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George is going to talk about the geography of his country, but I’d rather he ______ more on its culture.

A. focus B. focused

C. will focus D. had focused

 

B

【解析】

试题分析：考查虚拟语气：would rather “宁愿”，后面的从句用虚拟语气。与现在或将来时期相反是，用动词的过去式，与过去是相反时，用动词的过去完成式，即had done 本题与be going to 表示将来，因此would rather 后面应用动词的过去式。句意：George要谈论他国家的地理，我宁愿他更专注于国家的文化。选B。

考点：考查虚拟语气

 

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