【问】 The teacher， as well as of students， the party.(TOEFL，87. 5)

答案判定were为错误。但我记得老师讲过，并列主语是应当用复数动词的。

【答】 你可能混淆了两个概念：并列连词与准并列连词(quasi-coordinators)。and是并列连词，而as well as，along with，as much as，together with是准并列连词。当用准并列连词来连接主语时，谓语动词的数决定于充当主语的第一个名词的数。如果名词是单数，谓语动词照例要用单数：

1. Helen，as well as her brother，has gone abroad.

海伦和她弟弟都出国了。

2. The teacher，along with a committee of bright students，has compiled a reading list.

老师和一群聪明的学生组成的委员会编了一个阅读目录。

3. Her uncle，along with her two cousins，demands that she stay in town one more day.

她的叔叔和她的两个堂兄弟都要求她在镇上再住一天。

4. The athlete，together with his coach and several relatives，is traveling to the OlympicGames.

那个运动员和他的教练以及几个亲戚将一起去参加奥林匹克运动会。

5. The giant corporation，together with its various satellite companies，its major clients，andits suppliers，is so powerful and far-reaching that it constitutes a miniature economy initself. (Crews).

这家大公司，连同它的各个卫星公司，它的主要客户以及供应商一起，是如此的强大和有影响力，以至于其本身就构成了一个小型的经济体系。

6. The clerk in the office，as well as the manual worker，the technician and the researchchemistis affected by these new regulations. (RBE)

办公室职员以及手工劳动者、技师和化学研究员，都受到这些新的规章制度的影响。

请做下面的英语试题：

1. Air pollution，together with littering，are causing many problems in our large，industrial cities today. (大学生竞赛题)

2. The president of the college，together with the deans，are planning a conference forthe purpose of laying down certain regulations.(攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题，81A)