The school authorities will ...

题目

The school authorities will ...
The school authorities will hold a grand anniversary of the founding of the school tomorrow,I'd sooner they____(not do)so.
请问这道题目是要考什么知识点的?要怎么填?最后请翻译回中文.

答案

此处应该考的是虚拟语气：整句话的意思是说：校方将在明天举行盛大的建校周年纪念活动,我宁愿他们不这么做.
因为校方句型这个活动,不会随着个人的意愿而改变,所以我希望不举办只能是一个美好的愿望,不可能实现,所以当作虚拟语气理解.
所以此处应该填写：did not do
虚拟语气
1）在would rather,would sooner,would just as soon,might as well和would prefer等后面所跟的从句中,也可以用虚拟语气,表示愿望,意为“宁愿、但愿”.其形式为：
①“would rather (would sooner…) + 主语 + 谓语动词过去式” 表示现在或将来的情况.
②“would rather (would sooner) + 主语 + 动词过去完成式”表示过去的情况.例如：
I’d rather he didn’t go now.
要是他现在不走就好了
I’d just as soon you had been here yesterday.
要是你昨天在这里就好了.