Question

【题目】 The proportion of elderly people increases in Britain and medical advances make it possible to keep alive patients who ________ previously.

A. would die B. had died

C. should have died D. would have died

Answer 1

【答案】D

【解析】

试题分析：考查虚拟语气。本题考查虚拟语气，would have done表示本会发生的动作，实际上却没有发生。此处表示，这些病人本会死去，但因为有先进的医疗技术，实际上还活着。故选D. 选项A表示过去将来时；选项B为过去完成时；选项C表虚拟，意为“本应该”。意为：英国老龄人口比重增加，先进的医疗技术使那些本来会死去的病人好好活着。