Largequantitiesofcottonshippedallovertheworldalreadywhilealargequantityofbamboobasketsgoingtobeexportedtosomewesterncountries.A.havebeen;isB.hasbeen;areC.havebeen;areD.hasbeen;is

Question

Large quantities of cotton ______ shipped all over the world already while a large quantity of bamboo baskets ______ going to be exported to some western countries.A.have been; is B.has been; are C.have been; are D.has been; is

Answer 1

答案：A
翻译：大量的棉花已经被船运到世界各地,而大量的竹篮将要被出口到一些西方国家.
出题考查quantity的用法.
1.a large quantity of和large quantities of都可以修饰可数名词复数或不可数名词.
且如果这两组短语做句子主语时,谓语动词的数采用就远原则,即和quantity的数保持一致.
如果是quantity,则谓语动词用单数；如果是quantities,则谓语动词用复数.
2.第一空为quantities,所以谓语动词用复数形式have,不用单数形式has,排除BD；
第二空为quantity,所以谓语动词采用单数形式is,不用复数形式are,排除C.
所以正确答案为A.