Question

14. ―Thank God! The accident was avoided after all.

―That was lucky, but ten inches nearer the two cars     ,

A.    was destroyed

B.    would be destroyed

C.    would have been destroyed

D.    had been destroyed

Answer 1

 

14.   C考査含蓄的虚拟语气。句意:"谢天谢地，事故毕竟被避免了。""那时很幸运，但是再靠近10英寸，两辆汽车就被毁了 。" 根据"The accident was avoided after all."可知，两辆汽车没有被毁坏，这里的ten inches nearer是含蓄的虚拟条件句，相当于if they had been ten inches nearer，因为是对过去的事实的虚拟，所以主句用would have done的形式。故选C。