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

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

B


句意：“如果他以前花更多的时间练习说英语，那么现在他就能说的更好了。”这是一个混合条件句，是虚拟语气。前一句话是对过去的假设(had spent)，后一句话是对现在的假设(now)。if条件句的虚拟有三种情况：对过去的虚拟，从句用had done，主句用could/would/might+have done；对现在的虚拟，从句用did，主句用could/would/might+do；对将来的虚拟，从句用did/were to do/should+do，主句用could/would/might+do。在这里，如果后面没有now这个时间标志，就填D。故选B。
【考点定位】考查虚拟语气。虚拟语气一般用在三个地方：用在与事实相反的if条件句中，用来表示祝愿，用在表示建议的句中。

c：practicing speaking