development.

　　②(福建高考改编)The famous musician, as well as his students, was (be) invited to perform at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Taipei Flower Expo.

　　6．在正式的文体中，由not only ... but also ..., neither ... nor, either ... or, or等连接两个并列主语时，其谓语动词同与其靠近的主语保持一致。there be句型也是如此。

　　Not only the students but also the teacher hasn't come.

　　学生和老师都没来。

　　Neither the children nor the mother likes this kind of music.

　　 孩子们和妈妈都不喜欢这种音乐。

　　Either you or I am to blame.

　　你或我该受责备。

　　There is a book and two pens on the desk.

　　书桌上有一本书和两支钢笔。

　　7．当百分数或分数修饰的名词作主语时，谓语动词用单数还是用复数由名词来决定。

　　About three­fourths of the surface of the earth is water.

　　地球表面大约3/4是水。

　　About 50 percent of the students in our school are girls.

　　我们学校大约50%的学生是女生。

　　2

　　(安徽高考改编)The factory used 65 percent of the raw materials, the rest of which were (be) saved for other purposes.

　　8．不定代词all(指物时)，anyone, anybody, anything, everyone, everybody, everything, someone, somebody，something, no one, nobody, nothing, each, the other等作主语时，谓语动词用单数。

　　Since everyone is here, let's begin our meeting.

　　既然大家都到了，我们开会吧。

　　3

　　(湖南高考改编)All we need is (be) a small piece of land where we can plant various kinds of fruit trees throughout the growing seasons of the year.

　　9．代词none和neither作主语时，谓语动词用单数还是用复数，主要由说话人的意思来决定。但代表不可数名词时，谓语动词只能用单数。

　　None of them knows/know the answers.

　　他们中没有人知道答案。

　　None of the information about him has been received.

　　关于他的消息一点儿也没收到。

　　10．表示时间、金钱、距离、重量等的复数名词作主语时，如果被看作一个整体，谓语动词用单数。

　　Two miles is too far for the child.

　　两英里路程对这个小孩来说太远了。

　　4

(湖南高考改编)The university estimates that living expenses for international students are (be)around $8,450 a year, which is (be) a burden for some of them.