The European Island That Swaps Nationality Twice a Year
(Available at: https://metro.co.uk/2025/04/09/bizarre-european-island-swaps-nationality-twice-a-year22872393/ – text specially adapted for this test).
The author of the article states that access to Pheasant Island is usually forbidden.
Considering that, analyze the second conditional statement below in standard English:
“If the island open to the public year-round, it lose its unique appeal”.
Mark the alternative that fills in, correctly and respectively, the blanks in the sentence above.