单选题 The teacher tells William that he ______ work hard next year.
A. will have to B. would rather
C. has better D. had rather

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 没有has better这种用法。would (had) rather...意为“宁愿，宁可”，例如：I had (would) rather not tell you. 我还是不告诉你吧。用在此处也不合适。next year是表示将来的时间状语，与将来时连用，因此A项是正确答案。