问题补充:
We collected a lot of books to get the necessary information but only half helpful, so we failed to finish the work.
A. is
B. are
C. was
D. were
答案:
A. is
B. are
C. was
(答案→)D. were
解析: 考查主谓一致.句意:我收集了许多书以获得必要的信息,但是只有一半有帮助,因此我们未能按时完成工作.根据上下文可知谓语动词用过去时态,复数的一半还是复数,故用are的过去时态were,选D.