Choose the closest paraphrased version after each of the following sentence or the italicized part.
It [the first week’s payment] represented a week of very hard work—so hard that it might have been described as slavery if it hadn’t been for its aim and end.（）
A、
…the aim of this slave-driving work was hard to describe.
B、
…the extremely hard work made it unacceptable for any payment.
C、
…but for the pay, I wouldn’t have been able to do such heavy work.
D、
…if it hadn’t been for the high pay, I wouldn’t have accepted such heavy work.
【正确答案】：C
【题目解析】：
虚拟语气的考察，if it hadn’t been for its aim and end 要不是为了目标和结果，这句是虚拟。结合前半句意思就是，要不是因为这个报酬，我是不可能完成这么艰辛的工作的。所以C是符合的。选自上册第十一课。