Housing prices much higher now if the government hadn’t taken measures to control house de

问题补充：

Housing prices much higher now if the government hadn’t taken measures to control house dealing.

A. were

B. would be

C. had been

D. would have been

答案：

A. were

(答案→)B. would be

C. had been

D. would have been

解析：句意：如果政府没有采取措施控制房屋交易，房价现在会更高。If条件句是和过去相反的虚拟语气，用had done，而主句的时间是now，所以用一般过去式表示虚拟语气，选B。