2. There ____ a serious flood last year, many crops were badly damaged.

A. was B. had C. being D. to be

3. There are a few novels ____ in English on the shelf.

A. written B. to write C. writing D. write

4. There are many kinds of fish ____ in the sea.

A. live B. lived C. living D. to live

5. What a pity my new computer doesn’t work. ____ must be something wrong with it.

A. It B. There C. This D. That

翻译：

1. Most Saturday evenings there is a party in our school.

2. Was there any teleghone for me while I was away?

3. As a result, there will be a great many jobs for workers.

4. There were not enough rooms for these students then.

5. About 2,300 years ago, there lived a great thinker in Greece.

6.There came shouts for help from the river.

7. There lies a large wheat field in front of the house.

8. There may be many fish in this river.

9. There must be some mistakes in your paper, aren’t there?

10. There used to be a lot of coal mines in the south, usedn’t there?

11. There ought to be no trouble, oughtn’t there?

12. There seems to be something wrong with my radio, doesn’t there?

13. There happened to be several students in the classroom, didn’t there?

14. There are many reasons for animal dying out.

15. There were about 1,000 tigers in China in 1980.

16. There is a place where we can have a rest.

17. There are always new things to be discovered.

18. There were many people watching the fire in the street.

19. There is a very important building newly built last year in the town.

20. There is no telling where he will go tomorrow.

21. There being no friends here, he doesn’t know who he will turn to for help.

22. There are some strangers to come in.

23. There are some visitors coming here every winter.

24. There are several books written by Luxun on the desk.

25. There flows a small cream at the foot of the hill.

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