Question

英语选择题，求高手~~~~

1.the committee—— unable to agree on a policy,and so ____decided to meet again next month.
A。were.....they B. was ...it

为什么答案是b不是a? 我觉得从后面半句判断，committee应该指的是与会成员啊？应该用复数吧？求解！

2.he had ____returned to his office when she was told to see his boss again.

A.hardly B.almost

为什么答案是a不是b？求详解~~~~~

Answer 1

1.the committee—— unable to agree on a policy,and so ____decided to meet again next month.
A。were.....they B. was ...it

为什么答案是b不是a? 我觉得从后面半句判断，committee应该指的是与会成员啊？应该用复数吧？求解！
答：A
译：委员们在一项政策方面不能达成一致意见，因此他们决定下个月再开会讨论。
析：agree on ... 的主语是表示“双方或多方”的名词，应是复数概念，比如买卖双方在价格方面：
They were unable to agree on the price of XX. 这个句型的主语绝不会是一个单数的名词！
committee与family一样，帆弊可以是复数概念，表示“成员”，也可以是单数概念，就是一个组织，（一个家庭）。根据前后一致，后面的用they指代这些个委员会成员也就顺理成章。
评：不知道是答案本身错了还是楼主笔误了。不管怎样，这个问题可以说是一个试金石，让那些唯“标准答案”正确者显形了！楼主你不信试一试，另开一点，就问这一题，换一种问法：带帆为什么答案是A不是B？你就等着说为什么A正确，B不正确的回答吧！这几个说不定也会告诉你为什么是A不是B的！！！

第二题记住句型：
Sb. had hardly done sth. when sth. happened.
=Sb. had no sooner done sth. than sth. happened.
注意：hardly .... when...
no sooner .... than...
when 与than (不是then) 极易混淆，不要搞错。记蠢轿雹忆方法， sooner 是 soon的比较级，所以有than
另外请注意，如果将Hardly, No sooner 提到句首，主句倒装：
Hardly had sb. done sth when ....
No sooner had sb. done sth. than ....

Answer 2

1. committee 主要有两个义项（1）委饥斗员会 （2）委烂册磨员，因此我认为本题为双解，姿闹两个备选答案都对。
2 hardly when 是固定搭配，类似的还有：scarcely when, no sooner than等

Answer 3

1.committee是委员会的意思，是拿困单数
2.had hardly.....when是“一...就”的意思，这句话的意思是他刚回到办公室，她被告知要看到丛丛他的老板了渗敏樱

Answer 4

committee是委员会的意思，委员会是单链数禅数。委员会成员是Committee members。
had hardly是固定句型啊。最经毕茄典的一句：
Hardly had I arrived home when the telephone rang.
一定要背过棚尘。

Answer 5

the committee 指整悉腔穗个委员会 这个机圆腔构

hardly ...when...刚一...就...他刚回到办睁卜公室，她就被叫去见他老板了