Question

If the president had visited the hospital this morning, it ________ the headline in tomorrow's paper.

A．will be

B．could be

C．had been

D．was

Answer 1

B

試題分析：考查虛擬語氣的用法。由had visited可以判斷條件狀語從句里是對過去的虛擬，而由tomorrow's paper可以看出主句是對將來的虛擬，謂語應該用過去式(用be 時用were不能用was)或were to do；故選B
虛擬條件句中，主、從句的動作若不是同時發(fā)生時，須區(qū)別對待。
①從句的動作與過去事實相反，而主句的動作與現(xiàn)在或現(xiàn)在正在發(fā)生的事實不符。如：If I had worked hard at school, I would be an engineer now, too.
如果我在學校學習刻苦的話，我現(xiàn)在也會使工程師了
If they had informed us, we would not come here now.
如果他們通知過我們的話，我們現(xiàn)在就不會來這里了。
②從句的動作與現(xiàn)在事實相反，而主句的動作與過去事實不符。如：
If he were free today, we would have sent him to Beijing.
如果他今天有空的話，我們會已經(jīng)派他去北京了。
點評：本題較難。混合虛擬對于學生來說是難點，學生看到了this morning，誤選C，本題的關鍵在于對于find這個動詞的時態(tài)判定上。
即學即練：You _______ much better now if you had taken my advice.
A．will be            B．would be          C．had been            D．was
解析：B句意：假若你當時聽我的話，你現(xiàn)在就會好多了。