单选题
Had the publishing firm sent the manuscript to the printer earlier, the advertising team ______ to issue an announcement on a change of date in the book"s release.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 省略if的假设 倒装假设
这句话中由had引导主语the publishing firms，后面跟动词的被动形式sent，采用了主谓倒装，是将过去完成时if分句里的if省略了。因此应选择可以与had sent搭配的B或C。根据上下文语义，此处意为“如果早点将原稿发过去的话，就不需要公布发行日期变更这件事了”，因此这里应选C. would not have needed。如果选B. could not have needed会造成句意不通顺。