There be 结构
1. ______ enough time, we didn’t finish the work.
A. Not there being
B. There being not
C. There not being
D. There wasn’t
答：C。存在句型的分词形式为，there bemg，其否定式为there not belng。若选D项，设有连词引导，不可。
2. I don’t want ______ any trouble at all.
A. there be
B. there being
C. there is
D. there to be
答：D。there to be为存在句型的不定式形式。
3. I won’t let ______any trouble.
A. there be
B. there being
C. there is
D. there to be
答：A。A项为there be句型的不定式形式，在let后应接省去to的不定式做宾补。
4. The problem is quite easy. So I think there________ no trouble.
A. to be
B. be
C. ought be
D. ought to be
答：D。为therebe句型与情态动词连用。
5. There used to be many houses here, ______?
A. did there
B. used there
C. didn’t there
D. usedn’t they
答：C。used to的反意问句应用did或used的形式来问。
6. There______ a river in front of the house.
A. be
B. lie
C. stands
D. lies
答：D。指河流应说there如(s)；指建筑常用there stand(s)，也可说there lived，there came。
7. I don’t mind ______so many people here.
A. there be
B. there being
C. there to be
D. there is
答：B。为there be句型的动名词形式。
8. There is little water left, ______?
A. isn’t there
B. is there
C. isn’t it
D. is it
答：B。little为否定用法，反意部分应用肯定式，there be句型反意疑问句部分的主语应用there。