单选题
______ no further business, the Chairman closed the meeting.
[A] There is
[B] There was
[C] Being
[D] There being
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 根据题干,[A]和[B]均为独立的分句,没有表明与主句关系的连词,[A]的时态与主句亦不;符,应排除。[C]以现在分词短语开头表明,其为原因状语,但其逻辑主语显然与主句的主语不符。只有[D]以 there be的非限定形式出现,既完整地表明了与主句的语法关系,又达到了句子的整体一致,所以为答案。