Question

【题目】________ no modern telecommunications, we would have to wait for weeks to get news from around the world.

A. Were there

B. Had there been

C. If there are

D. If there have been

Answer 1

【答案】A

【解析】本题是一个if条件句的虚拟语气，表示与现在相反。在if被省略的时候，要使用部分倒装。句义：如果没有现代的电信业，要想得到世界各地的消息，我们就不得不等几个星期。故A正确。