【語法專欄】考研二外英語語法16虛擬語氣之含蓄虛擬④


今日真題
“_______the biology examination this weekend, I would have gone with you yesterday,” said she.
A. But for
B. As for
C. Only if
D. In spite of
語法簡介
在前幾期的語法專欄中我們已經(jīng)學(xué)習(xí)了虛擬語氣和它的兩個特殊結(jié)構(gòu),相信大家已經(jīng)發(fā)現(xiàn)了,在大多數(shù)含有虛擬語氣的句子中,都出現(xiàn)了“if虛擬條件從句”。
If I were a billionaire,?I would be traveling around the world now.
Had I chosen the iChuXin's lessons,?I would have been a postgraduate.
If I were you,?I would not do that again.
那么,大家有想過是否有另一種表達(dá)方式,可以直接省去“if虛擬條件從句”呢?
答案肯定是:有的。但是,一旦省去“if虛擬條件從句”,那么我們就需要通過其他形式來實(shí)現(xiàn)虛擬語氣。這些形式包括介詞短語、分詞短語、副詞、連詞等等。這樣的情況就被稱為——含蓄虛擬結(jié)構(gòu)。
接下來,讓我們分別學(xué)習(xí)如何通過介詞短語、分詞短語、副詞、連詞等來實(shí)現(xiàn)含蓄虛擬語氣吧。
①介詞短語
But for?your advice I would have failed.
Without?your adviceI would have failed.
(If you hadn't?offered me your advice, I would have failed.)
要是沒有你的建議,我那時就失敗了。
Except for?the lack of money I would have made this deal.
(If I had had?enough money, I would have made this deal.)
要不是資金不足,我當(dāng)時就能促成這樁生意了。
With?better equipment, we could have made it happen.
(If we had?been equipped with better equipment, we could have made it happen.)
如果有更好的設(shè)備的話,我們那會兒就成功了。
②分詞
Failing this, what would you do?
(If you failed this, what would you do?)
此事不成,你當(dāng)何如?
Given?an inch, he would want a foot.
(If he were given an inch, he would want a foot.)
他得寸進(jìn)尺。
③副詞
Otherwise,?she would not ignore his requests.
(If it weren't that case, she would not ignore his requests.)
如果不是那樣的話,她是不會忽略他的請求的。
④連詞
I would do you a favor,?only that?I were to be available.
(If I were?to be available,?I would do?you a favor.)
如果我到時候有空的話,我會幫你的。
解題思路
答案:A
題干翻譯:“要不是這周末有生物考試的話,我昨天就和你一起去了。”
解析:本題考察虛擬語氣中的含蓄虛擬語氣。
首先,觀察題干和選項(xiàng)。
我們可以發(fā)現(xiàn)主句中出現(xiàn)了would have gone,所以本題目使用了虛擬語氣。設(shè)問處出現(xiàn)在了句首,且四個選項(xiàng)皆為短語,所以本句未采用省略if結(jié)構(gòu)。那么很明顯,這是一句采用了含蓄虛擬語氣的句子,我們需要理清邏輯關(guān)系來選出正確答案。
其次,理清邏輯關(guān)系。
題干大致意思:“…周末的生物考試,我昨天就和你一起去了”。
因?yàn)楸绢}目采用了虛擬語氣,從“我昨天就和你一起去了”可以得知事實(shí)上“我”沒有去,而我沒有的去的原因是周末的生物考試,換言之—— “如果沒有周末的生物考試的話,我就和你去了”。所以,前一句話是對后一句話的if假設(shè)。但選項(xiàng)皆不是if虛擬條件句,所以我們要選擇可以代替if條件句含義的短語。
最后,根據(jù)邏輯關(guān)系,確定正確選項(xiàng)。
A選項(xiàng):要不是
B選項(xiàng):至于
C選項(xiàng),only+if引導(dǎo)的條件從句,放句首要倒裝。
D選項(xiàng):盡管
從句意上可以我們可直接選出A選項(xiàng)。即“要不是因?yàn)橹苣┪矣猩锟荚?,我昨天就和你去了”,符合邏輯。同學(xué)們要記住but for的意思哦!
干擾選項(xiàng)
BCD選項(xiàng)不符合題意,故排除排除。
故答案為A選項(xiàng)。
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