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因为时间状语是long time ago,意为很久以前,所以是过去时题上是这么问的：Long time ago, there ____(be) a farmer in a small village. A. isB. wasC. lived请问，我应该怎么选择？Lived 也是表过去的呀！there be是固定句型，表示某处有……如果是动词要用live的话，应把farmer当作主语