Question

But for the metal cage to pull the miners to safety, the miners in Chile ____ in less than twenty-four hours.

A．would not be rescued	B．would not have been rescued
C．would be rescued	D．would have been rescued

Answer 1

B

這題考查虛擬語(yǔ)氣的用法：but for“要不是”，相當(dāng)于：if it had not been for…,主句要用與過(guò)去相反的虛擬語(yǔ)氣，would have done，要不是金屬籠子拉礦工到安全地方，在智利的礦工不能在不到二十四小時(shí)內(nèi)獲救。選B。