Question

If he had spent more time practicing speaking English before, he _____ able to speak it much better now.

A．will be

B．would be

C．has been

D．would have been

Answer 1

B

句意：“如果他以前花更多的時(shí)間練習(xí)說英語，那么現(xiàn)在他就能說的更好了�！边@是一個(gè)混合條件句，是虛擬語氣。前一句話是對(duì)過去的假設(shè)(had spent)，后一句話是對(duì)現(xiàn)在的假設(shè)(now)。if條件句的虛擬有三種情況：對(duì)過去的虛擬，從句用had done，主句用could/would/might+have done；對(duì)現(xiàn)在的虛擬，從句用did，主句用could/would/might+do；對(duì)將來的虛擬，從句用did/were to do/should+do，主句用could/would/might+do。在這里，如果后面沒有now這個(gè)時(shí)間標(biāo)志，就填D。故選B。
【考點(diǎn)定位】考查虛擬語氣。虛擬語氣一般用在三個(gè)地方：用在與事實(shí)相反的if條件句中，用來表示祝愿，用在表示建議的句中。