Question

---___________ everyone present at the meeting?       ---No, all but one _________ there.

A. Was; was   B. Were; were  

C. Was; were   D. Were; was

Answer

C

【解析】

试题分析：句意：---每个人都出席会议吗？---没有，除一个人之外，所有人出席了。everyone 强调个体，做主语时，谓语动词用第三人称单数，all强调全部，谓语动词用复数，but作介词，常与nothing, nobody, who, all等连用，意为“除……之外”。如：We had nothing to do but wait. 除了等待之外，我们一筹莫展。 No one but me saw him. 除了我之外，没人看到他，由句意可知选C。

考点: 考查主谓一致的用法。