Unit+4+A+glimpse+of+the+future+Using+Language+語法 高中英語外研版（2019）選擇性必修第三冊

外研版（2019）選擇性必修三Unit

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futureUsinglanguageSubject-verbagreement(2)Lookatthesentencesfromthereadingpassageandanswerthequestions.a.…50percentofmytimewasspentresearchingnewrestaurants.b.Everyrecommendationshegivesmeisgreat...

c.…almost50percentofUSjobsareatriskfromautomationinthenext20years.d.…noneofusispreparedforthechallengesofAI.

1.Whyis50percentsingularinsentence(a)butpluralinsentence(c)?2.Whatarethesubjectsinsentences(b)and(d)?Aretheysingularorplural?Becauseinsentence(a),thepart“50percent”isfollowedbytheuncountablenoun“time”,whileinsentence(c),thepart“50percent”isfollowedbythecountablenoun“job”initspluralform.Insentence(b),thepart“Everyrecommendation”isthesubject.Insentence(d),thepart“noneofus”isthesubject.Botharesingular.Nowlookformoresentencesfollowingthisruleinthereadingpassage,

andsummarisetheuseofsubject-verbagreementinyourownwords.Nearlyeveryjobis

potentiallyatriskinthelongrun.Thetechnology

you’reusingandenjoyingtodayisabasicformofAI...Ibelievemostofthevalue

ofAIliesinitscapacitytoanalyseandinterpretvastamountsofdata...Grammar:Subject-verbagreement（主謂一致）Theboy_____diving.They_____diving.BothTomandTim_____diving.Allofthem_____diving.NeitherTomnorTim_____walking.isareareisareFinishthefollowingexercises:如果主語本身是可數(shù)名詞單數(shù)或者不可數(shù)名詞，則謂語動詞要用單數(shù)形式；Around10percentoftheforestisdestroyedeachyear.每年大約有10%的森林被毀。如果主語是可數(shù)名詞復數(shù)，或主語加上修飾語后整體表達的是復數(shù)概念，那么謂語動詞要用復數(shù)形式。Abouttwo-thirdsofthebooksinthelibraryaredonatedbystudentswhograduatedfromtheschool.圖書館里大約三分之二的書都是由這所學校的畢業(yè)生捐贈的。

當主語被分數(shù)（百分數(shù)）、表示量的詞匯等修飾時，謂語動詞的形式要依據(jù)主語本身進行判斷常用的表示“量”的短語后面接名詞的謂語情況anumberof/avarietyof/varietiesof+可數(shù)名詞復數(shù)作主語時，謂語動詞用復數(shù)形式。alargeamountof+不可數(shù)名詞，謂語動詞用單數(shù)；largeamountsof+不可數(shù)名詞，謂語動詞用復數(shù)。Anumberofnewhouseshavebeenbuiltthere.Avarietyofproductsareonsalenow.Alargeamountofmoneywasspentonthebridge.Largeamountsofmoneywerespentonthebridge.當主語被不定代詞修飾或主語本身是不定代詞時，謂語動詞的形式需要根據(jù)主語加上修飾語后整體表達的意義來進行判斷Everymeanshasbeentriedoutwithoutmuchresult.所有方法都試過了，卻沒有什么效果。Practice：1)Eachgirl______aprize.2)Manyofus_____gonethroughregulartraining.3)Everypossibleapproach______beentried,butinvain.4)Bothoftheinstruments_____notpreciseones.5)Something_____goingtohappen,andnobodycanstopitfromhappening.havehasaregetsisall作主語表示人時，謂語動詞用復數(shù)；表示物時，謂語動詞用單數(shù)Alliswellthatendswell.結果好一切都好。Allareeagertoreachanagreement.大家都急于達成一項協(xié)議。none作主語時，謂語動詞既可用單數(shù)也可用復數(shù)，這要取決于說話人的看法Noneofthem

seemtohavethoughtofit.似乎他們全都沒有想到這一點。（此處強調全體，全部都沒有想到。）Noneofushasgotamobilephone.(none=notasingleone)我們都沒有手機。（此處強調每一個個體，沒有一個有照相機的。）當主語被否定詞修飾或主語本身是否定詞時，謂語動詞一般用單數(shù)形式Nothingelsematterstohimapartfromhisjob.

對他來說，除了工作以外，什么事都無關緊要。Nobodyknowswhatthefutureholdsforus.沒有人知道我們的未來會怎樣。Nobodyhasgotaticket.

誰都沒有票。Nothingwasavailable.

沒有可用的。Completethepassagebychoosingthesingularorpluralform.Nowadays,

somecompaniesoffergenetictestingforchildren’stalents.Alargenumberofclientshave/hasbeenattractedtoit.Theyareparents,

eagertoknowwhattalentstheirchildrenmayhaveinthefuture.Theprocessissimple.Everychildprovide/providesasmallsampleofbloodorbodytissue.Thisis/Theseareanalysed.Eachofthechildrenis/aregivenareportshowingtheirpossibletalents.Arecentexamplecitedonthewebsiteisthatoneofthetestingcompaniescompare/comparesthetalentsoftwinsBobbyandBenny.Bobbywasassessedandhistalentswas/wererevealed

tobemostlyscientific:

a66%chanceofsuccessinchemistryand54%inphysicswas/wereshown.Meanwhile,

Benny’shighestscorewas/wereshowntobeinanartssubject:

thetestgavehim68%forliterarystudies.Isgenetictestingreliable?Somescientistssaythatmoreevidenceis/areneeded.

Completethedescriptionaccordingtothecharts,payingattentiontosubject-verbagreement.FUTURELastweek,

weaskedyoutodesignyouridealplanetforpeopleonEarthtoliveoninthe22ndcentury.Wehavereceivedover500entriesandhavebeenamazedbyyourimaginations!Here’soneofthedesigns. Threequartersofthesurfaceismadeupofland,

whiletherestissea,

covering25%ofthesurface.Halfofthelandiscoveredwithtrees.Residentialareaandarablelandbothaccountforthesameproportion,

20%ofthetotalland.Therestisdesert,

covering10%ofthetotalland.Therearethreekindsofpeople.Fiftypercentofthepeopleareoriginalresidents,

30%arefromEarthand20%arefromotherplanets. Describeanotherplanetforthefuture,payingattentiontosubject-verbagreement.Thefollowingquestionsmaybeofhelptoyou:Istheresomewaterforitsresidentstouse?Isthetemperatureonthatplanetsuitableforpeopletolivein?Herearesomewordsforsomeplanets:Venus:金星Mercury:水星Mars:火星Jupiter:木星Saturn:土星鞏固練習(2023·全國甲卷)Intheevening,whenItakethewalkintheschoolgarden,thesingingofinsects________(become)moremeaningfultome.

(2023·全國甲卷)Uptonow,China

(establish)anumberofprotectedareaswithmangroves.

(2022·浙江1月卷)Travellingtoconferences,lectures,workshops,andthelikefrequentlybyplane

（view）asimportantforscientiststogettogetherandexchangeinformation.ButCobbandothers

（be）nowquestioningthatideapushingconferencestoprovidemorechancestoparticipateremotely,（2022·全國乙卷）Adoctortellsmepeoplewho________(live)thelongestaredancersandcyclists.

(2022·新高考I卷Theplanwillextendprotectiontoasignificantnumberofareasthat

(be)previouslyunprotected,bringingmanyoftheexistingprotectedareasforgiantpandasunderoneauthoritytoincreaseeffectivenessandreduceinconsistenciesinmanagement.)becomeshasestablishedisviewedarelivewere鞏固練習6.(2022·新高考I卷)TheGPNP

(design)toreflecttheguidingprincipleof“protectingtheauthenticityandintegrity(完整性)ofnaturalecosystems,preservingbiologicaldiversity,protectingec