Question

—David, there _____ a dictionary and some books on your desk. Please put them away.
—OK. Mum. I’ll do it right away.

A．is

B．are

C．has

D．have

Answer 1

A

本題考查there be句型的就近原則。There be后面接并列名詞時，謂語動詞 be 應與最鄰近的名詞在數上保持一致, 首先排除C、D項。又因為句中的名詞為單數a dictionary，由此可排除B項。故選A。