D.don't achieve
(2)Something must have happened on their way here.Or they by _____ now.(2002.6)
A.should have arrived
B.should arrive
C.would have arrived
D.would arrive
(3)But for the rain,we _____ a nice holiday.(2003.4)
A.should have
B.would have had
C.would have
D.would had
(4)But for my classmates' help,I _____ the work in time.(2004.4)
A.did not finish
B.could not finish
C.will not finish
D.would not have finished
(5)I would have joined him in a picnic,but I _____ his company.(2004.11)
A.will not like
B.don't like
C.had not liked
D.might not like
(6)Without heat and sunlight,plants on the earth _____ well.(2004.11)
A.would not grow
B.will not grow
C.had not grow
D.would not be grown
「答案」BDBDD A
「评析」
含蓄虚拟条件句指没有明确的条件从句的虚拟条件句,一般是条件用介词短语、分词短语或并列句的方式表达,这时主句的时态要求与含有条件从句的主句要求相同。
三级测试中常考的含蓄虚拟条件句句型有:
① But for/Without, 主句…… ,如(1)、(3)、(4)和(6)。
(1)Without your help, we _____ so much.(1996.6)
A.didn't achieve
B.would not have achieved
C.will not achieve
D.don't achieve
答案:B
(3)But for the rain,we _____ a nice holiday.(2003.4)
A.should have
B.would have had
C.would have
D.would had
答案:B
(4)But for my classmates' help,I _____ the work in time.(2004.4)
A.did not finish
B.could not finish
C.will not finish
D.would not have finished
答案:D
(6)Without heat and sunlight,plants on the earth _____ well.(2004.11)
A.would not grow
B.will not grow
C.had not grow
D.would not be grown
答案:A
② ……, otherwise/or …… ,如(2)
(2)Something must have happened on their way here.Or they _____ by now.(2002.6)
A.should have arrived
B.should arrive
C.would have arrived
D.would arrive
答案:D
再如:
He hadn't had food for two days,or/otherwise he wouldn’t have fainted out at work.
③ ……,thought/but …… ,如5)
(5)I would have joined him in a picnic,but I _____ his company.(2004.11)
A.will not like
B.don't like
C.had not liked
D.might not like
答案:D
再如:
Einstein cared little for money,though he could have been very rich.
He could have got the job,but he didn't apply for it.
④分词/不定式,主句……
Having been born ten years earlier,you could have witnessed the disaster.
Given more time,we could have done the work much better.