take place等能用于被動語態嗎

請看下面的題：

Great changes __________ in China since 1978.

A. have taken place               B. took place                   C. have been taken place            D. were taken place

此題應選A。首先要排除C，D，因為take place(發生)是不及物動詞，所以不能用被動語態；另一方面，因為句子中的since 1978，所以句子宜用現在完成時A。

大家知道，不及物動詞沒有被動語態(因為不及物動詞沒有賓語，轉換成被動語態便沒有主語)。但這里要注意的是：由于受漢語的影響，有些不及物動詞很容易被考生誤認為是及物動詞，從而誤用被動語態。這類易用錯的動詞主要的有take place 發生 / happen 發生 / come about 發生 / breakout 爆發 / appear出現 / disappear 消失 / last 持續 等)。

他出什么事了?

誤：What was [is] happened to him?

正：What has happened to him?

每四年舉行一次選舉。

誤：Elections are taken place every four years.

正：Elections take place every four years.

我不知道這事是怎么發生的。

誤：I don’t know how this thing was come about.

正：I don’t know how this thing came about.

夜里起了一起火災。

誤：A fire was broken out during the night.

正：A fire broke out during the night.