Question

---Your sister nearly _______ all her spare time to her study during the three years.
----That's right， or she ________ the first place in her school in the College Entrance Examination.

A．devoted; wouldn't have taken	B．spent; wouldn't have taken
C．had devoted; hadn't taken	D．had spent; couldn't take

Answer 1

A

devote … to 为固定搭配，因此第一个空应从AC选。Or 翻译成“否则，要不然”，相当于otherwise，引起句子运用虚拟语气，主句用 would have done。