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Can you imagine how different your life would be if you did not know how to read and write Many of the things you (41) for granted during an ordinary day (42) no longer be possible if you could not read. You would miss the basic (43) you depend on for simple activities -- (44) from following instructions on a medicine bottle to (45) traffic signs. If you could not read (46) , newspapers, and magazines, you would be out of (47) with the world around you. Your understanding of that world would be limited even further (48) the insight(见识) provided by stories, poems, and novels. If you (49) not write, you would be unable to record information and ideas for other people. (50) , you would lose the personal pleasure of keeping a (51) to explore your private thoughts, creating an (52) world in a story, or capturing your feelings (53) the words of a poem or song.

Try to imagine how different life would be if (54) could read and write. The shape of our entire (55) would change. Obviously the printing and (56) industry would not exist. The absence of reading and writing would (57) a surprising number of other organizations, (58) the automotive industry, the business machines and computer industries, and electronic communication companies. The reason, (59) , is that the printing and publishing industry is a very important part of every one of these organizations. Modem life depends on communication, (60) written communication.

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A.would

B.will

C.can

D.may

答案

参考答案:A

解析:

此句为与现在事实相悖的虚拟语气,结构为“If...+动词过去式/助动词过去式 (could, might)+动词原形,... would (could, might)+动词原形”。此句意为“假如你不识字,很多你平常认为是理所当然的事现在都不可能了”。

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