Test One
    集體名詞作主語主謂一致
    1）通常作復(fù)數(shù)的集體名詞
    集體名詞，如：police， people，cattle，militia，poultry等，
    通常作復(fù)數(shù)，用復(fù)數(shù)動(dòng)詞。如：
    Domestic cattle provide us with milk， beef and hides.
    2）通常作不可數(shù)名詞的集體名詞
    有些集體名詞，如foliage，machinery，equipment，furniture，merchandise，通常作不可數(shù)名詞，隨后的動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)。例如：All the machinery in the factory is made in China.
    3）既可作單數(shù)也可作復(fù)數(shù)的集體名詞
    集體名詞，如audience， committee， class， crew， family， public， government等，既可作單數(shù)，也可作復(fù)數(shù)用。
    The city council is meeting to set its agenda.
    4）a committee，etc. of +復(fù)數(shù)名詞
    如果主語是由“a committee of /a panel of /a board of +復(fù)數(shù)名詞”構(gòu)成，隨后的動(dòng)詞通常用單數(shù)。例如：
    A committee of five men and three women is to consider the matter.
    近義詞辨析
    tired， exhausted， fatigued， weary， wornout
    這組詞均含有“疲憊的”的意思。
    tired
    可指因體力或腦力消耗太多而需要休息，還可指因長(zhǎng)期做某事而失去興趣。
    Henry was so tired that he went to bed immediately after he got home.亨利很疲憊，一到家就上床睡覺去了。
    exhausted
    表達(dá)的疲憊程度，指因勞累過度而精疲力竭。
    The exhausted engineer fell asleep on the bus.精疲力竭的工程師在公共汽車上睡著了。
    fatigued
    所表達(dá)的疲勞程度比tired和weary強(qiáng)，表示由于過度勞累而引起疲乏，不能再繼續(xù)下去。
    He felt fatigued and didn‘t want to say a single word.他疲憊不堪，不想說一句話。
    weary
    語氣比tired強(qiáng)，指由于長(zhǎng)時(shí)間努力工作或由于做單一的事而引起疲倦。
    After a long and weary wait， the plane finally came to take them back.經(jīng)過漫長(zhǎng)而又令人疲乏的等待后，飛機(jī)終于來接他們回去了。
    wornout
    這個(gè)詞不太正式，多用于口語。
    The troops were wornout after winning the battle.戰(zhàn)后，部隊(duì)疲憊不堪。