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在龙门书局出版2012年2月第一版《新课标高考英语基础知识精要》一书中,有这样一 道完成句子训练题:A large quantity of birds ________from nutritious eggs and the baby birds were bound to be taken good care of. (hatch)大量的鸟儿从有营养的蛋里孵出来,这些幼鸟有必要被好好照顾。(p.102)该书所给的答案是was hatched(p.203)。 这个答案是错误的。正确答案应该是:were hatched “quantity”,“ quantity of…”和“quantities of…”作主语时,谓语动词有以下几种形式: (一)如果单独用quantity作主语,谓语动词应该用单数。例如: It is used to emphasize that the quantity is very large. 它用于强调数量很大。 (一)“a large (great ,small)quantity of+复数名词”作主语时,谓语动词用复数形 式;“a large (great ,small) quantity of+不可数名词”作主语时,谓语动词用单数形式。这些短语后面都不能接可数名词的单数形式。例如: There are only a small quantity of flowers left in the garden. 花园里只剩少量的鲜 花了。(《英语常见问题解答大词典》p.84 赵振才编著,黑龙江人民出版社出版,1998年8月第1版) There are a small quantity of apples in the house. 房子里有少量的苹果。 A large quantity of food was on the table. 大量的食物摆在桌上。 (二)quantities of后面接复数名词或者不可数名词作主语时,谓语动词应该用复数形 式。quantities of后面不能接可数名词的单数形式。例如: Quantities of books were on the desk . 桌上有很多书。 (外语教学与研究出版社出版发行2008年7月第1版《外研社英汉多功能词典》p.1700) Huge quantities of oil were spilling into the sea. 大量的石油渗到海里。 Quantities of food were on the table.(Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English by Paul Procter, Robert F. Ilson et al, 1978 )大量的食物摆在桌子上。 Large quantities of rice have been destroyed in the flood. 大量的庄稼在洪水中被毁 坏了。 |
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