要注意題中的虛擬語氣

請看下面兩道題，雖然不是考查虛擬語氣，但其中的虛擬語氣對做題至關重要：

題1：—It looks as if he were drunk.

—So it does. _________.

A. He’d better give up drinking                        B. He shouldn’t have drunk so much

C. Health is more important than drink              D. I wonder why he is always doing so

【分析】此題最佳答案為D，但A、B、C均有可能誤選，主要是受題中 drunk 一詞的影響。

做此題的關鍵是要抓住It looks as if he were drunk 中的關鍵詞were，因為它表明此句的謂語為虛擬語氣，也就是說，“他喝醉了”不是事實，只是他的言行好像是喝醉了，所以此題的最佳答案是D。另外注意，句中的 so it does 表示強調，意為：他看上去的確像是喝醉了。

類似用法：

—The building looks beautiful. 這房子看上去很美。

—Yes, so it does. 是的，看上去的確很美。

此句中的 so it does 也表強調。

題2：I had hoped to see her off at the station, but I _________ too busy.

A. was                        B. had been                   C. would be                   D. would have been

【分析】此題容易誤選B或D，認為前句用了had hoped，所以此句謂語要用B或D與之呼應。正確答案為A：前一句謂語用had hoped，表示的是過去未曾實現的想法或打算，可以譯為“本想”，而后一句說“我太忙”，這是陳述過去的一個事實，所以要用一般過去時。請看類例(答案均為A)：

(1) We had hoped to catch the 10:20 train, but _________ it was gone.

A. found                     B. had found                  C. would find                D. would have found

(2) We had hoped that you would be able to visit us, but you _________.

A. didn't                      B. hadn't                       C. would not                 D. would not been

(3) We had wanted to come to see him, but we _________ no time.

A. had                        B. had had                     C. would have               D. would have had

(4) I had expected to come over to see you last night, but someone _________ and I couldn't get away.

A. called                      B. had called                 C. would call                 D. would have called