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1.He looks as if he___ill for a long time. A.wou

1.He looks as if he___ill for a long time. A.would be B.has been C.had been D.may be 2.The two strangers talked as if they ___friends for years. A.should be B. would C.have been D.had been 这两题怎么理解，感觉这两提类型差不多，但答案有点矛盾

Answer 1

1. He looks as if he___ill for a  long time. A.would be   B.has been C.had been  D.may be

   答案b has been 真实性方式句 

2. The two strangers talked as if they ___friends for years. A.should be     B. would  C.have been     D.had been  

   答案D had been 两个陌生人以前不可能是朋友。对过去事实相反的假设

   
   

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我这边第一题答案是C，我本来选的是B，不理解

as if 不是引导虚拟语气的吗，这边怎么分辨是真实语气

追答

因为句子没有前后提示。
第一个句子，c倒是也可以。解释为他看上去就好像他过去病了很久了。实际上没有病。
因为没有前后句，所以给初学者带来一定判断困难。
真是性和虚拟性有时很好分辨。

he looks as if he is a king.他看上去很像国王。很有可能是真的。
he looks as if he were a king.他看上去像是国王。其实不是。故意这么说的。

Answer 2

答案BD么？第一个文意上不是虚拟语气，所以时态正常是现在完成时，第二个是虚拟语气

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我这边答案是CD

Answer 3

B
C