考研英语知识运用(16)

考研英语运用

(1)用and,both...and连接的并列主语，或both,(a)few,many,several等修饰语后面谓语动词通常用复数形式。如：

Plastics and rubber never rot.塑料和橡胶永不生锈。

He and I were classmates when we were at college.他和我大学时曾是同班同学。 Both of these novels are interesting.这两部小说都有意思。

Few people know it.几乎无人知道。

(2)集体名词如people,police,public,militia,cattle,class,youth等，常用复数形式的谓语动词。如：

The Chinese people are brave and hardworking.中国人民是勤劳勇敢的。 Most police wear uniforms.绝大多数警察穿制服。

The cattle are grazing in the sunshine.一群牛在阳光下吃草。

(3)当表示民族的词与冠词合用充当主语时，谓语动词用复数形式。如：

The Japanese were once very aggressive.日本人曾是很具有侵略性的。

The English are more conservative and less talkative than the Americans.英国人比美国人保守且不爱说话。

(4)某些形容词前面加定冠词表示一类人。作主语时，谓语动词用复数。如： The rich are not always selfish.富人不总是自私的。

The wounded are well treated here.伤员在这儿接受良好治疗。

The aged suffer from various miseries in this country.老年人在这个国家遭到各种悲惨遭遇。

(5)不可数名词作主语，其前有表示数量的复数名词修饰时，谓语动词用复数。如：

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