托福语法虽然没有单独的去考，但是它贯穿于听说读写的每一个题型当中。所以，我们对语法要熟悉，渗入到思维中去。今天，北京新航道托福小编要和大家分享的是关于名词的应用要点。一起看看去吧。
托福考试中，名词的命题焦点主要集中在名词的单复数问题上。试题通常分布在written Expression (16-40题〕中。名词的考题过于简单。反而易被忽略，所以还应当加倍留意。
名词常考题型及解题要点
1. 可数名词的复数概念必须加-s，不可数名词任何时候都不可接-s
全真例题分析
(1) Every year Colorado is visited by millions of tourists who come for a variety of teason. (92.8)
[答案] D reason为可数名词，a varity of 表示多数概念，故(D)应改为reasons。
(2)Rebecca Latimer, a political commentator and the author of several book ,was the first woman to become a United States senator. (92.10)
[答案] C book为可数名词，several表示多数概念，故(C)应用复数形式books。
(3) The most useful way of looking at a map is not as a piece of papers but as a record of geographically organized information. (91.1)
[答案] C paper表示“纸张”时是不可数名词，不能接-s。
(4) Andrew Wyeth is famous for his realistic and thoughtful paintings of person and plans in rural Pennsylvania and Maine (93.5)
[答案] C person为可数名词，根据句意，这里应是多数概念的people。
2. 名词的数应与其前面的修饰成分一致
解题要点 下述单词和短语决定名词的单复数：a / an every much many some several this those other one of…等等
全真例题分析
(1) A time zone is a slightly irregular north-south belts that extends from pole to pole (92.10)
[答案] C 中心名词belts前有不定冠词a，故应改为单数belt。A / an与其中心名词之间隔有冗长的定语成分，此名词常是考题焦点。
(2) Although mockingbirds superbly mimicthe songs and calls of many bird they can nonetheless be quickly identified as mockingbirds by certain aural clues. (94.1)
[答案] B bird为不可数名词，它前面的修饰语many即决定了它应用复数形式。
(3) The fritillaries, one of the largest group of bufferflies, are found not only in this country but in many other pants of the world as well (94.5)
[答案] A 短语one of…后面必须接名词的复数形式，即groups。来源：北京新航道托福培训
(4) Manganese does exist naturally in a pure state because it reacts so easily with other element. (91.1)
[答案] D 形容词other后面接复数的可数名词，故element 应加-s.
(5) In 1987 the sales of ice cream in the United States amounted to fifteen quarts per year for every persons in the country. (92.1)
[答案] D 形容词every后面应接单数名词，即person。
3. 名词的数应与谓语动词一致
全真例题分析
(1) Approximately fifty percent of the package utilized in the United States are for foods and beverages. (92.5)
[答案] A 主语是package的百分比率，谓语动词are则决定了package的复数形式。
(2) Human being have thirty-three or thirty-four vertebrate, bat a snake may have as many as three hundred. (93.8)
[答案] A 谓语动词have表明主语应是复数形式，即human beings。
(3) Beneath the deep oceans that cover two-thirds of the Earth tantalizing secret of the planet are concealed. (91.10)
[答案] C 谓语动词are 决定了主语secret应接复数形式-s。
4. 一个名词修饰限定另一个名词时，个名词只能用单数形式
解题要点 当你看到两个名词连用时，留意个名词的单数的形式。
全真例题分析
(1) Employments agencies bring together persons qualified for specific jobs and employers who have those jobs available (90.10)
[答案] A 名词emplogments修饰说明后面的名词agencies，其作用相当于一个形容词，故应用单数形式。
(2) Acrylic paint enables artists to experiment with many colors effects. (90.5)
[答案] D名词colors修饰说明effects，应用其单数形式。
(3) Susan Sontag*s aversion to the traditional critical practice of extracting morals meanings from art is reflected in her novels. (92.1)
[答案] B morals应用单数形式修饰后面的名词meanings。
上文中，我们北京新航道学校小编主要针对名词在考试中的应用做了详细的解析，结合历年真题，让讲解更加形象具体。希望考生好好对照梳理自己的语法知识，让语法有规律有逻辑的收入脑中。大家加油吧!
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