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Affording strategic proximity to the Strait of Gibraltar, Morocco was also of interest to the French throughout the first half of the twentieth century because they assumed that if they did not hold it, their grip on Algeria was always insecure.
(A) if they did not hold it, their grip on Algeria was always insecure
(B) without it their grip on Algeria would never be secure
(C) their grip on Algeria was not ever secure if they did not hold it
(D) without that, they could never be secure about their grip on Algeria
(E) never would their grip on Algeria be secure if they did not hold it
Asnwer B)
其他都好解决，就是这个A和B，我有点分不开。开头选了A。因为认为 B中的without it 过于简单，可能表达不清。后来看了正确答案认为这里B中 would never be secure 语气表达比was always insecure 来得强烈，可能好一些。但感觉自己解释的有底牵强。
看了以前gemj的解释：E中的if they did not hold it 不对，应该用虚拟条件。
B中的(B) without it 就相当于虚拟条件
反而产生了疑问：如果是虚拟的，为什么B 中主句不用would have been. 这里应该是过去虚拟呀。
我想问的是：A除了语气问题，还有更明显的错误吗？
thanks.
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