1. 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. would focus D. had focused
【解析】选B。考查虚拟语气。句意：乔治打算谈论他的国家的地理，但我宁愿他多谈些他国家的文化。I’d rather+从句，从句的谓语动词要用虚拟语气；根据题目提供的语境可知是对将来情况的一种假设，故谓语动词要用一般过去时，所以选B。
