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

B

【解析】

试题分析：考查虚拟语气的用法。由had visited可以判断条件状语从句里是对过去的虚拟，而由tomorrow's paper可以看出主句是对将来的虚拟，谓语应该用过去式(用be 时用were不能用was)或were to do；故选B

虚拟条件句中，主、从句的动作若不是同时发生时，须区别对待。

①从句的动作与过去事实相反，而主句的动作与现在或现在正在发生的事实不符。如：If I had worked hard at school, I would be an engineer now, too.

如果我在学校学习刻苦的话，我现在也会使工程师了

If they had informed us, we would not come here now.

如果他们通知过我们的话，我们现在就不会来这里了。

②从句的动作与现在事实相反，而主句的动作与过去事实不符。如：

If he were free today, we would have sent him to Beijing.

如果他今天有空的话，我们会已经派他去北京了。

考点：考查混合虚拟语气的用法。