一名词的种类
1According to the new tax law, any money earned over that level is taxed at the of 59 per cent.
A.ratio
B. percentage
C. proportion
D. Rate
【详解】答案为D，按照新的税收法，凡是收入超过邢个标准的都要按59%的税率征税。
名词词义和用法辨析题。rate“比率”通常用于at the rate of(按......的比率)，故D正确。ratio“比，比率”，多以具体数据体现两个关系平行的事物的数量之比，所涉及的两个比较项必须同时出现；percentage“百分比”，因后面已经出现百分数，可排除此项；“比例”，通常用于in proportion to（依照比例；和......相比）和in the proportion of (以......的比例）
2The police have offered a large for information leading to the robber’s arrest.
A.award
B. compensation
C.prize
D.reward
【详解】答案为D，警方已经开出了大额悬赏，希望有人能提供有助于抓获抢劫犯的消息。reward表示“酬劳、报酬、奖赏”一般指因为做了某件事或提供了某种服务而应得的报答或酬谢。在本中，reward 表示给提供消息的人报酬或奖赏，符合题意，选D。award表示“奖，奖品，奖金”；prize的含义与award非常相似，也表示因出众的表现而获得的“奖品，奖金”，经常与某次考试、竞赛相联系；
compensation 表示“补偿，赔偿”
3Drive straight ahead，and then you will see a to the Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway.
A.sign
B. mark
C.signal
D.board
【详解】答案为A，直接向前开，然后你会看见一个路标指向上海一南京高速公路。sign“标记，记号，征兆”，尤指标准化的、复杂的或记号的形状本身带有指向意义的符号，还可指手势。在本甸用作“路标”这种标准化且带有形状含义的标记，符合题意。mark“标志，痕迹，记号”；signal“信号”，通常指特定情况下对有关人员发出的声音或行为；board“(供特殊用途的)木板”。
二名词单复数
4“Look! The police ________ here to keep order! Go away quickly,”one of them shouted.
A. is coming
B. comes
C. are coming
D. has come
【详解】C ，特殊类群体名词police / cattle 做主语时，谓语动词用复数；“警察”个体用policeman / policewoman；牛的个体用a head of cattle。
5The commander said that two________ would be sent to the Iraqi front the next day.
A. women’s doctor
B. women doctors
C. women’s doctors
D. women doctor
【详解】B，复合名词的复数中含有构词成分man / woman时，将变为men / women, 且所修饰的名词也要变成复数。
6Which of the following determiners（限定词）can be placed before both singular count and plural count nouns ？
A.many a
B.few
C.the next
D.such
【详解】C 考察限定词与名词的搭配。C项the next 既可修饰单数可数名词，又可修饰复数可数名词，如the next morning，the next three days，故C 为正确选项。A项many a 只可修饰单数可数名词；B项few 只修饰复数可数名词；D项复数可数名词和不可数名词，修饰单数可数名词时要加上不定冠词a、an。
7.Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?
A. Fifteen miles are not a short walk to a 5-year-old kid
B. Ten dollars was paid tor the dress.
C. Neither my parents nor my brother is coming.
D. Only one out of six were absent at the meeting.
【详解】A A项的主语fifteen miles是复数名词，句中的a short walk提示应将Fifteen miles视作表示距离的一个整体，谓语动词应用is故错误。B项中主语Ten dollars可视为一个整体，谓语动词用单数形式was paid。O项中的Neither...Nor连接两个并列主语，谓语动词的单复数依据“就近原则”使用is coming。D项中主语由one out of+复数名词构成，在正式语体中，谓语动间用单数was，非正式语体中按“就近原刚”用复数were。
8The politics of the former regime rejected by the new government leadership.
A.was
B.were
C.has
D.have
【详解】B译文，前政权的那套治国方法为新政府的领导人所摒弃。以-ics结尾的表示学科或疾病的名词作主语时，谓语动词用单数形式。如politics，statistics，linguistics等等。但如果这些词转义表示具体的实践活动、性能，现象，则是复数名词，谓语动词用复数。本题politics 表示"治国方法’’，且由by可知应用被动语态，故B正确。
9.These books, which you can get at any bookshop, will give you ______ you need.
A. all the information
B. all of information
C. all the informations
D. all of the informations
【详解】information是不可数名词,没有复数形式,故C、D本身是错
