“If he was, the first bolt 25 enough.
答案：(D) would have been
本句是混合假設，條件在現在、結果在過去：「如果上帝真要找我麻煩，當年第一道雷早就夠了」——事實是他被擊中多次，故主要子句用 would have been；was、had been 不能作主要子句的動詞形式，would be 則指向現在或未來。
看到 If he was，很容易判定這是單純的過去式條件句。判斷的依據不在 if 子句，在主要子句——主要子句用的是 would have been，那是與過去事實相反的形式。
假設語氣要分別看 if 子句與主要子句各自對應哪一個時間。if 子句 If he was 講的是「上帝現在是不是在找我麻煩」，與現在事實相反；主要子句講的是當年那第一道雷，與過去事實相反，所以用 would have been。與現在事實相反時，be 動詞在正式書面寫 were，而 was 在現代英文同樣通行，兩式都成立，整句仍然是假設語氣。假設語氣可以混合使用，句型是 If + 主詞 + 過去式（were／was）, 主詞 + would have + 過去分詞，也就是條件在現在、結果在過去。標準例句：If I were a man, they would have given me the job.（假如我是男的，當年那份工作就會給我了）。文中的事實是：這位巡山員一生被閃電擊中七次還活著，他說「如果上帝真要找我麻煩，第一道雷就夠了」，言下之意是結果並沒有發生，而那是過去的事。最熟的那個句型 If I were you, I would…（假如我是你，我會…）條件與結果都在現在，本題只是把結果挪到過去。
would have + p.p.（與過去事實相反）、if I were you …（假如我是你）、be after sb（找某人麻煩）、be struck by lightning（被閃電擊中）。
Being hit by lightning is a rare event. Over the course of an 80-year life span, the odds of being hit by lightning are 1 in 3,000, 21 the probability of being struck seven different times. Roy Sullivan, a park ranger in the United States, was struck by lightning more recorded times than any other human being. Over his 36-year career, Sullivan was struck by lightning seven times—and 22 each shock!
Strikes one, two, and three were pure bad luck, he thought. But after strike four, Sullivan became 23 death and took precautions during lightning strikes. Strike five occurred in 1973 when Sullivan was on patrol. A storm cloud "chased" him until he was struck. The same thing happened again in 1976. Sullivan, while surveying a campground, felt that a cloud was 24 him, and tried all he could to run— but it got him anyway.
Finally, on 25 June 1977, a seventh and final bolt struck Sullivan as he was fishing in a pond. "I don't believe God is after me," he theorized. "If he was, the first bolt 25 enough. Best I can figure is that I have some chemical, some mineral, in my body that draws lightning. I just wish I knew."