Question

7. I would have attended your birthday party last night but for the fact that it   at that time.

A. was raining      B. would rain

C. had rained     D. had been raining

Answer 1

7.    A考査动词的时态。句意：要不是昨晚那个时候一直下雨， 我可能已经去参加你的生日聚会了。 would have done sth表过去本可以做某事，实际上没做，是虚拟语气，而the fact后面是同位语从句，说明事实的内容，不能用虚拟语气，根据句意应用过去进行时。