问题补充:
——Why are you late for the meeting?
—— I got caught in the heavy rain, or I earlier.
A. arrived
B. had arrived
C. would arrive
D. would have arrived
答案:
A. arrived
B. had arrived
C. would arrive
(答案→)D. would have arrived
解析:本题考查虚拟语气。本题可以转化为if条件从句的虚拟语气。这句话可改成: if I hadn’t gotten caught in the heavy rain, I would have arrived earlier。与过去事实相反,主句用would have + 过去分词。