The publication of Great Expectations, which _______ both widely reviewed and highly praised, strengthened Dickens’ status as a leading novelist.

A. is                           B. are                      C. was                     D. were

答案

【答案】C

【名师点睛】

一、主语从句的主谓一致

单个从句作主语时看做单数，多个从句并列作主语时看做复数。

e. g. What we lack today        steel and concrete.

what从句作主语，如果主句的表语是复数，主句谓语动词用复数，否则用单数。

e. g. What he wants to get are some books.

二、定语从句的主谓一致

1. 一般情况下，关系代词作从句主语时，从句谓语动词应和先行词在数上保持一致。

2. 集体名词作先行词，被视作一个整体时，关系代词用which，从句谓语用单数；被视作若干个体的组合时，用who作关系代词，谓语动词用复数；常见的集体名词有：family, audience, class, club, government, union, staff, team, couple, committee, crow, firm, public, orchestra, company等。

3. 先行词是“one of十复数名词”时，从句谓语动词用复数。

   如果先行词是“the right/ just the/ the only/ the very/ exactly the+one of+复数名词”时，谓语动词用单数。

        4. 强调句型中，形式主语it后总是接单数is/ was；强调主语时，从句谓语动词与被强调主语部分的数保持

          一致。

考点：考查主谓一致