【问】 There__been lots of gossip about her.(关于她有许多闲话。)空白处是填has还是填have?

【答】 在用lots of/a lot of+名词做主语时，其谓语动词是使用单数，还是使用复数，完全决定于介词of所引出的名词是单数还是复数，而与lots这个复数形式以及a lot of这一复数概念无关。因此上面句子的空白处应填has。

1. Lots of people are coming to our party.

有许多人要来参加我们的聚会。

2. There are such a lot of people who have had the same experience. (Walpole)

有许多人有过同样的经历。

3. There are lots of things I could do.

有许多事情我可以做。

4. Lots of the stuff is going to waste. (CGEL)

有许多材料要浪费掉。

5. A lot of money has been wasted. (Wood)

浪费了许多钱。

6. There’s lots of coffee in the pot. (BEU)

壶里有许多咖啡。