Question

Tom , rather than his teammates ,_______ for the failure of the volleyball match

1. A.
   were to blame
2. B.
   was to blame
3. C.
   were to blame
4. D.
   was to be blame

Answer 1

B
試題分析：考察主謂一致。當(dāng)rather than連接兩個(gè)名詞作主語(yǔ)的時(shí)候，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞要和第一個(gè)名詞保持一致，故使用單數(shù)形式，而且be to blame又是一個(gè)固定搭配，用主動(dòng)形式表示被動(dòng)含義。故B正確。
考點(diǎn)：考察主謂一致
點(diǎn)評(píng)：在英語(yǔ)中，句子的主語(yǔ)和謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞要保持?jǐn)?shù)上的一致關(guān)系，叫主謂一致。這種關(guān)系通常要遵循下面三條原則：1．語(yǔ)法一致原則。句子的主語(yǔ)是單數(shù)形式，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞要用單數(shù)形式；主語(yǔ)是復(fù)數(shù)形式，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用復(fù)數(shù)形式2．意義一致原則即謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞該用單數(shù)還是復(fù)數(shù)取決于主語(yǔ)所表達(dá)的內(nèi)容在含義是單數(shù)意義還是復(fù)數(shù)意義。3．鄰近原則謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞該用單數(shù)還是復(fù)數(shù)形式，取決于最鄰近它的名詞、代詞或其它詞的數(shù)。