Question

【題目】What a pity! A few minutes earlier, the students ___ the first bus.
A.had caught
B.were to caught
C.have caught
D.could have caught

Answer 1

【答案】D
【解析】句意：多遺憾啊！再早幾分鐘，學(xué)生們就能夠趕上早班公交車了。根據(jù)語境，學(xué)生們沒能趕上早班車，“學(xué)生們趕上早班車”是與過去事實(shí)相反的事實(shí)，應(yīng)用與過去事實(shí)相反的虛擬語氣的主句謂語動(dòng)詞結(jié)構(gòu)，would/could/might + have + 過去分詞。根據(jù)題意可知選D項(xiàng)。