GWD3-Q10:关于用不用be动词 和 奇怪搭配“were it to do so”

WesternCder

Antarctica receives more solar radiation than does any other place on Earth, yet the temperatures are so cold and the ice cap is reflective, so that little polar ice melts during the summer; otherwise, the water levels of the oceans would rise 250 feet and engulf most of the world’s great cities.

A.is reflective, so that little polar ice melts during the summer; otherwise,





B.is so reflective that little of the polar ice melts during the summer; were it to do so,





C.so reflective that little polar ice melts during the summer, or else





D.reflective, so that little of the polar ice melts during the summer, or





E.reflects so that little of the polar ice melts during the summer; if it did


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michael_wind

were it to do so相当于if虚拟语气，if it were to do so
it were to do so指代前面little of the polar ice melts
其实后面的would也是一个小小提示。。。

WesternCder

也就是说 would 提示了前面要用 虚拟语气咯？~

michael_wind

可以这么说

piacia

这题我也选了C。。。pansean的解释很好！谢谢~
我看了答案以后一开始理解的是：and前后要平行，前面是主系表，后面也应该是，如果省略be动词，至少前面用复数后面也要用复数，不知道我的愚见对不对，请nn指正！