问题补充:
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
答案:
A. wouldn’t have fallen
(答案→)B. had not fallen
C. should fall
D. were to fall
解析: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。