目前，AEAS考试报名受到的关注越来越高，AEAS培训录取竞争越来越激烈。这里应广大学子的要求，AEAS培训网为大提供AEAS真题模拟成绩提升技巧，这次介绍的是语法词汇(1)。

Test  One

集体名词作主语主谓一致

1)通常作复数的集体名词

集体名词，如：police, people,cattle,militia,poultry等，

通常作复数，用复数动词。如：

Domestic cattle provide us with milk, beef and hides.

2)通常作不可数名词的集体名词

有些集体名词，如foliage,machinery,equipment,furniture,merchandise,通常作不可数名词，随后的动词用单数。例如：All the machinery in the factory is made in China.

3)既可作单数也可作复数的集体名词

集体名词，如audience, committee, class, crew, family, public, government等，既可作单数，也可作复数用。

The city council is meeting to set its agenda.

4)a committee,etc. of +复数名词

如果主语是由“a committee of /a panel of /a board of +复数名词”构成，随后的动词通常用单数。例如：

A committee of five men and three women is to consider the matter.

近义词辨析

tired, exhausted, fatigued, weary, wornout

这组词均含有“疲惫的”的意思。

tired可指因体力或脑力消耗太多而需要休息，还可指因长期做某事而失去兴趣。

Henry was so tired that he went to bed immediately after he got home.亨利很疲惫，一到家就上床睡觉去了。

exhausted

表达的疲惫程度最强，指因劳累过度而精疲力竭。

The exhausted engineer fell asleep on the bus.精疲力竭的工程师在公共汽车上睡着了。

fatigued

所表达的疲劳程度比tired和weary强，表示由于过度劳累而引起疲乏，不能再继续下去。

He felt fatigued and didn’t want to say a single word.他疲惫不堪，不想说一句话。

weary

语气比tired强，指由于长时间努力工作或由于做单一的事而引起疲倦。

After a long and weary wait, the plane finally came to take them back.经过漫长而又令人疲乏的等待后，飞机终于来接他们回去了。

wornout

这个词不太正式，多用于口语。

The troops were wornout after winning the battle.战后,部队疲惫不堪。