a set of 一套，一系列，一群，一组，一份

当a set of+复数名词充当主语时，其谓语动词的数，人们使用起来是很不一致的。有人把a set of视为中心词，因而使用单数动词（中国英语测试专家在各种考试中偏向于此）；有人则被把a set of看成修饰语，而把复数名词看成中心语，因而句子的谓语动词使用复数动词。

There is a set of rules that you must follow if you're going mountain-climbing.

如果要爬山的话,你就必须遵守一系列的规则。

应当特别注意,各类标准化英语测试专家们倾向于语法一致原则(即要求谓语动词用单数。

There are a set of unscrupulous scoundrels.

有一群肆无忌惮的无赖。

On his retirement, colleagues presented him with a set of golf clubs.

在他退休之际，同事们赠给他一套高尔夫球杆。

Such a set of furniture would be extremely costly to buy.

买这么一套家具要花很多钱。

Their reasoning was based on a set of unstated assumptions.

他们的推理是以一系列未说明的假定为基础的。

He smiled suddenly, exposing a set of amazingly white teeth.

他突然一笑，露出一口令人惊叹的雪白的牙齿。

The Companies Act lays down a set of minimum requirements

《公司法》规定了一系列最低标准。

The computer repeats a set of calculations

计算机重复着一组运算。

The ear has a set of filaments to vibrate in resonance with incoming sound-waves.

耳朵里有一组细丝能和进入的声波产生共振。

Enclosed please find a set of sample sheets.

附上样稿一份，请查收。

She once chose our monitor as the most helpful student, and gave him a set of stationery as a gift.

她曾经选我们班长为最乐于助人的学生，并送给他一套文具作为礼物。（中考真题）

It is choice. Choice is the ability to choose some actions from a set of things to achieve a goal.

这就是选择，选择是从一系列事情中选择达到目标的行动能力。（中考专题）

It is an attempt to deal with a set of weighty topics.

这是处理一系列重要议题的尝试。（高考真题）

One day after school, while exploring the green woods of this magnificent mountain, I almost fell on a set of stairs ．

放学后的一天,当我在这座壮丽的山上探索绿色的树林时,差点跌倒在一组阶梯上。（高考真题）

The most difficult step in programming values will be deciding exactly what we believe in moral, and how to create a set of ethical rules.

在将价值观编程时，最难的一步将在于确定我们究竟认为什么才是道德的，以及如何创建一套道德规范。（四级真题）

This only applies to American space activities, but the hope is that it will help standardize a set of norms in the dawning commercial spaceflight industry throughout the world.

这项政策仅用于美国的航天活动，但美国政府希望它可以帮助世界各地刚起步的商业航天工业形成一套规范。（六级真题）