Question

       of the land in that district          covered with trees and grass.

A．Two fifth；is	B．Two fifth；are
C．Two fifths；is	D．Two fifths；are?

Answer 1

C

考查分?jǐn)?shù)表達(dá)法和主謂一致。5份之2應(yīng)該是two fifths,排除AB；當(dāng)分?jǐn)?shù)，百分?jǐn)?shù)作主語(yǔ)時(shí)，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞的單復(fù)數(shù)根據(jù)后面的名詞，后面如果是可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用復(fù)數(shù)。如果后面是不可數(shù)名詞，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)。故C正確。