题目
Not only ______ the cars built in the 1970s unattractive and poorly designed, they also became very unreliable after 40-50 thousand miles.A. wasB. areC. were
Not only ______ the cars built in the 1970s unattractive and poorly designed, they also became very unreliable after 40-50 thousand miles.
A. was
B. are
C. were
题目解答
答案
C. were
解析
本题考查知识点为倒装句以及主谓一致和时态。解题思路如下：
- 首先，当“not only”位于句首时，句子要使用部分倒装结构，即将助动词、情态动词或系动词等提到主语之前。在本题中，句子的正常语序应该是“The cars built in the 1970s were not only unattractive and poorly designed, they also became very unreliable after 40 - 50 thousand miles.”，这里需要把系动词提前，构成倒装。
- 接着，确定句子的时态。根据句子中的“became”可知，该句时态为一般过去时，所以系动词要用过去式。
- 最后，考虑主谓一致。句子的主语是“the cars”，是复数形式，所以系动词要用复数的过去式“were”。