Question

Ten minutes ago, there ________ an eraser, a pen and some books on the desk.
A. was                    B. were                 C. is

Answer 1

A

考查時(shí)態(tài)的用法。由ten minutes ago可知應(yīng)該用過(guò)去時(shí)，there be句型中謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞使用就近原則，因此，答案選擇A項(xiàng)。