Question

12. When residents learned on Wednesday that only-one of the thirteen workers trapped underground    ,they burst into tears.

A. was survived     B. would survive

C. have survived      D. had survived

Answer 1

12.   D考查动词时态及倒装句的用法。此处虽然only置于句首，但强调的是主语，所以不倒装。根据语境可知，survive 的动作发生在主句谓语动作之前，所以用过去完成时。