题目

Every student expected there ____ a sports meeting the next week.
[A] to be [B} will be [C] being [D] is
我觉得选的4个都不对,应该是should be,

提问时间：2020-07-18

答案

选[A]对,因不定式常表达未来,expected后接“there to be”句型作宾语.因有“the next week”,故不选[C]；[B]与主句时态不呼应；[D]既与主句时态不呼应,又与“the next week” 相悖.“should be”表应该,用于此不妥.
我们来看语法学家所举的例子,如将第一例改用“there being”句型,则意味着争论已经开始.例(引自章振邦【新编英语语法】上海译文出社版,下册,p.573):
We expect there to be no argument.
Bill intended there to be a meeting afterwards.