求助~

blovefantasy · 发表于 2004-6-11 06:35:00

DELTA KEY

Around 1800 in the United States _______ fierce intellectual debate about the direction the new country was taking.

A. a

B. had

C. when

D. there was

答案是D,但是为什么呢?我怎么感觉A对.最后的那个was是谓语啊,为什么用there was,那不是多了个谓语吗?

enjoylife517 · 发表于 2004-6-11 06:48:00

the new country was taking 是direction的定语从句，所以主句缺少主谓，只有D符合要求。

blovefantasy · 发表于 2004-6-11 07:08:00

明白了,谢谢你,但是我感觉这种题很难分辨出来啊~怎么看呢?

所属分类: TOEFL / IELTS