问题补充：
He would never have got the job, for the fact that his father had great influence over the company．
A. had it not been
B. it had not been
C. it were no
D. were it not
答案：
(答案→)A. had it not been
B. it had not been
C. it were no
D. were it not
解析：考查虚拟语气。在虚拟条件句中，为了强调所假设条件的虚拟性，或突出说话人的一种主观愿望，虚拟条件句可用倒装结构。虚拟条件句的倒装是通过去掉if，把条件从句谓语中的助动词、情态动词或系动词放在句首实现的。你所说的不是一般的省略。后半句是与过去事实相反的，所以选A
