The village seemed deserted the only sign of life an ugly-looking goat tied to a tree in

问题补充：

The village seemed deserted, the only sign of life an ugly-looking goat tied to a tree in a field nearby.

A. is

B. being

C. was

D. be

答案：

A. is

(答案→)B. being

C. was

D. be

解析：考查独立主格结构，主语是the only sign+分词being an ugly-looking goat构成独立主格结构，在句中做伴随状语，可以改写成句子：The village seemed deserted, and the only sign of life was an ugly-looking black goat on a short length of rope tied to a tree in a field nearby。关键看两句话之间有没有连词。选B。