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2000年 41. Acute hearing helps most animals sense the approach of thunderstorms long before people___. ???A. do? ? ? B. hear? ? C. do them? ? D. hearing it 42.?This is an illness that can result in total blindness ___ left untreated. A. after? ? B. if? C. since D. unless 答案：B 【参考译文】这种病如果不加以治疗，患者会完全失明。 【试题分析】本题为语法题，考查连词的用法。 【详细解答】 after和since都是引导时间状语从句，since还可作“因为”讲，引导原因状语从句。if“如果”和unless“除非”都可以引导条件状语从句。但if后接过去分词短语，省略的成分为主语+系动词，该主语只有与主句的主语相同才可省略。根据句意和句子结构，选项B为正确答案。43.?The central provinces have floods in some years, and ___.  A. drought in others? ? B. droughts are others