Two-thirds of his property_____lost in the fire.
A、wasA
以分?jǐn)?shù)限定的名詞做主語時(shí),謂語的單復(fù)數(shù)應(yīng)同該名詞保持一致,而不管分?jǐn)?shù)是單數(shù)還是復(fù)數(shù)。此句中property(財(cái)產(chǎn))是單數(shù)不可數(shù)名詞,故用單數(shù)形式的動(dòng)詞。
Iwilldotheclearingifyousee_____thelunch.
Thosepeople_____ageneralunderstandingofthepresentsituation.
Copernicus maintained that the earth_____round the sun.
It seems as if the sun_____round the earth since it rises in the east and sets in the west.
He‘sworkinghard_____.