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【题目】— ______ it snow tomorrow, what would we do?

— In that case, we’ll have to stay at home.

A. Will B. Should C. Might D. Can

【答案】B

【解析】

试题分析：考查虚拟语气。根据what would we do中的would可以判断此句考查虚拟语气，句意为：如果明天下雪，我们做什么呢？考查的是由if引导的从句中与将来情况不相符的虚拟语气用法。此时，从句中可使用动词过去式(be用were)/should + 动词原形/were to + 动词原形,所以选择B。

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