题目内容
George would certainly have attended the meeting，__________.
- A.if he didn’t get a flat tire
- B.if the flat tire hadn’t happened
- C.had he not had a flat tire
- D.had the tire not flattened itself
表示对过去情况的假设，主句动词形式为would(should，could,might)+have+过去分词，条件句为过去完成式，if可以省略，但要把had提前主语前面。 B、 D的表达不符合英语表达习惯，所以C是正确答案。
轻松暑假总复习系列答案Even at school there had been an unhealthy competition between George and Richard.
“I’ll be the first millionaire in Coleford!” Richard used to boast.
“And you’ll be sorry you knew me,” George would reply “because I’ll be the best lawyer in the town!”
George never did become a lawyer and Richard never made any money. Instead both men opened bookshops on opposite sides of Coleford High Street. It was hard to make money from books, which made the competition between them worse.
Then Richard married a mysterious girl. The couple spent their honeymoon on the coast―but Richard never came back. The police found his wallet on a deserted beach but the body was never found. He must have drowned.
Now with only one bookshop in town, business was better for George. But sometimes he sat in his narrow, old kitchen and gazed out of the dirty window, thinking about his formal rival(竞争对手). Perhaps he missed him?
George was very interested in old dictionaries. He’d recently found a collector in
“Bookends have bought ten bookstores from their rivals Dylans. The company, owned by multi-millionaire Richard Pike, is now the largest bookseller in
65. George and Richard were ______ at school.
A. roommates | B. good friends | C. competitors | D. booksellers |
66. How did George feel about Richard after his disappearance?
A. He envied Richard’s marriage.
B. He thought of Richard from time to time.
C. He felt lucky with no rival in town.
D. He was guilty of Richard’s death.
67. George got information about Richard from ______.
A. a dictionary collector in | B. the latter’s rivals Dylans |
C. a rare first edition of a dictionary | D. the wrapping paper of a book |
68. What happened to George and Richard in the end?
A. Both George and Richard became millionaires.
B. Both of them realized their original ambitions.
C. George established a successful business while Richard was missing.
D. Richard became a millionaire while George had no great success.