单选题 Without water from the Nile River, Egypt ______ a fanning country and become a desert.
  • A. will cease to be
  • B. would cease to be
  • C. will cease being
  • D. would cease being
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本句话意为“没有尼罗河，埃及就会由一个农业国变成一片沙漠。”此题是一个虚拟句型，所以排除A和C。cease doing表示临时停下来某件事，过一会还会继续，而cease to do表示永久停下来。