Question

Thanks for your directions to the house; we wouldn’t have found it ___.

A.   nowhere            B. however

C. otherwise            D. instead

Answer

C

【解析】

试题分析：由后句情态动词完成否定式wouldn’t have found可知是对过去发生情况的一种反面虚拟。Otherwise要不然，因此C选项正确。Nowhere没什么地方；however然而；instead代替 均不符合题意。句意为“ 感谢你告诉我们怎么去那栋房子。要不然那时我们可找不到的。”

【知识拓展】

信息隐含句式中的虚拟语气的表现手法（即含蓄条件句中的虚拟语气）有①with, without和but for介词短语代替了条件状语从句时所隐含的虚拟语气 如：Without your aid，they couldn’t have finished the task ahead of time.② otherwise, or, or else, but等副词、连词或独立主格结构，代替了条件状语从句时所隐含的虚拟语气 如：I would have gone to my cousin’s birthday party last night, but I was not available.

考点：考查虚拟语气

【名师点睛】本句中含有虚拟语气从句，像这种含蓄虚拟条件句的关键词还有：without、or。如：1、Without

your help, I couldn't have finished the work ontime2、I was busy that day . Otherwise , I would have come to see you. 句中的Otherwise 是个暗示条件的单个词，相当于条件句子if I had not been busy that day ，这是一个与过去事实相反的条件句，所以后面用would have come。又如：I am glad I studied. Otherwise , I would have failed . (otherwise = if I had not studied) ，另外，除了副词otherwise 外，常见的还有连词or 等。如：They liked the apartment or they wouldn't have stayed so long.(or = if they hadn't liked the apartment)，现在考试越来越趋于各种语法知识的混合考查，考生要仔细审题。