Question

The sales of houses in our city fell by 40 percent last month, 48 percent __________ we don’t count low-price houses provided for poor residents.

A．as

B．unless

C．if

D．before

Answer 1

C

試題分析：考查連詞和省略句：A. as當…時候，因為，正如，B. unless除非，C. if如果，D. before在…前面，句意：上個月這個城市的房屋銷售下降了40%，如果不算上為貧窮居民提供的廉價房是48%。這句話是省略句，完整的是：The sales of houses in our city fell by 40 percent last month, The sales of houses in our city fell by  48 percent if we don’t count low-price houses provided for poor residents.選C。