Neither the principal or the teachers had been satisfied with the addition
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中单选题【2017年真题】Neither the principal or the teachers had been satisfied with the addition of a crossing guard. They wanted a traffic light installed at the street crossing.
A.Either the principal or the teachers had not been satisfied
B.The principal or the teachers had been satisfied
C.Neither the principal or the teachers were satisfied
D.Neither the principal nor the teachers were satisfied
参考答案：D
答案解析：（1）画线部分错误分析。
本题考查neither ...nor...的用法以及主语与谓语在数的一致性上的就近原则。原句中neither... nor...的固定搭配连接两个并列的主语，the principal和the teachers,表不“既不……也不……”，因此neither ...or...为错误搭配。
（2）选项分析。
根据句意，the principal 和 the teachers 对 the addition of a crossing guard 应当持否定的态度，所以排除选项A。前一句的时态应当与They wanted a traffic light installed at the street crossing 句相同，均为一般过去时，因此排除B选项。选项C搭配错误，只有选项D符合要求。
[译文]校长和老师们都不愿增加一名导路员；他们更希望在十字路口安装一个红绿灯。
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