OG12-SC67

guoqi

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
暂时不讨论其他的问题，来看看这个句子的虚拟.....ＯＧ给的解释说 if x happened, then Y would happen....明显的对现在虚拟条件句...排除出题人故意的思路，本人怎么看这个句子怎么觉得用现在虚拟条件句有问题。首先是大环境在过去（ first half of the...)  其次 明显的动词过去式 assumed. 怎么排也排不到现在..
按照虚拟的意思就是说实际上他们过去占有grip on Morocco, 如果不占有Morocco, 他们就怎么怎么样 这个应该是个明显的与过去不符的虚拟条件。如果是过去虚拟的话 那么是不是得用would have been. 个人的意见 欢迎拍砖

guoqi

是啊  我知道啊  就是觉得这个地方用对现在的虚拟有疑问才提出这个问题....不知道它这里为什么要这么用

1fineday

如果是would have been的话，那么前面应该是if x had done吧。
所以不是would have been