______ the flood, the ship would have reached its destination on time．

A．In case of

B．In spite of

C．Because of

D．But for

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D。要不是因为洪水，船应该已经按时到达目的地了。
考查虚拟语气和介词短语辨析。根据主句中的would have reached its destination判断，该句应该是一个虚拟条件句，表示与过去事实相反，因此选择介词短语butfor，意为“要不是……”。in case of意为“假设，万一”；in spite of意为“虽然，尽管”；because of意为“因为”，均不符合句意。

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