Question

—Can you get me some of the novels ?
—By all means. All but one of them ____ in our company.

A．published

B．was published

C．were published

D．had been published

Answer 1

C

试题分析：句意：你能给我一本小说吗？我会务必做到。除了一本以外，所有的都正在我们公司出版。句中主语是All, but one of them这个介词短语提前，不提前是：All were published in our company but one of them，小说是被出版，所以用被动形式。故选C.
点评：本题较难，一般情况下，主谓之间的一致关系由以下三个原则的支配：语法一致原则；意义一致原则；就近原则。高考“主谓一致”考查内容涉及名词单数或复数作主语、不可数名词作主语、不定代词作主语、并列结构作主语、特殊名词作主语时与谓语动词数的一致等。