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  3. The person who can see a ship without some feeling of excitement must have very little imagination. Even the idea of leaving the

The person who can see a ship without some feeling of excitement must have very little imagination. Even the idea of leaving the

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问题     The person who can see a ship without some feeling of excitement must have very little imagination. Even the idea of leaving the solid land (1)_____ most of us were born and brought (2)_____ and going out on to the ever-moving waters must rouse (3)_____ some feelings of strangeness. We may remember stories of terrible storms, with waves (4)_____ mountains, and of people from ships which have sunk (5)_____ weeks in small boats hundreds of miles from land. But we have also (6)_____ joy of traveling on calm seas under blue (7)_____ and of the (8)_____ excitement of coming to a new beautiful land which we have seen only in pictures before.
    (9)_____ ships are not, of course, made chiefly for pleasure: their biggest use is in carrying goods from country to country. (10)_____ ships can carry more goods than (11)_____ means of transport, and can (12)_____ so more cheaply. If ships (13)_____ the British government would not be able to feed (14)_____ people.
　Ships have also made (15)_____ to discover more and more distant parts of our world.  (16)_____ is known to all, Columbus used a ship to discover America about 450’years ago. And (17)_____ ships are used for exploring the Antarctic. (18)_____ would, in fact, not be (19)_____ to say that ships have for thousands of years (20)_____ one of the most important parts in shaping society.

选项 A、do not exist
B、did not exist
C、haven’t existed
D、had not existed
答案B
解析 该句为虚拟语气，表示与现在相反的假设，应选择did not exist。
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