Question

It is hard for me to imagine what I would be doing today if I _______ in love at the age of seven, with the Melinda Cox Library in my hometown.

A．wouldn’t have fallen

B．had not fallen

C．should fall

D．were to fall

Answer 1

B

根據(jù)句意和 I would be doing 可以判斷這是虛擬語(yǔ)氣。at  the age of seven 是表示過(guò)去的時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)，if從句中的謂語(yǔ)要用had not fallen，表示對(duì)過(guò)去情況的假設(shè)。這句話的意思是：如果我不在七歲時(shí)就迷戀上了我們家鄉(xiāng)的Melinda Cox圖書館，我真不能想像我今天會(huì)做什么。由于主句中的謂語(yǔ)表示對(duì)現(xiàn)在的虛擬，條件句的謂語(yǔ)表示對(duì)過(guò)去情況我虛擬，增加了試題的難度，但是，使用排除法可以容易地做出該題：should fall和 were to fall都可以用于條件句中表示對(duì)將來(lái)的虛擬；wouldn’t have fallen不能用于條件句中，所以都不能作為答案。