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.
67. 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 此题在OG上D,E 选项中有两个解释不太懂,请各位赐教。 D。could never be secure about their grip is awkward. E,Inverted word order is awkward and confusing; 请大家帮我具体解释解释~~~~谢了
2. D中的that不合适,非常awkward.要指代前面提过的相同单数物体,应该用it而不是that。可以参考prep笔记中的《that , one , it 的区别--aeoluseros》: I. it/one /that三者均可用作代词, 指代前面提到的名词。一般说来, it指代同名同物; one与that则指代同名异物。
3. 剩下的就是比较AB了。我觉得A在语法、指代上没什么错误, 但是B更好。 B用了would过去将来时表示对未来的推测,比过去时更好。without it 也可以做条件句,没什么问题。