_______ for the free ticket, I would not have gone to see film so often.
正确答案： C
本题解析：
从本题后半句可以看出这是一个与过去事实相反的虚拟条件句， 从句中的动词要用 “had +过去分词”，如果将 if 省略，had 要位于主语之前，构成倒装句， 故本题的答案是 C。Had it not been for the free ticket =If it had not been for the free ticket 。
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