33. ______everyone here today? No,Tom ______here.
A.Is isn't B Are isn't C.Is is D Are is
答:A
译:今天人都到齐了吗?
没,汤姆没到。
析:everyone, Tom都是第三人称单数,谓语动词用S型。排除BD
从对话逻辑上看,第二句应否定。刘老师可能粗心了,选C错了。
43. The__meeting begins at two o'clock in the afternoon.
A.parent B.parents C.parent's D.parents'
译:家长会下午二点开。
评题句:为什么用一般现在时?哪个学校每天下午二点钟开家长会,写入了课程表中?
我们学校家长会一个学期最多两次!
析:本题考查定语。名词作定语、名词所有格作定语的区别是:前者用单数,即使是平时成又成对出现的名词如:a shoe maker , (women docters 除外)可先排除B。
名词所有格,单数名词加's, 如 the worker's coat. 这个工人的外套。 如果是以S结尾的单词,直接加s 如:the workers' coats 这些工人的外套。表所属关系。家长会不是一个家长的会议,所以排除parent's ,但这个会议是属于家长的吗?
实际上,家长会,是我们自己的一种说法。有译作parents meeting 的,有译作parents' meeting的。我查了一下国外的说法:
A parent-teacher conference is a short meeting or conference between the parents and teachers of students to discuss children's progress at school and find solutions to academic or behavioral problems.[1] Parent-teacher conferences supplement the information conveyed by report cards by focusing on students' specific strengths and weaknesses in individual subjects and generalizing the level of inter-curricular skills and competences.[2]
还有就是:
27 Tips for Parent Conferences
parent meeting. 有图为证:
所以“正确”答案应为A,但“标准”答案是什么就不太清楚了。取决于出题者的见识。