单选题 ______ no gravity, there would be no air around the earth.
  • A. Were there
  • B. Was there
  • C. There were
  • D. There be
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】这里考查的也是虚拟语气。当表达一种虚拟语气时,一般用讧引导一个条件从句,而这个“厂又可以省去。省掉“if”时,从句则一般用倒装语序,即助动词提前。而这里是there be句型,be动词在虚拟语气中多用were表示对现在事情的虚拟。故根据题意要求以及英语语法规则,A项为正确答案。