Question

It is hard for me to imagine what I would be doing today if I _______ in love at the age of sev...

It is hard for me to imagine what I would be doing today if I _______ in love at the age of seven, with the Melinda Cox Library in my hometown. A．wouldn’t have fallen B．had not fallen C．should fall D．were to fall

Answer 1

B

根据句意和 I would be doing 可以判断这是虚拟语气。at  the age of seven 是表示过去的时间状语，if从句中的谓语要用had not fallen，表示对过去情况的假设。这句话的意思是：如果我不在七岁时就迷恋上了我们家乡的Melinda Cox图书馆，我真不能想像我今天会做什么。由于主句中的谓语表示对现在的虚拟，条件句的谓语表示对过去情况我虚拟，增加了试题的难度，但是，使用排除法可以容易地做出该题：should fall和 were to fall都可以用于条件句中表示对将来的虚拟；wouldn’t have fallen不能用于条件句中，所以都不能作为答案。