屋里没人，我们意识到哭喊是没有用的。
There being nothing else to do, we went home happily.
由于没事可做，我们快乐地回家了。
注意：如果句中出现for时应用there to be。
It was too late for there to be any buses.
太晚了，没有公共汽车了。
练习：
1 ______ a reading lamp on the table.
A There is B There has C It is D It has
2 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 didn'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 don'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 day-time, there ______ many more deaths.
A were B would have been C had been D would be
11 Look! ______.
A There comes the bus B There the bus comes C The bus comes here D There does the bus come
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 come.
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 twenty-three 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 computer doesn'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
答案：
1A 2A 3C 4A 5B 6C 7B 8B 9D 10B 11A 12B 13A 14C 15D 16B 17B 18D 19C 20A