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(shí)停止寫作的話，大概他現(xiàn)在就被認(rèn)為是一個(gè)無(wú)足輕重的詩(shī)人了。C. is是真實(shí)的情況下的謂語(yǔ)。本句是考查if引導(dǎo)的虛擬語(yǔ)氣句。與過(guò)去事實(shí)相反的情況，從句中謂語(yǔ)用had done，主句謂語(yǔ)用would have done。當(dāng)if 從句中含有had、were、或should時(shí)，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(cuò)綜時(shí)間句，前半句與過(guò)去事實(shí)相反，后半句與現(xiàn)在事實(shí)相反，用would be，選A。
考點(diǎn): 考查虛擬語(yǔ)氣的用法。