Question

Had Yeats stopped writing at age 40, probably he ______valued as a minor poet now.

A．would be

B．had been

C．is

D．would have been

Answer 1

A

試題分析：句意：假如葉芝在40 歲時停止寫作的話，大概他現(xiàn)在就被認(rèn)為是一個無足輕重的詩人了。C. is是真實的情況下的謂語。本句是考查if引導(dǎo)的虛擬語氣句。與過去事實相反的情況，從句中謂語用had done，主句謂語用would have done。當(dāng)if 從句中含有had、were、或should時，可以省略if，把had、were、或should放在句首。本句就是這種情況。本句是錯綜時間句，前半句與過去事實相反，后半句與現(xiàn)在事實相反，用would be，選A。
考點: 考查虛擬語氣的用法。