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There be句型的小結(jié)與練習 1 ______ a reading lamp on the table. A There is B There has C It is D It has2 .What a rainy summer we’ve had! Yes, there______ only 3 sunny weekends the whole summer. A have been B are C had been D has been 3 I didn39。t want _____ to be a war between these two countries. A it B them C there D their 4 There is reported ______a number of the wounded on both sides. A to be B being C was D will be 5 ______ no coffee left, they had to make do with tea. A It being B There being C It was D There was 6 There is a little hope of ______ a settlement of the argument. A to be B there to be C there being D being 7 I don39。t expect there ______ any misunderstanding. A is B to be C being D will be 8 There are five pairs______ , but I’m at a loss which to buy. A to choose B to choose from C to be chosen D for my choosing 9 There is no use______ a lot without ______ anything. A to talk, do B talked, doing C talking, being done D talking, doing 10 If the storm had happened in the daytime, there ______many more deaths. A were B would have been C had been D would be 11 Look! ______. A There es the bus B There the bus es C The bus es here D There does the bus e 12 ______ Mary with a baby in here arms just when I was about to leave. A There enter B There entered C Entered there D There entered into 13 There are a lot of people _____ for the bus to e. A waiting B to wait C waited D is waiting 14 The little girl is afraid to enter the house, because ______ a big dog at the gate. A lies there B lays there C there lies D there lays 15 About twentythree centuries ago, ______. A there lived in Greece a great thinker who called Aristotle B a great thinker lived in Greece calling Aristotle C lived there in Greece a great thinker called Aristotle D there lived in Greece a great thinker named Aristotle 16 ______ plenty of water in this river. A There used to being B There used to be C There is used to being D There was used to be 17 What a pity, my new puter doesn39。t work. ______ must be something wrong with it. A It B There C This D That 18______ no need for us to discuss the problem again since it has already been settled. A It has B There has C It is D There is 19 Let’s get through the work quickly. ______ seems to be little time left now. A It B That C There D we 20 ______appeared to be a war between his heart and his mind. A There B It C Where D What 21. There _______ a lot of traffic at this time of day ,so you39。d better_______ more careful A. has, be B. have, been C. is, be D. are, are 22. There_______ some water in the cup A. is B. am C. are D. be 23. ______there enough good news in today39。s newspaper? A. Is B. Are C. Were D. Was 24. How many people ______in your family A. do you have B. are there C. you had D. there are 25. There __ an apple and ten bananas in the basket. You can take any of them A. is B. are C. has D. have 26. How many teachers______ there