高中英语破题致胜微方法（虚拟语气）：虚拟语气之含蓄条件句

“含蓄条件句”是指用介词短语的形式，起到代替条件句的作用。主句中的谓语动词仍可象虚拟条件句那样采用各种虚拟式。常使用的介词短语由but for, without构成。 一. 典型例句 1. Without air, human being would not be able to survive. = If there were no air, human being would not be able to survive. 如果没有空气，人类将无法生存。（与现在事实相反） 2. The ship would have sunk with all on board but for the efforts of the caprain. =If it had not been the efforts of the caprain, the ship would have sunk with all on board. 要不是船长的努力，我们就会连船带人都沉没了。（与过去事实相反） 注意： without, but for暗示了条件，所以相当于虚拟条件句中的从句，它们所在的句子主干相当于虚拟条件句中的主句，所以谓语动词的形式应该和虚拟条件句中的主句谓语动词形式相同。[来源:学科网ZXXK] 虚拟的时间 介词短语 主句的谓语形式 表示与现在事实相反 without/but for would（could/might/should）+do 表示与过去事实相反 would（could/might/should）+have done 表示与将来事实相反 would（could/might/should）+do 二. 例题 1. Without the air to hold some of the sun’s heat, the earth at night _________, too cold for us to live. A. would be freezing cold B. will be freezing cold C. can be freezing cold D. is freezing cold 2. But for the English examination, I ________________last