More than one person was dismissed.

　　 More than one person has made the suggestion.

　　 More than one person was involved in the case.

　　 More than one student was praised at the meeting.

　　 There is more than one answer to your question.

　　 注①：如果more than直接加复数名词作主语，则谓语动词用复数，如：

　　 More than two hundred people are to attend this meeting.

　　 More than two hundred people have visited the village.

　　 注②：如果more than one后面没有名词，那么谓语动词既可以用单数，也可以用复数，这要取决于more和one哪一个重读，如：

　　 More thanˊone is going.

　　 ˊMore than one are going.

　　 Many a foreign guest has come to China to visit the Great Wall.

　　 Many a boy has made such a funny experiment.

　　 Many a man has sacrificed his life for the cause of the revolution.

　　 注：当 a good / great many +复数名词作主语时，谓语动词应用复数，如：

　　 There are a great many students working in the room.

　　 I wrote to John and Henry but neither (of them) has / have replied; in fact, I doubt if either (of them) is / are coming.

　　 Neither of the answers is correct.

　　 Either of you is to stay here.

　　 Neither of them knows / know the answer.

　　 One of them is my friend; the other is a stranger to me.

　　 cf. Where are the other students?

　　 Something is wrong with the machine.

　　 Nobody knows where Tom lives.

　　 Is everybody ready?

　　 Somebody is using the phone.

　　 Nobody wants to go there, does he?

　　 Is anybody going to tell him the news?

　　 Everything is ready.

　　 There is nobody in the house.

　　 Someone wants to see you.

　　 Each of the books is of great use to us.

　　 Each of us has something to say.

　　 Each of them / the students has a dictionary.

　　 They each have a dictionary.

　　 The children have a story book each.

　　 Every door and every window is to be cleaned.

　　 Every teacher and every student was present.

　　 Each boy and each girl was given a present.

　　 Each teapot and each teacup has been washed clean.

　　 No teacher and (no) student is allowed to enter the room without permission.

　　 No teacher and no student was absent.

　　 Li Hong and I are going there tomorrow.

　　 Tom and Mike work hard at Chinese.

　　 Mary and her brother are sitting on the grass.

　　 Both bread and butter were sold out in that grocery.

　　 Both rice and wheat are grown in this part of China.

　　 注：虽然由and连接，但实际上是指同一人、同一物、同一事或同一概念时，谓语动词应当用单数。这时应注意冠词的用法，如：

　　 The poet and writer has gone to Beijing

　　 There is a knife and fork on the table.

　　 Here is a needle and thread for you.

　　 The bread and butter has gone bad.

　　 Bread and butter tastes good.

　　 cf. The bread and the butter taste good.

　　 Nobody but Tom and Jack knows the secret.

　　 We as well as he are interested in physics.

　　 The teacher, together with his students, is going to see the film.

　　 The teacher, together with his students, has gone to the park.

　　 Many people, including 　my mother, want to buy this kind of cloth.

Nothing but two books was found in the box.

61．本题易误选D。根据句意“他在工作中是一个不足以轻重的人，所以如果他不来也不会有什么影响”，可以看出if符合逻辑。