单选题 24.Without air or water, there______no life on earth.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】介词without引导的短语在一定的上下文中可以起一个虚拟条件从句的作用,相当于if there were no…或(以人作主语)if..had not…,如:I should have been badly offwithout your friendship.