38. When the husband stopped talking, his wife finished his sentence for him as though she would read his mind.
(A)stopped talking 
(B) finished 
(C)as though
(D)would read

... as if/as though ...
結構︰…as if／as though…現在式／過去式／過去完成式
說明︰此句型意為“彷彿…；好像…一樣”。as if，as though 是<副詞><連接詞>，引導<副詞子句>。<子句>中，可用現在式，以表示事實；也可用過去式或<過去完成式>，分別表示與現在或過去事實相反的<假設語氣>。
He speaks like that as if he doesn't want to attend the meeting.
他那樣說話，似乎不想參加會議。
He walks as if he is drunk.
他走起路來好像他真的醉了。
He felt as if he almost wished to kill them.
他感覺彷彿幾乎要殺掉他們。
The baby opened the book as if he were able to read.
這個嬰兒打開書本彷彿他會念書。
The nurse attends on the patient as if he were her father.
這護士照顧這位病人彷彿在照顧她爸爸似的。
He ran into the room as if he had seen something terrible.
他跑進屋子，彷彿他看到什麼可怕的東西。
She looks as if nothing had happened to her.
她當時看起來好像什麼事都沒發生似的。