As we all know, "a hard-working people" means "a people
that ____ hard".
A. work B. works
people作民族解的时候,是个集体名词,本身可以有单数或复数。类似于family的用法。当把整个民族视为一个整体时,谓语动词用单数,用人称代词it 或物主代词its指代。定语从句可用which引导。当指这个民族中的每一个人时,谓语动词用复数,人称代词或物主代词用they,their,them, 定语从句用who,whom, whose引导。
但由于关系代词that既可以指人,也可以指物,当 a people 后接that引导的定语从句时,就需要根据语义判断 a people是作为民族这个整体,还是构成这个民族的每个人。由此决定谓语动词用单数还是复数。本句中work hard是具体每个人的行为,所以句子用复数谓语。下面这个句子 a people是作为一个整体,所以定语从句用单数谓语:
A people which/that does not possess the power to innovate will never take its place among the advanced nations of the world.
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这是个很好的问题! People指民族时,作为一个整体,用单数。如:
1. It usually appears when a nation or people is attacked by forces with superior technology.
2. The Jews are a people known for their intelligence.
但是,当people 后接动词,暗指群体中的每个人的时候,动词一般用复数。如:
a people that are industrious; a people who are religious.
英国的一个英语教育网站在谈到民族时有这样一个表述:
a great people who, all together, form one country or one ethnic group or one people.
这里form 显然是动词,用了复数形式。
因此,你的这道题应该选A。
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