透视语法回顾考例--“Therebe…”句式考点汇聚
动词be常用的形式有以下几种:
1. 动词be在各种时态中的形式:现在时am,is,are;过去时was,were;将来时will / shall be,would / should be或am/ is / are going to be,was / were going to be;完成时have / has / had been;
2. 与情态动词连用,构成“there +情态动词+ be”的形式;
3. 与seem,appear,used to等表示状态的词语连用,构成“there seem(s) / appear(s)/ used to be…”;
4. “There be…”句式中的be有时用come,enter,follow,arrive,seem,happen等动词代替,但不能用have代替。例如:
There happened to be nobody in the room.
碰巧那时房间里没有人。
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1)There _________ many new words in Lesson One. It is very easy.
A. is B. aren't C. isn't D. are
(2005年南通市)
2)There is some milk in the glass.(改为否定句)
There _________ _________ milk in the glass.
(2005年四川省)
3)There _________ a knife and a fork on the table.
A. seems to be B. seem to be
C. is seeming to be D. are
(2005年黄冈市)
[简析]第1)题中的“It is very easy”表明“第一课很容易”,原因当然是“生词不多”,故答案为B.第2)题的题干为肯定句,改为否定句时,应将is变为isn't,some变为any,故空白处应分别填isn't和any.第3)题根据题干和四个选项可知,该句是肯定句,又根据主谓语一致原则中的临近原则,谓语动词该用seems to be,故答案为A.
考点二:动词be与主语的一致关系
动词be的形式要和最靠近它的主语在数上保持一致;另外,还必须注意不可数名词用作主语时,动词be应用单数形式。
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1)图书馆前有许多小树。
There _________ many young trees in _________ of the library.
(2005年长沙市)
2)-_________ there _________ for me in the bus?
-No,it's crowded.
A. Is,a room B. Are,any room
C. Are,rooms D. Is,any room
(2005年漳州市)
3)-What's on the desk?
-There _________ a dictionary and two notebooks on it.
A. is B. have C. are D. has
(2005年岳阳市)
[简析]第1)题中的主语trees为可数名词复数形式,所以,第一空应填are;“在……前面”应用in front of…,所以,第二空应填front.第2)题的题干问的是“公共汽车是否还有空间”,room用作不可数名词时,可表示“空间”的意思,这样,第一空应填is,故答案为D.第3)题根据主谓语一致原则中的临近原则,谓语动词应为is,故答案为A.
考点三:“There be…”与have的区别
“There be…”句式和have均可表示“有”的意思,但用法有别。“There be…”表示“在某处有……”,意为“存在有”;而have却表示“某人/某物有……”,意为“某人/某物拥有……”。
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1)-There _________ a concert this evening.
-Yeah. Exciting news!
A. are going to be B. is going to be
C. is going to have D. will have
(2005年福州市)
2)There _________ a football game between Italy and Germany tomorrow morning.
A. has B. is going to be
C. will have D. has been
(2005年武汉市)
[简析]第1)题根据时间状语this evening的提示,动词be应用一般将来时的形式,故答案为B.第2)题根据时间状语tomorrow morning的提示,动词be应用一般将来时的形式,故答案为B.
考点四:“There be…”句式的反意疑问句
陈述部分为“There be…”句式的反意疑问句,简短问句由“be的适当形式+ there”构成。需要注意的是陈述部分中是否有seldom,hardly,little,few,no,nothing,nobody之类的否定词或半否定词。若有,该部分应看作否定意义,简短问句部分则用肯定式;如果陈述部分含有表示否定意义前缀的单词,该部分仍应看作肯定意义,简短问句部分要用否定形式。例如:
There is nothing in the box,is there?
There was an unusual bike under the tree,wasn't there?
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1)There is some water in that bottle,isn't _________?
A. there B. it C. that D. this
(2005年武汉市)
2)There is little milk in the bottle.(变为反意疑问句)(2005年桂林市)
There is little milk in the bottle,_________ _________?
[简析]第1)题的陈述部分为“There be…”句式的肯定形式,简短问句部分应用否定形式,空白处应填there,故答案为A.第2)题的陈述部分含有表示否定意义的单词little,因此,该部分应视为否定形式,简短问句部分应用肯定形式,空白处应填is和there.
[巩固练习]
1. Look! There _________ some apples on that tree.
A. is B. was C. are D. were
2. -Where is my money? I can't find it.
-Look! _________ some money under your chair.
A. There has B. There are C. There is D. It's
3. There _________ a football game this afternoon.
A. will have B. is going to be
C. has D. is going to have
4. There is going to _________ a basketball match in the playground this afternoon.
A. has B. have C. be D. hold
5. _________ a pen and two books on the desk.
A. There are B. There is C. Have D. Has
6. There is a beautiful clock on the wall,_________?
A. isn't there B. is there C. isn't it D. doesn't it
7. There is little milk in the bottle,_________?
A. isn't it B. is it C. isn't there D. is there
8. There _________ sixty minutes in an hour.
A. is B. are C. have D. has
9. There _________ an apple and some pears on the table.
A. have B. has C. is D. are
10. There's something to eat in the cupboard.(改为一般疑问句)
_________ there _________ to eat in the cupboard
11. There was no time for the twins to go shopping,_________ _________?(完成反意疑问句)
Key:
1. C 2. C 3. B 4. C 5. B
6. A 7. D 8. B 9. C
10. Is,anything. 11. was,there