大学英语六级：短文改错(二十一)

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本期重点：主谓一致  
当句子本身较长，主语与谓语之间有其他插入成分时，往往会出现主谓不一致的情况；另一情况就是如果主语不是通常的代词和名词，而是从句、非谓语动词短语或者是一些特殊的短语等，也会出现主谓不一致的问题.
) s& Y& d! Y8 u" H考点例析：
例1：There is therefore a need for resources and methods of
2 K" ]; T. S% X4 r9 B: w0 S4 bteaching that facilitates a deep understanding of science in ________
! y1 w7 A! ~+ j6 V& {0 jan enjoyable way. （2006 .12）
! E9 v, X/ K" G: t) x1 r+ T解析：这句话that引导的是一个定语从句，在找错误前首先要了解先行词究竟是哪个（teaching，resources and methods还是need？）。根据意思，应该是“教学资源和教学方法使得对科学的深刻了解变得更容易”，所以这个定语从句的先行词应该是resources and methods，of teaching只是作resources and methods的定语。先行词是复数，从句的谓语也应该用复数形式，所以将facilitates改为facilitate。
例2：Whether women who have started a career will attain
4 J  \+ z2 L+ L* |/ G2 `4 zpay equality with men rest on at least two factors. _________ （1996. 1）
解析：这个句子的主语是Whether women who have started a career will attain pay equality with men，谓语是rest，单个从句作主语时，谓语动词要用单数，所以将rest改为rests。
例3：The whole monstrous growth rests on economic prosperity, but
. J6 |( m  n# u; O/ g0 x2 d) Wbehind it lies two myths: the myth of the city as a promised _________
land and the myth of the country as a Garden of Eden. （2002 . 6）
解析：behind it lies two myths这个句子是倒装句，真正的主语是two myths，所以谓语动词lies改为lie。
例4：Any attempt to trace the development from the noises babies
make to their first spoken words lead to considerable difficulties. _________
解析：这样的长句子首先要找出主谓部分。Any attempt是主语，to trace the development from the noises是attempt的定语，babies make to their first spoken words则是做定语从句修饰noises，那么这个句子的谓语就是lead了。主语any attempt是单数，所以谓语也要改成单数leads。
综合训练
$ x, y' s( H3 h; R: R, MThe joyous Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated on the fifteenth
" }3 Q8 b! l" b9 iday of the eighth moon, around the time of the autumn equinox（秋分）.
# _1 S" n( A4 MMany refer it simply as the "Fifteenth of the Eighth Moon". This day ___1____
is also considered a harvest festival because that fruits, vegetables and ___2____
! M8 ?3 {( ?$ A# H1 A* M8 Rgrain have been harvested by this time and food is unabundant. With ___3____
delinquent accounts settled prior to the festival , it is a time for relax ___4___
and celebration. Together with the celebration there appears some ___5___
) j. u; k0 H! ^# ospecial customs in different parts. However, the custom of playing under
' n7 S8 J' h1 _; rthe moon is not so popular as it used to be nowadays, and it is not less ___6___
popular to enjoy the bright silver moon. Whenever the festival sets in,
/ [3 T$ J( I3 s, Epeople will look up at the full silver moon, drinking wine to celebrate
their happy life or thinking of their relative and friends far from home. ____7___
; Z) V* P8 ~$ @+ O0 J8 X& n% VThe round moon cakes, measuring about three inches in diameter and
9 s0 p" B9 X/ Cone and a half inches in thickness, resembles Western fruitcakes in taste ____8____
and consistency. But nowadays, there are hundreds varieties of moon cakes __9___
5 A8 x4 E$ T! n4 Q* ?' N' ]: J* [on sale a month before the arrival of Moon Festival. For generations, moon
: F" ]" f- m4 H% Z5 D3 @cakes have been made with sweet fillings of nuts, mashed red beans,
lotus-seed paste or Chinese dates（枣子）, wrapped in a pastry.
  C+ M! Z! {- e* ASometimes a cooked egg yolk can be found in the middle of the rich tasting
5 h; v* c0 [' U8 Mdessert. People compare moon cakes to the plum pudding and fruit cakes ___10___
. a" Y( n; w- ?1 A( Eare served in the English holiday seasons .
参考答案及解析:
- N7 l% M0 R: `8 I/ ~1. refer后加to
1 X! [$ N, V& }4 Z固定搭配refer to…as…，意为“把…称作…”。
  u5 \9 o& l. [. q2. that -> /
Because表示原因后接从句时不需加that。
3 m0 Y8 N9 A+ r0 U3 n3 x3. unabundant -> abundant
根据上文已经说了中秋节也被认为是丰收节，所以食物应该是很丰富的，故将unabundant改为abundant。
" ^9 ]7 f+ V' {, V' @2 h4. relax -> relaxation
) V, N5 p) J: @$ C8 `6 Zrelax是动词，此处需要名词作for的宾语，所以将relax改成相应的名词relaxation。
5. appears -> appear
这句话是倒装句，真正的主语是后面的some special customs，所以谓语动词要用复数形式。
6. and -> but

7. relative -> relatives
8. resembles -> resemble
这句话的主语是the round moon cakes，所以将谓语动词resembles改为resemble。
9. hundreds后加of
( C6 L0 i' P" Y" I2 M' p" H固定搭配hundreds of“成百上千的”。

0 H( h& a, w, w' V3 j10. cakes后加which或that

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这句话出现了compare和are served两个谓语，根据句子的意思compare才是真正的谓语，而are served….则应该是修饰cakes的定语从句，又因为从句缺少主语，所以加上that或which。</p>