----/ not----but-----/not only---but also----/ or/ there be
2) 就远原则 with/along with/together with/ as well as/including/apart from/besides/except/but/other than/rather than
3) 特殊情况：there are one or two---
One and a half
Many a/more than one/each/every/no+名词 单数
4) the + adj 表一类事或一类人
主谓一致练习50题
1．When and where to go for the on-salary holiday ________ yet.
A. are not decided B. have not been decided C. is not being decided D. has not been decided
2．Mary is one of the girls who ________ by the headmaster at the meeting.
A. is praised B. are praised C. was praised D. were praised
3．Mary is the only one of the girls who ________ by the headmaster at the meeting.
A. is praised B. are praised C. was praised D. were praised
4．To tell you the truth, I, as well as the students, ________ hungry.
A. sure am B. am sure C. sure are D. are sure
5．All life on our planet ________, in one way or another, upon the sun.
A. depend B. depending C. depends D. depended
6．Whisky and soda ________ always my favorite drink.
A. is B. was C. are D. were
7．Kate as well as her sister ________ interest in studying Chinese.
A. are B. take C. takes D. is
8．More than one graduate ________ sent to the hardest place since 1979.
A. is B. are C. has been D. have been
9．The secretary of the Party branch and director of that factory often ________ with the workers.
A. works B. work C. is working D. are working
10．Most of the artists will go to the United States next week. The rest ________ to visit Japan.
A. has B. have C. are D. is
11．His family ________ always quarrelling among ________.
A. is; itself B. are; themselves C. is; themselves D. are; itself
12．Some folk ________ never ________ with the present situation.
A. is; satisfying B. are; satisfied C. are; satisfying D. is; satisfied
13．On the wall ________ two large portraits of his parents.
A. hangs B. hanged C. hanging D. hang
14．As the proverb says，failure ________ the mother of success.
A. are B. is C. was D. were
15．Each of the students in our class ________ great interest in English and they each ________ a copy of A New English-Chinese Dictionary.
A. shows; have B. have; has C. is; have D. takes; has
16．I don’t like very hot weather. Thirty degrees ________ too warm for me.
A. is B. are C. was D. were
17．A number of people ________ for the delegation，but the number of economists ________ to three.
A. were selected; were limited B. selected; limited
C. were selected; limited D. were selected; was limited
18．—________ your clothes? —No，mine ________ hanging over there.
A. Is it; is B. Are these; are C. Is it; are D. Are these; is
19．The factory，including its machines and buildings, ________ burnt last night.
A. is B. are C. were D. was
20．John and Mary, ________ sure to come to our party this evening.
A. be B. are C. is D. who are
21．Either you or the headmaster ________ the prizes to these gifted students at the meeting.
A. is not decided B. are to hand out C. are handing out D. is to hand out
22．—Where ________ my scissors? — ________ right on the desk.
A. are; It’s B. is; It’s C. are; They are D. is; They are
23．The White family ________ very large. All the family ________ animal lovers.
A. is; are B. is; is C. are; is D. are; are
24．Three-fourth of the surface of the earth ________ sea.
A. is B. are C. were D. has been
25．All but one ________ here just now.
A. is B. was C. has been D. were
26．A library with five thousand books ________ to the nation as a gift.
A. is offered B. has offered C. are offered D. have offered
27．The number of them people invited ________ fifty，but a number of them ________ absent for different reasons.
A. were; was B. was; was C. was; were D. were; were
28．Light and heat ________ often sent out together with heavy smoke.
A. is B. was C. are D. being
29．There ________ a needle and thread. You can do the sewing and mending yourself.
A. have B. has C. is D. are
30．No chair and no desk ________ permitted to be taken away from the reading room.
A. are B. were C. is D. be
31．Half of the fruit ________ gone bad.
A. is B. are C. has D. have
32．The youth of China today ________ trying their best to study modern science and technology.
A. is B. was C. were D. are
33．Dr. White，together with his assistant and family, ________ arrive in Beijing tomorrow.
A. are to B. are going to C. is to D. will be to
34．All that can be done ________ done.
A. has been B. have been C. has D. have
35．Strangely enough，a pair of new trousers ________ among the rubbish.
A. were found B. was found C. found D. had found
36．His “Selected Poems” ________ first published in 1970.
A. was B. were C. had been D. have been
37．Large quantities of fruit ________ all over the world from China today.
A. is shipped B. are shipped C. has shipped D. have shipped
38．All possible means ________ to save the wounded soldier.
A. has been tried B. have been tried C. is to be tried D. are trying
39．The two sisters are forced to play the piano. In fact，neither of them ________ to play it.
A. like B. liked C. likes D. liking
40．Sixty percent of the milk ________ horrible.
A. tasted B. taste C. was tasted D. were tasted
41．One thousand dollars ________ a large sum of money in her eye.
A. are B. is C. should be D. seem to be
42．Many a father ________ learnt to his sorrow what it is to have a son who tells lies.
A. have B. is C. are D. has
43．There ________ a pen, a pencil-box, some books and a lot of money in the drawer.
A. seem to be B. seems to be C. seem to have D. seems to have
44．It ________ William and Carol who helped me the other day.
A. has been B. are C. was D. were
45．Nobody but his family ________ the secret.
A. know B. are known C. have known D. knew
46．The Chinese ________ a brave and hard-working people.
A. are B. is C. has been D. can be
47．In our country each boy and each girl ________ the right to receive education.
A. is B. are C. has D. have
48．Growing around the lake ________ wild flowers of different colors.
A. is B. are C. has D. have
49．________ this pair of trousers fit him well?
A. Are B. Is C. Do D. Does
50．Not only I but also Jane and Mary ________ tired of having one examination after another.
A. is B. are C. am D. be
倒装句
倒装句必须掌握的几句话：
1) 全部倒装 ①地点副词in,out,up,down,here,there(无进行时态)等等，时间副词now,next,then
Here comes the bus. 公共汽车来了。
There goes the bell. 铃响了。
Away went the runners. 赛跑选手们跑远了。
Round and round flew the plane. 飞机盘旋着。
②人称代词除外Here it comes. 它来了。 Away he went. 他跑远了。
③地点状语in the garden, between the two houses------或表语位于句首时的倒装
On top of that adds global warming.
Among these people was his friend Jim. 他的朋友吉姆就在这些人当中。
In the box was a cat. 箱子里是一只猫。
In the box were some cats. 箱子里是一些猫。
2) 部分倒装 否定词never, hardly, seldom, little, few, not until, not, not only, no sooner, no longer, nowhere, by no means
等)置于句首时，其后用部分倒装。
①in no way, by no means, in no case, at no time, under/in no circumstances, on no condition,
②By no means should you tell him about it.
③In (Under) no circumstances will I lend money to him.无论如何我也不会再借钱给他.
④in no time(立即，马上)位于句首时，其后无需用倒装语序：
In no time he worked out the problem. 他马上就算出了那道题。
so---that--- such---that---
Such is life that everyone can understand this. 生活就是这样,每个人都明白这一点。
So cold was the weather that we had to stay at home. 天气太冷，我们只好呆在家里。
So fast does light travel that we can hardly imagine its speed. 光速很快，我们几乎没法想像它的速度。
only+状语 Only in this way can you do it well.
特例： ㈠no wonder/little wonder in no time
㈡as尽管
King as he was(=Though he was a king), he was unhappy. 他虽是国王,但他并不幸福。
Teacher though he is, he can’t know everything. 他虽然是老师，但也不可能什么都懂。
㈢so neither=nor
㈣虚拟语气should/had/were
Should it rain tomorrow(=If it should rain tomorrow), we would not go camping.
㈤only+名词 it is the same with=so it is with sb.
㈥not until倒装问题
㈦no sooner/hardly/scarcely
No sooner had we reached the airport than the plane took off. 我们刚到机场,飞机就起飞了。
倒装句性练习50题
1. Not until I began to work ____ how much time I had wasted.
A. didn't I realize B. did I realize C. I didn't realize D. I realized
2. Only by practising a few hours every day ____ be able to master the language.
A. you can B. can you C. you will D. will you
3. If you don't go, neither ____.
A. shall I B. do I C. I do D. I shall
4. No sooner ____ to the station ____ the train left.
A. had I got, when B. I had got, than C. had I got, than D. did I get, when
5. —— Your father is very strict with you. ____. He never lets off a single mistake of ours.
A. So he is B. So is he C. He is so D. So does he
6. ____ today， he would get there by Sunday.
A. Would he leave B. Was he leaving C. Were he to leave D. If he leave
7. Never in my life ____ such a thing.
A. I have heard or have seen B. have I heard or seen C. I have heard or seen D. did I hear or see
8. —— Here ____！ Where is Xiao Liu？ There ____.
A. comes the bus， is he B. comes the bus， he is C. the bus comes， is he D. the bus comes， he is
9. ____ , I will not buy it.
A. Much as do I like it B. As much I like it C. Much as I like it D. As I like it much
10. —— I like football. I don't like volleyball. ____.
A. So do I B. Neither do I C. So it is with me D. So is it with me
11. _____ the expense， I _____ to Italy.
A. If it were not, go B. Were it not for, would go C. Weren't it for, will go D. If it hadn't been, would have gone
12. So _____ in the darkness that he didn't dare to move an inch.
A. he was frightened B. was he frightened C. frightened he was D. frightened was he
13. —— In modem times， girls like beautiful clothes. Yes, _____ . After all, our life has greatly improved.
A. so do they， so do you B. so they do， so you do
C. so do they， so you do D. so they do， so do you
14. —— You have an English class every day except Sunday. _____.
A. So we have B. So we do C. So have we D. So do we
15. I wonder if your wife will go to the ball. If your wife _____, so _____ mine.
A. does, will B. will, does C. will, would D. does, do
16. Only after I read the text over again _____ its main idea.
A. that I knew B. did I knew C. 1 could know D. I did know
17. —— You seem to have learned all the English words by heart. _____ .
A. So l do B. So do l C. So I have D. So have I
18. —— I seldom watch TV， but listen to the radio a lot. _____ .
A. So do I B. Neither do I C. I m the same D. So it is with me
19. So excited _____ that he couldn't say a word.
A. he seemed B. did he seem C. was he seeming D. he did look
20. Jimmy was so nervous not a single word _____ down in the dictation.
A. he wrote B. he was written C. did he write D. was he written
21. Little ______ when 1 took the trip where it would lead me.
A. have I known B. had I known C. do 1 know D. did I know
22. —— Have you ever seen anything like that before？ ---- ____.
A. No, I never have seen anything like that before B. No, never I have seen anything like that before
C. No, never have 1 seen anything like that before D. No, I have seen anything like that before never
23. _____, I would accept the invitation and go to the party.
A. Were I you B. Was I you C. Had I been you D. Would 1 be you
24. You should work less _____.
A. and neither should I B. and so should I C. and nor should I D. and so I should
25. _____ and caught the mouse.
A. Up the cat jumped B. The cat up jumped C. Up jumped the cat D. Jumped up the cat
26. Not only _____ a promise， but also he kept it.
A. did he make B. he made C. does he make D. has he made
27. His uncle is a worker and has been working in the factory for more than ten years. _____.
A. So is his aunt B. So has his aunt C. So his aunt does D. So it is with his aunt
28. Not once _____ their plan.
A. did they change B. they changed C. changed they D. they did change
29. —— Do you know Jim quarreled with his brother？ I don't know, and ______ .
A. nor don't I care B. nor do I care C. I don't care neither D. I don't care also
30. Not until he arrived home _____ he find that this wallet had been stolen.
A. did B. would C. when D. that
31. —— This is one of the oldest trees in the world. _____ such a big tree.
A. Never I have seen B. I haven't never seen C. Never have I seen D. I have seen never
32. Nowhere else in the world _____ cheaper tailoring（裁缝业， 成衣业）than in Hong Kong.
A. a tourist can find B. can a tourist find C. a tourist will find D. a tourist has found
33. _____ succeed in doing anything.
A. Only by working hard we can B. By only working hard we can
C. Only we can by working hard D. Only by working hard can we
34. _____ that we all went out, lying in the sun.
A. So fine was the weather B. So was the fine weather
C. The weather was so fine was D. So the weather was tine
35. ____ a nice man ____ that we all believe him.
A. So, did he seem B. So, he seemed C. Such, he seemed D. Such, did he seem
36. ——You seem to be an actor. ____ . I have played many parts in a lot of films.
A. So do I B. So am I C. So I do D. So I am
37. Not only ____ working hard， but also ____ very polite.
A. the boy is， he is B. is the boy， he is C. the boy is， is he D. is the boy， is he
38. ____， he never seems able to do the work beautifully.
A. Try as he does B. As he tries C. Try as does he D. As try he does
39. —— I cannot see the picture well from here. ---- _____.
A. Neither can t I B. Neither I can C. I can't neither D. Neither can I
40. —— You ought to have given them some advice ---- _____, but who cared what I asked?
A. So ought you B. So 1 ought C. So it was D. So I did
41. So carelessly _____ that he almost killed himself.
A. he drives B. does he drive C. did he drive D. he drove
42. Little _____ about his own health though he was very ill.
A. he cared B. did he care C. he cares D. does he care
43. Geysers are found new near rivers and lakes, where water drains through the soil ______.
A. surface below the deep B. deep below the surface
C. the deep below surface D. the deep surface below
44. No sooner ____ they rushed out into the street.
A. did they hear the news than B. did they hear the news when
C. had they heard the news than D. had they heard the news when
45. Little wonder _____ up their hands in dismay.
A. have some thrown B. some have thrown C. thrown some have D. have thrown some
46. ____， he would have passed the exam.
A. If he were to study B. If he studied hard C. Had he studied hard D. Should he study hard
47. We were lucky enough， for no sooner _____ home _____ it rained.
A. we returned，and B. we had returned，when C. did we return，when D. had we returned，than
48. So little _____ agree on the plan that they could not settle their difference.
A. did they B. do they C. they did D. they did not
49. _____ he realized it was too late to return home.
A. No sooner it grew dark than B. Hardly did it grow dark when
C. It was not until dark that D. It was until dark that
Ⅱ．用所给动词的正确形式填空
1．There ________（be）one or two things I’d like to know about.
2．A knife and fork ________（cost）ten dollars.
3．One hundred years ________（be）not a long time in human history.
4．How to get rid of these things ________（be ）a key problem.
5．An iron and steel works, with some satellite factories, ________（be）to be built here.
6．One-fourth of the students in our class ________（be）League members.
7．The Philippines ________（be）in the Pacific Ocean.
8．The United States ________（lie）in the Western Hemisphere.
9．Do you know what politics ________（be）.
10．There ________（be）a pair of compasses on Lucy’s desk.
11．About two-thirds of his property ________（be）lost in the flood.
12．A large quantity of coal ________（ship）here since last September.
13．What he says or what he does ________（not concern）me.
14．None of the materials ________（be）conductors.
15．Every teacher and student ________（have）good reason to be proud of their school.
16．Ten thousand tons of coal ________（be）produced last year in that coal mine.
17．The population of China ________（be）the largest in the world.
18．Nearly sixty percent of the population in China ________（be）farmers.
19．That strange animal belongs to a species that ________（have）scarcely been seen.
20．Such teachers as Mr. Wang ________（be）always respected by the students.
倒装练习
1. Not until I began to work _____ how much time I had wasted.
A. didn’t I realize B. did I realize C. I didn’t realize D. I realize
2. —Where is Kate? —Look，_______, she is at the school gate.
A. there she is B. there is she C. here you are D. here it is
3. Which of the following sentences is correct?
A. In the teacher came B. In did come the teacher C. In did the teacher come D. In came the teacher
4. Out _____, with a stick in his hand.
A. did he rush B. rushed he C. he rushed D. he did rush
5. _______, he is honest. A. As he is poor B. Poor is he C. Poor as he is D. Poor as is he
6. ________, he knows a lot of things.
A. A child as he is B. Child as he is C. A child as is he D. Child as is he
7. _____, you can’t lift yourself up.
A. Even you’re strong B. Strong as you are C. How strong you are D. In spite you’re strong
8. So carelessly ________that he almost killed himself.
A. he drives B. he drove C. does he drive D. did he drive
9. Early in the day ____the news _____the enemy were gone.
A. come; that B. came; that C. comes; that D. came; what
10. Only when you realize the importance of foreign languages_____ them well.
A. you can learn B. can you learn C. you learned D. did you learn
11. Only after liberation _____ to be treated as human beings.
A. did they begin B. they had begun C. they did begin D. had they begun
12. Not only ____ to stay at home, but he was also forbidden to see his friends.
A. he was forcing B. he was forced C. was he forcing D. was he forced
13. Not until his father was out of prison____ to school.
A. can John go B. John can go C. could John go D. John could go
14. Never before _____ seen such a stupid man. A. am I B. was I C. have I D. shall I
15. Rarely ____such a silly thing.
A. have I heard of B. I have heard of C. am I heard of D. had I heard of
16. Little _____ about his own health though he was very ill.
A. he cared B. did he care C. does he care D. he cares
17. Only when _____ in the afternoon _____ able to leave.
A. the match was over; they were B. was the match over; were they
C. was the match over; they were D. the match was over; were they
18. Hardly ____ down ____ he stepped in.
A. had I sat; than B. I had sat; when C. had I sat; then D. had I sat; when
19. No sooner _____asleep than she heard a knock at the door.
A. she had fallen B. had she fallen C. she had fell D. had she fell
20. She did not see Smith. ________.
A. Neither did I B. Nor didn’t I C. Neither I did D. So didn’t I
21. In front of the farmhouse ______.
A. lay a peasant boy B. laid a peasant boy C. a peasant lay D. did a peasant boy lie
22. —You ought to have given them some advice. —_____, but who cared what I said ?
A. So ought you B. So I ought C. So did you D. So I did
23. —It was hot yesterday. —_____. A. It was so. B. So was it. C. So it was. D. So it did
24. No longer _____ to be monitor of the class. A. is he fit B. he is fit C. he fit D. fit be
25. —You like football very much. —________.
A. So do I B. So I do C. I do too D. It is the same with me
26. Only by practicing a few hours every day___ be able to master the language.
A. you can B. can you C. you will D. will you
27. Hardly _____ the bus stop ___ the bus arrived.
A. we had got to; when B. we had got to; then C. had we got to; than D. had we got to; when
28. —Where is your brother? —There ______.
A. he is coming B. he comes C. comes he D. does he come
29. _____ earlier you would have met him.
A. If you came B. If you did come C. Did you come D. Had you come
30. Not only ____ polluted but ____crowded.
A. was the city; were the street B. the city was; were the street
C. was the city; the streets were D. the city was; the streets were
31. She is a teacher and works at the college. _______.
A. So is Li Ming B. So does Li Ming C. So is it with Li Ming D. So it is with Li Ming
32. Now ___ Tom’s turn to recite the text. A. there is B. is going C. has come D. comes
33. Hearing the cat coming, off_____.
A. fled all the mice B. away fled the mice C. all the mice fled away D. fleeing all the mice
34. _______ reading and speaking English every day, he would speak it well enough now.
A. Had he practiced B. Did he practice C. Should he practice D. Were he to practice
35. Nearby _____ in which they had spent their summer vacation.
A. was two houses B. two houses were C. were two houses D. are two houses
36. Not only a writer but also ______ here.
A. an actor was wanted B. was an actor wanted C. an actor were wanted D. were an actor wanted
37. So tired ____ after a whole day’s heavy work that I ____ stand on my feet.
A. was I; could hardly B. was I felt; could hardly C. was I; couldn’t hardly D. I was; hardly couldn’t
38. Only in this way_____expect to get over so many difficulties.
A. we are sure to B. can we C. that we can D. that can we
39. After that we never saw her again, nor ________ from her.
A. did we hear B. we heard C. has we heard D. we have heard
40. Look,________.
A. here the bus comes B. here is the bus coning C. here comes the bus D. here the bus is coming
41. —Do you know Jim quarreled with his brother? —I don’t know, _____.
A. nor don’t I care B. nor do I care C. I don’t care neither D. I don’t care also
42. You can’t imagine ______ when they received these nice Christmas presents.
A. how they were excited B. how excited they were C. how excited were they D. they were how excited
43. Not until all the fish died in the river _____ how serious the pollution was.
A. did the villagers realize B. the villagers realized C. the villagers did realized D. didn’t the villagers realize
44. Little _____ about his own safety, though he was in great danger himself.
A. does he care B. did he care C. he cares D. he cared
45. —David has made great progress recently. —_______, and _______.
A. So he has; so you have B. So he has; so have you C. So has he; so have D. So has he; so you have
46. —It was careless of you to have left your clothes outside all night. —My God! ______.
A. So did I B. So I did C. So were you D. So did you
47. Not a single song ________ at yesterday’s party.
A. she sang B. sang she C. did she sing D. she did sing
48. _____ the people have become masters of their own country that science can really serve the people.
A. Only then B. It is only then C. Only when D. It is only when
49. Not only _______ difficult to understand, but it was too long.
A. it was B. it made C. did it make D. was it
50. Only when the rain stopped _____ again.
A. the match started B. does the match start C. did the match start D. the match had started
51. ______ had I finished my translation when the class was over.
A. Never B. No sooner C. Hardly D. How
52. In _______ and the lesson began. A. he came B. came he C. he comes D. comes he
53. On the wall ______ two large pictures.
A. hangs B. hang C. hanged D. are hanging
54. Such ______ the results of the experiments. A. is B. was C. are D. as be
55. —They have done a good job. —________.
A. So they have done B. So they have C. So have they D. So is it
56. ______ he realized it was too late to return home.
A. No sooner it grew dark than B. Hardly did it grow dark when
C. It was not until dark that D. It was until dark that
57. _____, Mother will wait for him to have dinner together.
A. However late is he B. However he is late C. However is he late D. However late he is
58. _____ hot is the sun that we cannot go out at present. A. Very B. Too C. So D. Such
主谓一致
主谓一致必须牢记的几句话：
1) 就近原则 neither----nor----/ either----or----/ not----but-----/not only---but also----/ or/ there be
2) 就远原则 with/along with/together with/ as well as/including/apart from/besides/except/but/other than/rather than
3) 特殊情况：there are one or two---
One and a half
Many a/more than one/each/every/no+名词 单数
4) the + adj 表一类事或一类人
主谓一致练习50题
1．When and where to go for the on-salary holiday ________ yet.
A. are not decided B. have not been decided C. is not being decided D. has not been decided
2．Mary is one of the girls who ________ by the headmaster at the meeting.
A. is praised B. are praised C. was praised D. were praised
3．Mary is the only one of the girls who ________ by the headmaster at the meeting.
A. is praised B. are praised C. was praised D. were praised
4．To tell you the truth, I, as well as the students, ________ hungry.
A. sure am B. am sure C. sure are D. are sure
5．All life on our planet ________, in one way or another, upon the sun.
A. depend B. depending C. depends D. depended
6．Whisky and soda ________ always my favorite drink.
A. is B. was C. are D. were
7．Kate as well as her sister ________ interest in studying Chinese.
A. are B. take C. takes D. is
8．More than one graduate ________ sent to the hardest place since 1979.
A. is B. are C. has been D. have been
9．The secretary of the Party branch and director of that factory often ________ with the workers.
A. works B. work C. is working D. are working
10．Most of the artists will go to the United States next week. The rest ________ to visit Japan.
A. has B. have C. are D. is
11．His family ________ always quarrelling among ________.
A. is; itself B. are; themselves C. is; themselves D. are; itself
12．Some folk ________ never ________ with the present situation.
A. is; satisfying B. are; satisfied C. are; satisfying D. is; satisfied
13．On the wall ________ two large portraits of his parents.
A. hangs B. hanged C. hanging D. hang
14．As the proverb says，failure ________ the mother of success.
A. are B. is C. was D. were
15．Each of the students in our class ________ great interest in English and they each ________ a copy of A New English-Chinese Dictionary.
A. shows; have B. have; has C. is; have D. takes; has
16．I don’t like very hot weather. Thirty degrees ________ too warm for me.
A. is B. are C. was D. were
17．A number of people ________ for the delegation，but the number of economists ________ to three.
A. were selected; were limited B. selected; limited
C. were selected; limited D. were selected; was limited
18．—________ your clothes? —No，mine ________ hanging over there.
A. Is it; is B. Are these; are C. Is it; are D. Are these; is
19．The factory，including its machines and buildings, ________ burnt last night.
A. is B. are C. were D. was
20．John and Mary, ________ sure to come to our party this evening.
A. be B. are C. is D. who are
21．Either you or the headmaster ________ the prizes to these gifted students at the meeting.
A. is not decided B. are to hand out C. are handing out D. is to hand out
22．—Where ________ my scissors? — ________ right on the desk.
A. are; It’s B. is; It’s C. are; They are D. is; They are
23．The White family ________ very large. All the family ________ animal lovers.
A. is; are B. is; is C. are; is D. are; are
24．Three-fourth of the surface of the earth ________ sea.
A. is B. are C. were D. has been
25．All but one ________ here just now.
A. is B. was C. has been D. were
26．A library with five thousand books ________ to the nation as a gift.
A. is offered B. has offered C. are offered D. have offered
27．The number of them people invited ________ fifty，but a number of them ________ absent for different reasons.
A. were; was B. was; was C. was; were D. were; were
28．Light and heat ________ often sent out together with heavy smoke.
A. is B. was C. are D. being
29．There ________ a needle and thread. You can do the sewing and mending yourself.
A. have B. has C. is D. are
30．No chair and no desk ________ permitted to be taken away from the reading room.
A. are B. were C. is D. be
31．Half of the fruit ________ gone bad.
A. is B. are C. has D. have
32．The youth of China today ________ trying their best to study modern science and technology.
A. is B. was C. were D. are
33．Dr. White，together with his assistant and family, ________ arrive in Beijing tomorrow.
A. are to B. are going to C. is to D. will be to
34．All that can be done ________ done.
A. has been B. have been C. has D. have
35．Strangely enough，a pair of new trousers ________ among the rubbish.
A. were found B. was found C. found D. had found
36．His “Selected Poems” ________ first published in 1970.
A. was B. were C. had been D. have been
37．Large quantities of fruit ________ all over the world from China today.
A. is shipped B. are shipped C. has shipped D. have shipped
38．All possible means ________ to save the wounded soldier.
A. has been tried B. have been tried C. is to be tried D. are trying
39．The two sisters are forced to play the piano. In fact，neither of them ________ to play it.
A. like B. liked C. likes D. liking
40．Sixty percent of the milk ________ horrible.
A. tasted B. taste C. was tasted D. were tasted
41．One thousand dollars ________ a large sum of money in her eye.
A. are B. is C. should be D. seem to be
42．Many a father ________ learnt to his sorrow what it is to have a son who tells lies.
A. have B. is C. are D. has
43．There ________ a pen, a pencil-box, some books and a lot of money in the drawer.
A. seem to be B. seems to be C. seem to have D. seems to have
44．It ________ William and Carol who helped me the other day.
A. has been B. are C. was D. were
45．Nobody but his family ________ the secret.
A. know B. are known C. have known D. knew
46．The Chinese ________ a brave and hard-working people.
A. are B. is C. has been D. can be
47．In our country each boy and each girl ________ the right to receive education.
A. is B. are C. has D. have
48．Growing around the lake ________ wild flowers of different colors.
A. is B. are C. has D. have
49．________ this pair of trousers fit him well?
A. Are B. Is C. Do D. Does
50．Not only I but also Jane and Mary ________ tired of having one examination after another.
A. is B. are C. am D. be
倒装句
倒装句必须掌握的几句话：
1) 全部倒装 ①地点副词in,out,up,down,here,there(无进行时态)等等，时间副词now,next,then
Here comes the bus. 公共汽车来了。
There goes the bell. 铃响了。
Away went the runners. 赛跑选手们跑远了。
Round and round flew the plane. 飞机盘旋着。
②人称代词除外Here it comes. 它来了。 Away he went. 他跑远了。
③地点状语in the garden, between the two houses------或表语位于句首时的倒装
On top of that adds global warming.
Among these people was his friend Jim. 他的朋友吉姆就在这些人当中。
In the box was a cat. 箱子里是一只猫。
In the box were some cats. 箱子里是一些猫。
2) 部分倒装 否定词never, hardly, seldom, little, few, not until, not, not only, no sooner, no longer, nowhere, by no means
等)置于句首时，其后用部分倒装。
①in no way, by no means, in no case, at no time, under/in no circumstances, on no condition,
②By no means should you tell him about it.
③In (Under) no circumstances will I lend money to him.无论如何我也不会再借钱给他.
④in no time(立即，马上)位于句首时，其后无需用倒装语序：
In no time he worked out the problem. 他马上就算出了那道题。
so---that--- such---that---
Such is life that everyone can understand this. 生活就是这样,每个人都明白这一点。
So cold was the weather that we had to stay at home. 天气太冷，我们只好呆在家里。
So fast does light travel that we can hardly imagine its speed. 光速很快，我们几乎没法想像它的速度。
only+状语 Only in this way can you do it well.
特例： ㈠no wonder/little wonder in no time
㈡as尽管
King as he was(=Though he was a king), he was unhappy. 他虽是国王,但他并不幸福。
Teacher though he is, he can’t know everything. 他虽然是老师，但也不可能什么都懂。
㈢so neither=nor
㈣虚拟语气should/had/were
Should it rain tomorrow(=If it should rain tomorrow), we would not go camping.
㈤only+名词 it is the same with=so it is with sb.
㈥not until倒装问题
㈦no sooner/hardly/scarcely
No sooner had we reached the airport than the plane took off. 我们刚到机场,飞机就起飞了。
倒装句性练习50题
1. Not until I began to work ____ how much time I had wasted.
A. didn't I realize B. did I realize C. I didn't realize D. I realized
2. Only by practising a few hours every day ____ be able to master the language.
A. you can B. can you C. you will D. will you
3. If you don't go, neither ____.
A. shall I B. do I C. I do D. I shall
4. No sooner ____ to the station ____ the train left.
A. had I got, when B. I had got, than C. had I got, than D. did I get, when
5. —— Your father is very strict with you. ____. He never lets off a single mistake of ours.
A. So he is B. So is he C. He is so D. So does he
6. ____ today， he would get there by Sunday.
A. Would he leave B. Was he leaving C. Were he to leave D. If he leave
7. Never in my life ____ such a thing.
A. I have heard or have seen B. have I heard or seen C. I have heard or seen D. did I hear or see
8. —— Here ____！ Where is Xiao Liu？ There ____.
A. comes the bus， is he B. comes the bus， he is C. the bus comes， is he D. the bus comes， he is
9. ____ , I will not buy it.
A. Much as do I like it B. As much I like it C. Much as I like it D. As I like it much
10. —— I like football. I don't like volleyball. ____.
A. So do I B. Neither do I C. So it is with me D. So is it with me
11. _____ the expense， I _____ to Italy.
A. If it were not, go B. Were it not for, would go C. Weren't it for, will go D. If it hadn't been, would have gone
12. So _____ in the darkness that he didn't dare to move an inch.
A. he was frightened B. was he frightened C. frightened he was D. frightened was he
13. —— In modem times， girls like beautiful clothes. Yes, _____ . After all, our life has greatly improved.
A. so do they， so do you B. so they do， so you do
C. so do they， so you do D. so they do， so do you
14. —— You have an English class every day except Sunday. _____.
A. So we have B. So we do C. So have we D. So do we
15. I wonder if your wife will go to the ball. If your wife _____, so _____ mine.
A. does, will B. will, does C. will, would D. does, do
16. Only after I read the text over again _____ its main idea.
A. that I knew B. did I knew C. 1 could know D. I did know
17. —— You seem to have learned all the English words by heart. _____ .
A. So l do B. So do l C. So I have D. So have I
18. —— I seldom watch TV， but listen to the radio a lot. _____ .
A. So do I B. Neither do I C. I m the same D. So it is with me
19. So excited _____ that he couldn't say a word.
A. he seemed B. did he seem C. was he seeming D. he did look
20. Jimmy was so nervous not a single word _____ down in the dictation.
A. he wrote B. he was written C. did he write D. was he written
21. Little ______ when 1 took the trip where it would lead me.
A. have I known B. had I known C. do 1 know D. did I know
22. —— Have you ever seen anything like that before？ ---- ____.
A. No, I never have seen anything like that before B. No, never I have seen anything like that before
C. No, never have 1 seen anything like that before D. No, I have seen anything like that before never
23. _____, I would accept the invitation and go to the party.
A. Were I you B. Was I you C. Had I been you D. Would 1 be you
24. You should work less _____.
A. and neither should I B. and so should I C. and nor should I D. and so I should
25. _____ and caught the mouse.
A. Up the cat jumped B. The cat up jumped C. Up jumped the cat D. Jumped up the cat
26. Not only _____ a promise， but also he kept it.
A. did he make B. he made C. does he make D. has he made
27. His uncle is a worker and has been working in the factory for more than ten years. _____.
A. So is his aunt B. So has his aunt C. So his aunt does D. So it is with his aunt
28. Not once _____ their plan.
A. did they change B. they changed C. changed they D. they did change
29. —— Do you know Jim quarreled with his brother？ I don't know, and ______ .
A. nor don't I care B. nor do I care C. I don't care neither D. I don't care also
30. Not until he arrived home _____ he find that this wallet had been stolen.
A. did B. would C. when D. that
31. —— This is one of the oldest trees in the world. _____ such a big tree.
A. Never I have seen B. I haven't never seen C. Never have I seen D. I have seen never
32. Nowhere else in the world _____ cheaper tailoring（裁缝业， 成衣业）than in Hong Kong.
A. a tourist can find B. can a tourist find C. a tourist will find D. a tourist has found
33. _____ succeed in doing anything.
A. Only by working hard we can B. By only working hard we can
C. Only we can by working hard D. Only by working hard can we
34. _____ that we all went out, lying in the sun.
A. So fine was the weather B. So was the fine weather
C. The weather was so fine was D. So the weather was tine
35. ____ a nice man ____ that we all believe him.
A. So, did he seem B. So, he seemed C. Such, he seemed D. Such, did he seem
36. ——You seem to be an actor. ____ . I have played many parts in a lot of films.
A. So do I B. So am I C. So I do D. So I am
37. Not only ____ working hard， but also ____ very polite.
A. the boy is， he is B. is the boy， he is C. the boy is， is he D. is the boy， is he
38. ____， he never seems able to do the work beautifully.
A. Try as he does B. As he tries C. Try as does he D. As try he does
39. —— I cannot see the picture well from here. ---- _____.
A. Neither can t I B. Neither I can C. I can't neither D. Neither can I
40. —— You ought to have given them some advice ---- _____, but who cared what I asked?
A. So ought you B. So 1 ought C. So it was D. So I did
41. So carelessly _____ that he almost killed himself.
A. he drives B. does he drive C. did he drive D. he drove
42. Little _____ about his own health though he was very ill.
A. he cared B. did he care C. he cares D. does he care
43. Geysers are found new near rivers and lakes, where water drains through the soil ______.
A. surface below the deep B. deep below the surface
C. the deep below surface D. the deep surface below
44. No sooner ____ they rushed out into the street.
A. did they hear the news than B. did they hear the news when
C. had they heard the news than D. had they heard the news when
45. Little wonder _____ up their hands in dismay.
A. have some thrown B. some have thrown C. thrown some have D. have thrown some
46. ____， he would have passed the exam.
A. If he were to study B. If he studied hard C. Had he studied hard D. Should he study hard
47. We were lucky enough， for no sooner _____ home _____ it rained.
A. we returned，and B. we had returned，when C. did we return，when D. had we returned，than
48. So little _____ agree on the plan that they could not settle their difference.
A. did they B. do they C. they did D. they did not
49. _____ he realized it was too late to return home.
A. No sooner it grew dark than B. Hardly did it grow dark when
C. It was not until dark that D. It was until dark that
Ⅱ．用所给动词的正确形式填空
1．There ________（be）one or two things I’d like to know about.
2．A knife and fork ________（cost）ten dollars.
3．One hundred years ________（be）not a long time in human history.
4．How to get rid of these things ________（be ）a key problem.
5．An iron and steel works, with some satellite factories, ________（be）to be built here.
6．One-fourth of the students in our class ________（be）League members.
7．The Philippines ________（be）in the Pacific Ocean.
8．The United States ________（lie）in the Western Hemisphere.
9．Do you know what politics ________（be）.
10．There ________（be）a pair of compasses on Lucy’s desk.
11．About two-thirds of his property ________（be）lost in the flood.
12．A large quantity of coal ________（ship）here since last September.
13．What he says or what he does ________（not concern）me.
14．None of the materials ________（be）conductors.
15．Every teacher and student ________（have）good reason to be proud of their school.
16．Ten thousand tons of coal ________（be）produced last year in that coal mine.
17．The population of China ________（be）the largest in the world.
18．Nearly sixty percent of the population in China ________（be）farmers.
19．That strange animal belongs to a species that ________（have）scarcely been seen.
20．Such teachers as Mr. Wang ________（be）always respected by the students.
倒装练习
1. Not until I began to work _____ how much time I had wasted.
A. didn’t I realize B. did I realize C. I didn’t realize D. I realize
2. —Where is Kate? —Look，_______, she is at the school gate.
A. there she is B. there is she C. here you are D. here it is
3. Which of the following sentences is correct?
A. In the teacher came B. In did come the teacher C. In did the teacher come D. In came the teacher
4. Out _____, with a stick in his hand.
A. did he rush B. rushed he C. he rushed D. he did rush
5. _______, he is honest. A. As he is poor B. Poor is he C. Poor as he is D. Poor as is he
6. ________, he knows a lot of things.
A. A child as he is B. Child as he is C. A child as is he D. Child as is he
7. _____, you can’t lift yourself up.
A. Even you’re strong B. Strong as you are C. How strong you are D. In spite you’re strong
8. So carelessly ________that he almost killed himself.
A. he drives B. he drove C. does he drive D. did he drive
9. Early in the day ____the news _____the enemy were gone.
A. come; that B. came; that C. comes; that D. came; what
10. Only when you realize the importance of foreign languages_____ them well.
A. you can learn B. can you learn C. you learned D. did you learn
11. Only after liberation _____ to be treated as human beings.
A. did they begin B. they had begun C. they did begin D. had they begun
12. Not only ____ to stay at home, but he was also forbidden to see his friends.
A. he was forcing B. he was forced C. was he forcing D. was he forced
13. Not until his father was out of prison____ to school.
A. can John go B. John can go C. could John go D. John could go
14. Never before _____ seen such a stupid man. A. am I B. was I C. have I D. shall I
15. Rarely ____such a silly thing.
A. have I heard of B. I have heard of C. am I heard of D. had I heard of
16. Little _____ about his own health though he was very ill.
A. he cared B. did he care C. does he care D. he cares
17. Only when _____ in the afternoon _____ able to leave.
A. the match was over; they were B. was the match over; were they
C. was the match over; they were D. the match was over; were they
18. Hardly ____ down ____ he stepped in.
A. had I sat; than B. I had sat; when C. had I sat; then D. had I sat; when
19. No sooner _____asleep than she heard a knock at the door.
A. she had fallen B. had she fallen C. she had fell D. had she fell
20. She did not see Smith. ________.
A. Neither did I B. Nor didn’t I C. Neither I did D. So didn’t I
21. In front of the farmhouse ______.
A. lay a peasant boy B. laid a peasant boy C. a peasant lay D. did a peasant boy lie
22. —You ought to have given them some advice. —_____, but who cared what I said ?
A. So ought you B. So I ought C. So did you D. So I did
23. —It was hot yesterday. —_____. A. It was so. B. So was it. C. So it was. D. So it did
24. No longer _____ to be monitor of the class. A. is he fit B. he is fit C. he fit D. fit be
25. —You like football very much. —________.
A. So do I B. So I do C. I do too D. It is the same with me
26. Only by practicing a few hours every day___ be able to master the language.
A. you can B. can you C. you will D. will you
27. Hardly _____ the bus stop ___ the bus arrived.
A. we had got to; when B. we had got to; then C. had we got to; than D. had we got to; when
28. —Where is your brother? —There ______.
A. he is coming B. he comes C. comes he D. does he come
29. _____ earlier you would have met him.
A. If you came B. If you did come C. Did you come D. Had you come
30. Not only ____ polluted but ____crowded.
A. was the city; were the street B. the city was; were the street
C. was the city; the streets were D. the city was; the streets were
31. She is a teacher and works at the college. _______.
A. So is Li Ming B. So does Li Ming C. So is it with Li Ming D. So it is with Li Ming
32. Now ___ Tom’s turn to recite the text. A. there is B. is going C. has come D. comes
33. Hearing the cat coming, off_____.
A. fled all the mice B. away fled the mice C. all the mice fled away D. fleeing all the mice
34. _______ reading and speaking English every day, he would speak it well enough now.
A. Had he practiced B. Did he practice C. Should he practice D. Were he to practice
35. Nearby _____ in which they had spent their summer vacation.
A. was two houses B. two houses were C. were two houses D. are two houses
36. Not only a writer but also ______ here.
A. an actor was wanted B. was an actor wanted C. an actor were wanted D. were an actor wanted
37. So tired ____ after a whole day’s heavy work that I ____ stand on my feet.
A. was I; could hardly B. was I felt; could hardly C. was I; couldn’t hardly D. I was; hardly couldn’t
38. Only in this way_____expect to get over so many difficulties.
A. we are sure to B. can we C. that we can D. that can we
39. After that we never saw her again, nor ________ from her.
A. did we hear B. we heard C. has we heard D. we have heard
40. Look,________.
A. here the bus comes B. here is the bus coning C. here comes the bus D. here the bus is coming
41. —Do you know Jim quarreled with his brother? —I don’t know, _____.
A. nor don’t I care B. nor do I care C. I don’t care neither D. I don’t care also
42. You can’t imagine ______ when they received these nice Christmas presents.
A. how they were excited B. how excited they were C. how excited were they D. they were how excited
43. Not until all the fish died in the river _____ how serious the pollution was.
A. did the villagers realize B. the villagers realized C. the villagers did realized D. didn’t the villagers realize
44. Little _____ about his own safety, though he was in great danger himself.
A. does he care B. did he care C. he cares D. he cared
45. —David has made great progress recently. —_______, and _______.
A. So he has; so you have B. So he has; so have you C. So has he; so have D. So has he; so you have
46. —It was careless of you to have left your clothes outside all night. —My God! ______.
A. So did I B. So I did C. So were you D. So did you
47. Not a single song ________ at yesterday’s party.
A. she sang B. sang she C. did she sing D. she did sing
48. _____ the people have become masters of their own country that science can really serve the people.
A. Only then B. It is only then C. Only when D. It is only when
49. Not only _______ difficult to understand, but it was too long.
A. it was B. it made C. did it make D. was it
50. Only when the rain stopped _____ again.
A. the match started B. does the match start C. did the match start D. the match had started
51. ______ had I finished my translation when the class was over.
A. Never B. No sooner C. Hardly D. How
52. In _______ and the lesson began. A. he came B. came he C. he comes D. comes he
53. On the wall ______ two large pictures.
A. hangs B. hang C. hanged D. are hanging
54. Such ______ the results of the experiments. A. is B. was C. are D. as be
55. —They have done a good job. —________.
A. So they have done B. So they have C. So have they D. So is it
56. ______ he realized it was too late to return home.
A. No sooner it grew dark than B. Hardly did it grow dark when
C. It was not until dark that D. It was until dark that
57. _____, Mother will wait for him to have dinner together.
A. However late is he B. However he is late C. However is he late D. However late he is
58. _____ hot is the sun that we cannot go out at present. A. Very B. Too C. So D. Such