再贴一题修辞问题

tina_aya

12. 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 in 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

answer,b why?

JerryGuan

以下是引用天山在2003-11-7 14:45:00的发言：
59题的答案不是（B)吗？ 简洁明了
（a)错误明显，单是时态就可排除了
(c)中not ever, 错误如此明显，out!        
(d) witout that, that 用法错误。
（e)        因从句里不能用倒装，马上排除。

另：http://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?BoardID=23&ID=42011

[此贴子已经被作者于2004-5-15 0:29:52编辑过]

tina_aya

thanks...