他们中没有人知道答案。

None of the information about him has been received.

一点关于他的消息也没收到。

6.专有名词作主语

表示国家、机构、事件、作品等名称的专有名词作主语时，谓语动词用单数。

One Thousand and One Nights tells people lots of mysterious folklore.

《一千零一夜》给人们讲了许多神秘的民间传说。

The United Nations plays an important role in the international affairs.

联合国在国际事务中起着重要作用。

7.不定式、动名词或从句作主语时，谓语动词用单数。

How to solve the problem is to be discussed at the meeting.

如何解决这个问题要在会上讨论。

Reading in the sun is bad for your eyes.

在阳光下读书对眼睛有害。

Whether he will help us with it doesn't matter too much.

他是否帮我们关系不大。

即时跟踪2　用所给动词的正确形式填空

1.The cattle eat(eat) grass on the side of the hill every day.

2.The medical team are(be) treating the injured at present in that hospital.

3.What she is doing is(be) none of your business.

4.Everyone in our class likes(like) the new film very much.

5.Look！The whole family are(be) watching TV now.

6.As a matter of fact，two years is(be) a long time for me.

三、名词的单复数决定谓语动词的单复数

1.当百分数或分数修饰的名词作主语时，谓语动词用单数还是用复数由名词来决定。

About three­fourths of the surface of the earth is water.

地球表面大约四分之三是水。

About 50 percent of the students in our school are girls.

我们学校大约百分之五十的学生是女生。

2.由"kind(type，sort，species，portion，series) of"等修饰的主语，其谓语形式取决于这些词的单复数而不是它们后面所跟的名词。

This new type of buses is now on show.

(Buses of this new kind are now on show.)

现在正展出一种新型的公共汽车。