主谓一致考点基础训练（有详解）
1. All but one ________ here just now.
A. is B. was C. has been D. were
2. Not only I but Jane and Mary ________ tired of having one examination after another.
A. is B. are C. am D. be
3. A library with five thousand books ________ to the nation as a gift.
A. is offered B. has offered C. are offered D. have offered
4. The number of people invited ________ fifty, but a number of them ________ absent for different reasons.
A. were, was B. was, was C. was, were D. were, were
5. Either you or the headmaster ________ the prizes to these gifted students at the meeting.
A. is handing out B. are to hand out C. are handing out D. is to hand out
6. Each of the students, working hard at his or her lessons, ________ to go to university. So do I.
A. hope B. hopes C. hoping D. hoped
7. E-mail, as well as telephones, ________ an important part in daily communication.
A. is playing B. have played C. are playing D. play
8. ________ of the land in that district ________ covered with trees and grass.
A. Two fifth, is B. Two fifth, are C. Two fifths, is D. Two fifths, are
9. Every possible means ________ to prevent the air pollution, but the sky is still not clear.
A. is used B. are used C. has been used D. have been used
参考答案：
1. D。当主语后接有介词(如but, with, in, at, on 等)短语时，谓语只与介词短语前的主语有关，而与介词短语无关。
2. B。当 not only…but (also)…连接两个成分作主语时，谓语通常与其靠近的主语保持一致。
3. A。解析见上面第1题。
4. C。the number of…用作主语时，谓语用单数；a number of…作主语时，谓语用复数。
5. D。either…or…连接两个成分作主语时，谓语与其靠近的主语保持一致。
6. B。句子真正的主语是each，故谓语用单数。
7. A。句子真正的主语是E-mail，故谓语用单数。
8. C。首先，在分数表达中，当分子大于二时，分母要用复数，故排除A和B；其次，因句子真正的主语是land，故谓语要用单数。
9. C。means(方式，方法)为单数与复数同形的名词，由于句首有every修饰，说明它是单数，故谓语用单数。