Question

—There _________a big earthquake in Japan this March.
—Yeah. Many Chinese volunteers went there to help the people in trouble

1. A.
   was
2. B.
   is
3. C.
   were

Answer 1

A
試題分析：There be句型表示“某地(或某時(shí))存在有某人(或某物)，句意:這個(gè)三月在日本又一次大地震.結(jié)合語(yǔ)境可知上文描述的是過(guò)去發(fā)生的動(dòng)作,故用過(guò)去時(shí)態(tài).主語(yǔ)a big earthquake表達(dá)抽象含義,不可數(shù),故謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單數(shù),選A.
考點(diǎn)：there be句型的時(shí)態(tài)
點(diǎn)評(píng)：There be句型表示“某地(或某時(shí))存在有某人(或某物)，而并非某地(某人、某物或某時(shí))擁有什么東西”，其實(shí)質(zhì)是倒裝句。其也有時(shí)態(tài)變化，要借助于不同的助動(dòng)詞。但是當(dāng)助動(dòng)詞是be動(dòng)詞時(shí)，一般可以省略，只用一個(gè)be動(dòng)詞就行。