Question

【题目】I would rather he a hand to lift the heavy box upstairs. However ,to my disappointment, he didn’t.

A．would give

B．should give

C．gave

D．had given

Answer 1

【答案】D

【解析】would rather 引导的从句中，谓语动词用一般过去时表示现在或将来的愿望，用过去完成时表示对过去的愿望，根据however 后面的内容可知，此处是表示对过去的愿望。