2)作状语多用there being结构，但若置于介词之后，for用there to be整个介词短语作程度状语，其它多半用there being。
There being nobody else at hand, I had to do by myself．由于附近没有人，我只得独自干了。(原因状语)
It’s too early for there to be anybody up．太早了，还不会有人起床。(作程度状语)
There having been no rain for a long time，the ground was very dry．因为好长时间没下雨了，地面非常干燥。(原因状语)
3)作主语时两种结构都可以，但如是用for引导则要用there to be。
It is not uncommon for there to be problems of communication between old and young．老人与年青人之间存在着沟通问题是很常见的。
There being a kindergarten on campus is a great convenience to female teachers．幼儿园在校园内对女教师十分方便。
4)作定语。 There be结构作定语时，定语从句中谓语为there be，there之前的关系代词常常省略。如：
This is the fastest train (that) there is to Nanking．这是到南京的最快一班车。
I must make full use of the time there is left to me and do as much as I can for the people．我要充分利用我剩下的岁月尽量为人民多做些事。
目标测试
1.______in the matriculation for postgraduate in a short time is really a hard nut．
A．To make high scores B．Making high scores
C．To make low goal D．Making low goal
2.I found ________ to answer all the questions within the time given．
A．no possibility B．there was impossibility
C．impossible D．it impossible
3.The students expected there _____ more reviewing classes before the final exams．
A．is B．being C．have been D．to be
4.You’re going to England next year. You should now practise ______ English as much as possible.
A. speak B. to speak C. speaking D. Speak about
5.If we don’t start out now, we must risk ______ the train.
A. miss B missing C. being missed D to miss
6. The flexibility of film allows the artist _______ unstrained imagination to the animation of cartoon characters.
A．to bring B．brining C．is brought D．brings
7.Although the lecture had already been on for five minutes，I still was not able to find a chair____.
A. to sit B．for to sit on C．to sit on D．for sitting
8. Surely her daughter would make an even bigger effort ______ her?
A．please B．pleased C．to please D．having pleased
9.Lots of empty boots were found under the old man’s bed. He must have done nothing but ______.
A. drink B. to drink C. drinking D. drunk
10.The local health organization is reported ___ twenty-five years age when Dr. Adudon became its first president.
A. to be set up B. being set up
C. to have been set up D. having been set up
11.I heard him __the door
A. locking B. to lock C. lock D. being locking
12.He does nothing but___
A. complaining B.to complaining C. complain D. to complain
13.The students expected there___ more reviewing classes before the final exam.
A. is B. being C have been D. to be
14. The bank is reported in the local newspaper ___ in broad daylight yesterday.
A. to be robbed B. robbed
C. to have been robbed D. having been robbed
15.I appreciated ______the opportunity to study abroad two years ago.
A. having been given B. having been
C. to have been given D. to have given
16.There is no point ___further.
A. argue B. to argue C. arguing D. being arguing
17.Nowhere in nature is aluminum found free, owing to its always ___with other elements, most commonly with oxygen.
A. combined B. having combined C. combine D. being combined
18.They stopped ___, but now I’m getting interested.
A.listening B.to listen C. listen D. having listening
19.I am sorry to hear that you resorted ___
A. to cheat B. to cheating C. cheating D.cheat
20.He wasn’t asked to take on the chairmanship of the society, ___ insufficiently popular with all members.
A. being considered B. considering.
C. to be considered D. having considered
21.___of the burden of ice , the balloon climber up and drifted to the South.
A. To be free B. Freeing C. To free D. Freed
22.___exceptions, the rule may stand.
A. Allow for B. Allowing for C. To allow D. To allow for
23.All flights___ because of the snowstorm, we decided to take the train.
A. were canceled B. had been canceled
C. having canceled D. having been canceled
24.John painted her sitting in a chair with her hands ___
A. folding B. to have folded C. to fold D. folded
25.It’s easy to blame the decline of conversation on the pace of modern life and on the vague changes ___place in our ever-changing world.
A. taking B. to take C. take D. taken
26.I worked so late in the office last night that I hardly had time __the last bus.
A. to have caught B. to catch C. catching D. having caught
27.I have got a loaf of bread ; now I’m looking for a knife____.
A. to cut it with B. to cut with it
C. with it to cut D. it to cut with
28.The function of Louis Sullivan’s architecture was ___large uninterrupted floor areas and to allow ample light into the interior.
A. to provide B. providing C having providing D provide
29.His victory in the final was no more ____than I had expected.
A. convincing B. convinced C.to convince D.being convincing
30.I recommend you ___ what he says.
A.do B. doing C.to do D. to doing
31.How about ____ there?
A. to go B. go C. going D.to going
32.He is an ___teacher.
A. advancing B.advanced C being advancing D advance
33.The Portuguese give a great deal of credit to one man for having promoted sea travel, that man ___prince Henry the navigator, who lived in the 15th century.
A.was B. being C.is D. having been
34.I have no idea of ___it.
