1. ________ no need for anyone to tell you what to do next ― you’re old enough to use your own discretion.
A. There is B. They have C. It is D. You need
2. There seems to be something wrong about it, ________?
A. wasn’t there B. isn’t it C. doesn’t it D. doesn’t there
3. I hear that it is fairly common in
A. be B. is C. being D. to be
4. ―What a pity! My new radio doesn’t work. ________ must be something wrong with it.
―Don’t worry. Let me have a look.
A. It B. There C. That D. This
5. The waiter spilled wine on the carpet but ________ was no harm done.
A. this C. it B. that D. there
6. There ________ no buses, we had to go home on foot.
A. are B. were C. being D. to be
7. Once upon a time ___ a poor farmer who had for sons.
A. there lived B. there had C. It had D. They had
8. ________ great changes in our school since last year.
A. There were B. There had been C. There will be D. There have been
9. There ________ two apples, one watermelon and some bananas in the basket.
A. was B. is C. has D. are
10. ________ a knife and fork on the table.
A. It is B. They are C. There is D. There are
[答案与解析]
1. A。There is no need for sb. to do sth.为固定句型，意为“对某人来说没有必要做某事”。句意为“没有必要让什么人告诉你下一步该做什么― 你大了,该自己做出判断。”
2. D。当陈述部分是there be结构时，附加部分应用there。句意为“好像有点不大对头，是吗？”又如：There is a book on the table, isn’t there? 桌子上有一本书,是吗？
3. D。本题考查It is + adj. + for there to be…结构。
4. B。本题考查There be与情态动词连用。句意为“真可惜！我的新收音机不能用了，一定是出毛病了。”又如：There used to be a hospital here. 这里过去是家医院。
5. D。there is 意为“有”，no harm done意为“没有人受到伤害, 一切平安无事”。句意为“服务员把酒溅在地毯上,但没有造成损害。”
6. C。本题考查there be在独立主格结构中的用法。There being no buses相当于原因状语从句Because there were no buses.句意为“没有公交车，我们只能步行回家。”
7. A。 there可以和某些表示存在的动词如：live, stand, lie, exist等连用，代替there be结构中的be。There be表示客观存在，have表示某人或某物“拥有，具有”，二者不可连用。
句意为“从前有一个穷苦的农夫，他有四个儿子。”
8. D。本题考查there be的不同的时态。根据句中的since last year, 可知应用现在完成式。句意为“去年以来我校发生了很大变化。”
9. D。There be必须与后面最近的主语在人称和数上保持一致。句意为“篮子里有两个苹果，一个西瓜和一些香蕉。” There is one watermelon, two apples and some bananas in the basket.
10. C。句意为“桌子上有一副刀叉。” a knife and fork意为“一副刀叉”，谓语动词用单数。