2013年托福考试语法讲解考点:名词(词组)作主语
名词(词组)作主语
填空题中经常出现句子中缺少主语的题型, 大多数都需要填入名词或名词短语
例题:
(1) 中华考试网
In 1964 ----of Henry Ossawa Tanner's paintings was shown at the Smithsonian Institution.
(A) was a major collection
(B) that a major collection
(C) a collection was major
(D) a major collection
答案: (D)
解释: 此句主语残缺, 且谓语动词was shown 需与单数主语搭配, 故填入单数名词词组. (A) (C)中的was均与原文中was冲突, 违背了谓语唯一的原则, (B) 使原句变为只有从句无主句
(2)
The begins of the modern chemistry laboratory go back to the workrooms of medieval alchemists.
应改为:beginnings.
解释:句子的主语应采用名词形式, begins 是动词的第三人称单数形式, 不能置于the之后作主语