Exercise 4A Direction: Choose either or both of the number forms in b r ackets: 1. Their earnings(comes,come)to 500 dollars a week. 2. Where(is,are)the shears? 3. Tidings(has,have)come that the British warship was sunk. 4. Your suspenders(is,are)not here. 5. The archives(is,are)not open to the public. 6. Mr Stevenson`s morals (is,are)above criticism. 7. The remains of a Roman settlement(was,were)found beneath the brewery. 8. At the bottom of the hill there (is,are) a dangerous crossroads. 9. This pair of trousers(costs,cost)fifty dollars. 10.The fireworks(was,were)postponed to the following Saturday because of the bad weather. 11.The odds(is,are)in our favour. 12.Our special thanks(is,are)due to Mr Matthews for the organization of the exhibition. 13.The mansions in which the flat was situated(was,were)a comparatively small one. 14.Braces(is,are)not fashionable nowadays. 15.All their belongings,together with the remains of torn -up newspapers, (lies, lie) scattered over the carpets. 16.The minutes (was,were) unfortunately incomplete and could there not be adopted. 17.The remains of Shakespeare (is, are)buried on Stratford-on-Avon. 18.The New York Times(is,are)published daily. 19.He suffers from diabetes,which(is,are)a kind of chronic disease. 20.The united Nations(was,were)formed in San Francisco in 1945. 21.(Has,Have)skittles( 九柱戏 )been a popular game in England? 22.All nine skittles(was,were)brought down by the good throw. 23.Draughts( 跳棋 )(is,are)an easier game than chess. 24.Politics( 政治学 )(is,are)the art or science of government 25.What(is,are)his politics( 政治观点 )? 26.The theory of falling dominoes comes from the word “dominoes” which (is,are)a game played with a set of dominoes. 27.The dominoes(is,are)laid face downwards. 28.The Alps (covers,cover)an area of 200,000 square kilometres and(is,are)the greatest mountain range in Europe. 29.Measles (is,are) an infectious disease. 30.The play was well written, but the dramatics of the performance (was,were) second-rate.