名师详解语法易错题（02）

(3) I wish I knew what was happening. 要是我当时知道正在发生什么事就好了。

此句用 what was happening 也非虚拟语气，而是陈述语气的过去进行时态，指过去正在发生的事情。

8. I had no idea _________ is better, so I took _________ of them.

A. what, both           B. what, none           C. which, both          C. which, none

【分析】此题的关键语境是句中的 better 一词，better 用的是比较级，说明比较的对象应是两者，由此可知第二空应填both 为好；由于谈的是两者，说明选择范围很明确，所以第一空应填 which。即答案应选C。

9. “Would you like a cup of coffee or a glass of beer?” “_________ will do, but milk is _________ popular with me.”

A. Neither, not         B. Both, more          C. Either, the most  D. All, the most

【分析】此题容易误选B，认为前文提到 coffee 和 beer 为两者，故其后应选 both 和 more 与之对应(more 为比较级，指两者比较)。但是，这样想的同学忽略了下文的语境已发生变化——后者谈的既不是 coffee 也不是 beer，而是 milk，即第二空涉及的不是两者，而是三者，故第二空应填 the most，即此题最佳答案为C。

10. “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】此题最佳答案为D，但A、B、C均有可能误选，主要是受题中 drunk 一词的影响。做此题的关键是要抓住It looks as if he were drunk 中的关键词were，因为它表明此句的谓语为虚拟语气，也就是说，“他喝醉了”不是事实，只是他的言行好像是喝醉了，所以此题的最佳答案是D。另外注意，句中的 so it does 表示强调，意为“他看上去的确像是喝醉了”。类似用法：“The building looks beautiful.” “Yes, so it does.” “这房子看上去很美。”“是的，看上去的确很美。”此句中的 so it does 也表强调。

11. 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】此题容易误选B或D，认为前句用了had hoped，所以此句谓语要用B或D与之呼应。正确答案为A：前一句谓语用had hoped，表示的是过去未曾实现的想法或打算，可以译为“本想”，而后一句说“我太忙”，这是陈述过去的一个事实，所以要用一般过去时。请看类例(答案均为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