单选题
There ______ nothing to do, we decided to have a party tonight.
A. was
B. were
C. had
D. being
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 独立主格结构
[句意] 因为没事可做,我们决定今晚举行聚会。
[解析] 分析句子,主干结构完整,且句中无任何连词,由此可见前半句应该作状语,且该分句是There be结构,有自己的逻辑主语,所以构成独立主格结构。题中的There being nothing to do相当于Because there was nothing to do。