Antarctica receives more solar radiation than does any other place on Earth, yet the temperatures are so cold and the ice cap is reflective, so that little polar ice melts during the summer; otherwise, the water levels of the oceans would rise 250 feet and engulf most of the world's great cities.
Antarctica receives more solar radiation than does any other place on Earth, yet the temperatures are so cold and the ice cap is reflective, so that little polar ice melts during the summer; otherwise, the water levels of the oceans would rise 250 feet and engulf most of the world’s great cities.
is reflective, so that little polar ice melts during the summer; otherwise,
is so reflective that little of the polar ice melts during the summer; were it to do so,
so reflective that little polar ice melts during the summer, or else
reflective, so that little of the polar ice melts during the summer, or
reflects so that little of the polar ice melts during the summer; if it did
B的错误点主要在于"WERE IT TO DO SO", IT指 POLAR ICE,那么此虚拟语气表示和事实相反,"TO DO SO"是肯定形式,那么前面的事实应该是否定形式, 但B项中 little of the polar ice melts 是肯定式,显然不对;而C项little polar ice melts中的little 意为"几乎没有",可以看成是否定式,后面的虚拟为肯定,就对应起来了.
这个类似于反意疑问句.
如Few students go to school, do they? 而不能是don't they?
A few students go to school, don't they? 而不能是do they?