【試試您能答對幾題？】

文／英文系講師李金安

【題目】

1.Our soccer team would have enjoyed more success last season had Mr. Brown＿as our coach instead of Mr. White.

(A) appointed (B) appoint (C) been appointed (D) were appointed

2.But for your timely help at the end of last semester, I＿the deadline for the term paper then.

(A) missed (B) would miss (C) shall miss (D) would have missed

3.Mary's mom＿People magazines and Reader’s Digests around the house, but now there's only junk mail with her name still on it.

(A) has (B) having (C) used to have (D) should have had

4.The longer you wait for something, ＿you appreciate it when it finally arrives.

(A) more often (B) the more (C) so that (D) as soon as

【答案與解析】

1.答案(C)，本句為倒裝句，原句應為Our soccer team would have enjoyed more success last season if Mr. Brown had been appointed as our coach instead of Mr. White.當if省略時，had搬到該子句主詞前面。

2.答案(D)，but for + NP 也是假設語氣的句型，表示「如果沒有」；本句時間是「上學期」，所以是「與過去事實相反」的假設語氣。

3.答案(C)，關鍵字but now襯托出過去與現在的對比，used to + 原V→過去的習慣。

4.答案(B)，特殊句型→ the + 形容詞比較級, the + 形容詞比級→ 越…越…；等待越久，越懂得賞識/珍惜。