备考虚拟语气的两个易错点

备考虚拟语气的两个易错点

1. 误解错综时间虚拟语气的时间关系

错综时间虚拟语气的从句与主句所指时间不一致，做题时应根据具体的语境作出正确的理解。如：

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

答案为 B。此题涉及错综时间虚拟条件句，主句与现在事实相反，条件句与过去事实相反。句意为：要不是在七岁时就迷上了 Melinda Cox 图书馆，我真不能想象我如今会在做什么。

2. 忽略insist, suggest的两种用法

有的同学以为insist和suggest后面的宾语从句一定要要用虚拟语气。其实不一定，应根据具体语境来确定使用什么语气。如：

He insisted that he was not ill, but the doctor insisted that he should take the medicine.

A. was not, took 

B. should be, should take

C. was not, should take    

D. should be, toke

答案为C。第一空用陈述语气，强调宾语从句的内容为事实；第二空用虚拟语气，说明宾语从句的内容还不是事实。句意为：他坚持说他没有病，但医生却坚持要他服药。