Question

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

1. A.
   focus
2. B.
   focused
3. C.
   would focus
4. D.
   had focused

Answer 1

B
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
点评：would （had）rather , would sooner也用来表达主观愿望，它们之后的宾语从句中需用虚拟语气。谓语动词用过去式表示现在或将来，用过去完成式表示与过去事实相反