专题08 情态动词与虚拟语气
(2010﹒安徽﹒T32)Jack described his father, who _______a brave boy many years
ago, as a strong– willed man
A. would be B. would have been C. must be
D. must have been
(2010﹒安徽﹒T26)Bob would have helped us yesterday, but he-_______
A. was busy
B. is busy
C. had been busy.
D. will be busy
(2010﹒湖南﹒T23)You buy a gift, but you can if you want to.
A. must B. mustn’t
C. have to D. don’t have to
(2010﹒湖南﹒T29)If he my advice, he wouldn't have lost his job.
A. followed B. should follow
C. had followed
D. would follow
(2010﹒江西﹒T23)I have told you the truth. ______ I keep repeating it?
A Must B Can C May D Will
(2010﹒山东﹒T25)I_______ have watched that movie —it’ll give me horrible
dreams.
A. shouldn’t B. needn’t C. couldn’t D. mustn’t
(2010﹒天津﹒T9)Mark have hurried. After driving at top speed, he arrived half
an hour early.
A. needn’t B. wouldn’t C. mustn’t D. couldn’t
(2010﹒天津﹒T15)John went to the hospital alone. If he me about it, I would have
gone with him.
A. should tell B. tells C. told D. had told
(2010﹒四川﹒T3)— I take the book out?
—I’m afraid not.
A. Will B. May C. Must D. Need
(2010﹒全国卷I
T29)Just be patient .You ______ expect the world to change so
﹒
soon .
A. can’t B. needn’t C. may not D. whether
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(2010﹒江苏﹒T25)—I haven’t got the reference book yet, but I’ll have a test on the
subject next month.
—Don’t worry. You______ have it by Friday.
A. could B. shall C. must D. may w_
(2010﹒江苏﹒T34)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
(2010﹒陕西﹒T23)May I take this book out of the reading room?
No, you . You read it in here.
A. mightn’t B. won’t C. needn’t D. mustn’t
(2010﹒陕西﹒T15)If we ___ the other road, we might have arrived here in time for
the meeting.
A. take B. had taken C. took D. have taken
(2010﹒全国卷II
T17)I’m afraid Mr. Harding _________see you now. He’s busy.
﹒
A. can’t B. mustn’t C. shouldn’t D .needn’t
(2010﹒湖北﹒T79)It’s said that they have swum to the island from the continent, but
they ________（不可能做到）because the ocean in between is too wide. (do)
(2010﹒湖北﹒T76)Mr. Johnson insisted that the problem worthy of attention
________ (讨论) at the meeting. (discuss)
(2010﹒辽宁﹒T26)Doctors say that exercise is important for health, but it _______
be regular exercise.
A. can B. will C. must D. may
(2010﹒北京﹒T23)---Good morning. I’ve got an appointment with Miss Smith in the
Personnel Department. --Ah, good morning. You be Mrs. Peters.
A. might B. must C. would D. can
(2010﹒北京﹒T34)--The weather has been very hot and dry.
--Yes. If it had rained even a drop, things would be much better now! And my
vegetables .
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A. wouldn't die B. didn't die C. hadn't died D. wouldn't have died (2010﹒浙
江﹒T10)Had I known about this computer program, a huge amount of time and
energy .
A．would have been saved
B．had been saved
C．will be saved
D．was saved
(2010﹒浙江﹒T17) “You ____ have a wrong number,” she said. “There’s no one of
that name here.”
A. need B. can C. must D. would
(2010﹒上海﹒T29)---Sorry, Professor Smith. I didn't finish the assignment
yesterday.
---Oh, you have done it as yesterday was the deadline.
A. must B. mustn't C. should D. shouldn't
(2010﹒重庆﹒T21)You park here! It’s an emergency exit.
A. wouldn’t B. needn’t
C. couldn’t D. mustn’t
(2011﹒全国卷﹒T32)They have arrived at lunchtime but their flight was
delayed.
A.will B.can C.must D.should
(2011﹒全国卷II
T8)If you
﹒
smoke, please go outside.
A. can B. should C. must D. may
(2011﹒北京﹒T24)——I don’t really like James. Why did you invite him?
——Don’t worry. He come. He said he wasn’t certain what his plans were.
A. must not B. need not C. would not D. might not
(2011﹒北京﹒T28)——Where are the children? The dinner’s going to be
completely ruined.
——I wish they always late.
A. weren’t B. hadn’t been C. wouldn’t be D. wouldn’t have been
(2011﹒北京﹒T30)Maybe if I science, and not literature then, I would be able to
give you more help.
A. studied B. would study C. had studied D. was studying
(2011﹒天津﹒T15)I ______ sooner but I didn’t know that they were waiting for me.
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A. had come B. was coming C. would come D. would have come
(2011﹒上海春招﹒T27) Some young people these days just ______ go out of their
homes to contact the real world.
A. mustn’t
B. won’t
C. mightn’t D. shouldn’t
(2011﹒江苏﹒T34)——I left my handbag on the train, but luckily someone gave it
to a railway official.
——How unbelievable to get it back! I mean, someone ______ it.
A. will have stolen B. might have stolen C. should have stolen D. must have stolen
(2011﹒福建﹒T25)——Shall I inform him of the change of the schedule right now?
——I am afraid you , in case he comes late for the meeting .
A.will B.must C.may D.can
(2011﹒福建﹒T34)——Pity you missed the lecture on nuclear pollution.
——I it, but I was busy preparing for a job interview.
A.attended B.had attended C.would attend D.would have attended
(2011﹒安徽﹒T26)——What do you think of store shopping in the future?
——Personally, I think it will exist along with home shopping but _____.
A. will never replace B. would never replace
C. will never be replaced D. would never be replaced
(2011﹒浙江﹒T11)——How’s your new babysitter?
——We ________ask for a better one. All our kids love her so much.
A. should B. might C. mustn‘t D. couldn’t
(2011﹒四川﹒T20)The police still haven’t found the lost child, but they’re doing all
they .
A.can B.may C.must D.should
(2011﹒重庆﹒T25)——Why didn’t you come to Simon’s party last night?
—— I wanted to ,but my mom simply _________ not let me out so late at night.
A. could B. might C. would D. should
(2011﹒陕西﹒T22)I __________through that bitter period without your generous
help.
A. couldn’t have gone B. didn’t go C. wouldn’t go D. hadn’t gone
(2011﹒陕西﹒T24)——Will you read me a story ,Mummy?
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——OK. You ________have one if you go to bed as soon as possible.
A. might B. must C. could D. shall
(2011﹒湖南﹒T28)No one ________ be compared with Yao Ming in playing
basketball.
A. can B. need C. must D. might
(2011﹒辽宁﹒T21)If you go, at least wait until the storm is over.
A. can B. may C. must D. will
(2011﹒江西﹒T23)It _______ be the postman at the door. It’s only six o’clock.
A. mustn’t B.can’t C.won’t D.needn’t
(2011﹒江西﹒T28)We _____John’s name on the race list yesterday but for his
recent injury.
A.will put B. will have put C. would put D. would have put
(2011﹒江西﹒T22)We have bought so much food now that Suzie won’t be with
us for dinner.
A．may not B．needn’t C．can’t
D．mustn’t
(2012﹒湖南﹒T29)Sorry, I am too busy now. If I ____ time, I would certainly go for
an outing with you.
A. have had B. had had
C. have D. had
(2012﹒重庆﹒T25)-____you interrupt now? Can’t you see I’m on the phone?
-Sorry Sir, but it’s urgent.
A. Can B. Should C. Must D. Would
(2012﹒辽宁﹒T24)One of our rules is that every student wear school uniform
while at school.
A. might B. could C. shall D. will
(2012﹒四川﹒T9)I got close enough to hear them speaking Chinese, and I said “Ni
Hao ” just as I ____ do in China.
A. must B. might C. can D. should
(2012﹒陕西﹒T17)If may car _________more reliable, I would have driven to
Lhasa instead of flying last summer.
A. was
B. had been
C. should be
D. would be
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(2012﹒陕西﹒T23)I______ thank you too much for all your help to my son while
we were away from home.
A. won’t B. can’t C. can D. will
(2012﹒北京﹒T33)We ______ the difficulty together, but why didn’t you tell me?
A. should face
B. might face
C. could have faced
D. must have faced
(2012﹒北京﹒T35)Don’t handle the vase as if it ____ made of steel.
A. is
B. were
C. has been
D. had been
(2012﹒全国卷II
T17)I’m going to Europe on vacation together with John if I
﹒
_______ find the money.
A. can B. might C. would D. need
(2012﹒全国新课程﹒T30)I use a clock to wake me up because at six o'clock
each morning the train comes by my house.
A. couldn't B. mustn't
C. shouldn't D. needn't
(2012﹒山东﹒T30)If we _______ adequate preparations, the conference wouldn’t
have been so successful.
A. haven’t made
B. wouldn’t make
C. didn’t make
D. hadn’t made
(2012﹒福建﹒T31)We lost our way in that small village, otherwise we________
more places of interest yesterday.
A. visited
B. had visited
C. would visit D. would have visited
(2012﹒江苏﹒T35)— Happy birthday!
—Thank you! It’s the best present I
for.
A. should have wished
B. must have wished
C. may have wished D. could have wished
(2012﹒江苏﹒T28)Days later, my brother called to say he was all right, but
say
where he was.
A. mustn't
B. shouldn't C. wouldn't D. mightn't
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(2012﹒安徽﹒T31)Grace doesn't want to move to New York because she thinks if
she there, she wouldn't be able to see her parents very often.
A. lives B. would live C. having asked D. Were to live
(2013﹒安徽﹒T28)I ______ to my cousin’s birthday party last night, but I was not
available
A. went B. had gone C. would go D. would have gone
(2013﹒北京﹒T34)If we ______ a table earlier, we couldn’t be standing here in a
queue.
A. have booked B. booked
C. book D. had booked
(2013﹒福建﹒T30)—Do you think George has passed the driving test?
—No. If so, he _____his car to our college yesterday.
A. would drive
B. drove
C. would have driven D. had driven
(2013﹒江苏﹒T30)I should not have laughed if I ______ you were serious.
A. thought
B. would think
C. had thought
D. have thought
(2013﹒陕西﹒T12)My mom suggests that we ______ eat out for a change this
weekend.
A. should B. might C. could D. would
(2013﹒天津﹒T14)If he had spent more time practicing English before, he ______
able to speak it much better now
A. will be
B. would be C has been D. would have been
(2013﹒浙江﹒T8)Eye doctors recommend that a child’s first eye exam _____ at the
age of six months old.
A. was B. be
C. were D. is
(2013﹒重庆﹒T29)— It rained cats and dogs this morning. I'm glad we took an
umbrella.
— Yeah, we would have got wet all over if we ______.
A. hadn't
B. haven't
C. didn'tD. don't
(2013﹒陕西﹒T21)The children ______ lost in the woods; otherwise, they would
have been at the lakeside camp as scheduled.
A. must have got B. must get C. should have got D. should get
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(2013﹒新课标卷II
T6)Since nobody gave him any help, he ______ have done the
﹒
research on his own.
A. can
B. must C. would
D. need
(2013﹒江西﹒T29)When I was a child, I ______ watch TV whenever I wanted to.
A. should
B. couldC. must D. need
(2013﹒辽宁﹒T31)Harry is feeling uncomfortable. He ______ too much at the party
last night.
A. could drink
B. should drink C. would have D. must have drunk
(2013﹒四川﹒T5)—Why are your eyes so red? You _______ have slept well last
night.
—Yeah, I stayed up late writing a report.
A. can’t
B. mustn’t C. needn’t D. won’t
(2013﹒天津﹒T9)No one ______ be more generous; he has a heart of gold.
A. couldB. must C. dare D. need
(2013﹒安徽﹒T34)It ______ be the vocabulary that caused you the problem in the
exercise because you know a lot of words.
A. may B. couldn’t C. should
D. needn’t
(2013﹒北京﹒T35)--- You needn’t take an umbrella. It isn’t going to rain.
--- Well, I don’t know. It ______ do.
A. might
B. need C. would
D. should
(2013﹒湖南﹒T32)He ________ sleep, although he tried to when he got on such a
hunt for an idea until he had caught it.
A．wouldn't B．shouldn't C．couldn't D．mustn't
(2013﹒新课标卷I
T29)The door ________ open, no matter how hard she pushed.
﹒
A. shouldn’t B. couldn’t C. wouldn’t D. mightn’t
(2013﹒浙江﹒T3)I ______ myself more ---- it was a perfect day.
A. shouldn’t have enjoyed
B. needn’t have enjoyed
C. wouldn’t have enjoyed D. couldn’t have enjoyed
(2013﹒重庆﹒T26)— What are you doing this Saturday?
— I'm not sure, but I ______ go to the Rolling Stones concert
A. must B. would
C. should
D. might
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(2014﹒安徽﹒T30)People are recycling many things which they ________ away in
the past!
A．had thrown B．will be throwing
C．were throwing D．would have thrown
(2014﹒北京﹒T27)________I have a word with you? It won't take long.
A．Can B．Must
C．Shall D．Should
(2014﹒北京﹒T34)We ________back in the hotel now if you didn't lose the map.
A．are B．were
C．will be D．would be
(2014﹒全国大纲卷﹒T30)Although you ________ find bargains in London, it's not
generally a cheap place to shop.
A. should B. need
C. must D. can
(2014﹒福建﹒T32)________no modern telecommunications, we would have to wait
for weeks to get news from around the world.
A．Were there B．Had there been
C．If there are D．If there have been
(2014﹒湖南﹒T22)If Mr Dewey ________ present, he would have offered any
possible assistance to the people there.
A. were B. had been
C. should be D. was
(2014﹒湖南﹒T25)—I've prepared all kinds of food for the picnic.
—Do you mean we ________ bring anything with us?
A. can't B. mustn't
C. shan't D. needn't
(2014﹒江苏﹒T31)It was sad to me that they, so poor themselves, ________ bring
me food.
A．might B．would
C．should D．could
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(2014﹒江西﹒T30)Life is unpredictable; even the poorest ________ become the
richest.
A. shall B. must C.need D. might
(2014﹒陕西﹒T23)We would rather our daughter ________ at home with us, but it
is her choice, and she is not a child any longer.
A. would stay B. has stayed
C. stayed D. stay
(2014﹒四川﹒T6)I still remember my happy childhood when my mother ________
take me to Disneyland at weekends.
A. might B. must
C. would D. should
(2014﹒天津﹒T15)________ the morning train, he would not have been late for the
meeting.
A. Did he catch B. Should he catch
C. Has he caught D. Had he caught
(2014﹒浙江﹒T16)They were abroad during the months when we were carrying out
the investigation, or they ________ to our help.
A．would have come B．could come
C．have come D．had come
(2014﹒重庆﹒T3)I've ordered some pizza, so we ________ worry about cooking
when we get home tired.
A. can't B. dare not
C. needn't D. may not
(2014﹒重庆﹒T13)It was John who broke the window. Why are you talking to me as
if I ________ it?
A. had done B. have done
C. did D. am doing
(2015﹒北京﹒T29)—Can’t you stay a little longer?
—It’s getting late. I really _____go now, My daughter is home alone.
A .may B .can C . must D .dare
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(2015﹒北京﹒T34) If I _____it with my own eyes ,I wouldn’t have believed it.
A . didn’t see
B. weren’t seeing
C. wouldn’t see D. hadn’t seen
(2015﹒重庆﹒T7)Without his wartime experiences, Hemingway____ his famous
novel A Farewell to Arms.
A.
didn’t write
B. hadn’t written
C. wouldn’t write
D. wouldn’t have written
(2015﹒重庆﹒T12)You ____ be Carol. You haven’t changed a bit after all these
years.
A. must B. can
C. will
D. shall
(2015﹒浙江﹒T4)It was so noisy that we hear ourselves speak.
A. couldn’t B. shouldn’t
C. mustn’t
D needn’t
(2015﹒天津﹒T7)I ______ have worried before I came to the new school, for my
classmates here are very friendly to me.
A. mightn’t
B. mustn’t
C. needn’t
D. couldn’t
(2015﹒天津﹒T13)I wish I ______ at my sister’s wedding last Tuesday, but I was on
a business trip in New York then.
A. will be
B. would be
C. have been
D. had been
(2015﹒四川﹒T2)You _____be careful with the camera. It costs!
A .must
B. may
C. can
D. will
(2015﹒陕西﹒T21) You feel all the training a waste of time, but I’m a hundred
percent sure later you’ll be grateful you did it.
A. should B. need C. shall D. may
(2015﹒陕西﹒T23)Ellen is a fantastic dancer. I wish I as well as her.
A. dance B. will dance C. had danced D. danced
(2015﹒福建﹒T27)—Sorry, Mum! I failed the job interview again.
—Oh, it's too bad. You________have made full preparations.
A. must
B. can
C. would
D. Should
(2015﹒江苏﹒T28)It might have saved me some trouble ______ the schedule.
A. did I know B. have I known C. do I know D. had I known
(2015﹒安徽﹒T32)It is lucky we booked a room, or we ______nowhere to stay now.
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A. had
B. had had
C. would have
D. would have had
(2016﹒江苏﹒T27)If it
for his invitation the other day, I should not be here now.
A. had not been
B.
should not be C.were not to beD.should not have been
(2016﹒天津﹒T5)It was really annoying; I _____ get access to the data bank you
had recommended.
A. wouldn’t B. couldn’t C. shouldn’t D. needn’t
(2016﹒浙江﹒T17) George _________ too far . His coffee is still warm .
A. must have gone B. might have gone C. can't have gone D. needn't
have gone
(2017﹒北京﹒T21)Samuel, the tallest boy in our class, ______ easily reach the
books on the top shelf.
A. must
B. should
C. can
D. need
(2017﹒北京﹒T34)If the new safety system _______ to use, the accident would
never have happened.
A. had been put
B. were put
C. should be put
D. would
be put
(2017﹒江苏﹒T22) _______ not for the support of the teachers, the student could not overcome
her difficulty.
A. It were
B. Were it
C. It was
D. Was it
(2017﹒天津﹒T2)My room is a mess, but I __________clean it before I go out
tonight. I can do it in the morning.
A.
daren’t
B. shouldn’t
C. needn’t
D. mustn’t
(2017﹒天津﹒T15)—Do you have Betty’s phone number?
—Yes. Otherwise, I ______able to reach her yesterday.
A. hadn’t been
B. wouldn’t have been C. weren’t
D.
wouldn’t be
(2018﹒江苏﹒T24)It’s strange that he _______ have taken the books without the
owner’s permission.
A. would B. should
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C. could D. might
(2018﹒江苏﹒T27)There is a good social life in the village, and I wish I _______ a
second chance to become more involved.
A. had B. will have
C. would have had D. have had
(2018﹒天津﹒T10)I can't find my purse. I___________ it in the supermarket
yesterday, but I'm not sure.
A. should leave B. must have left
C. might leave D. could have left
(2018﹒天津﹒T15)If we ___________the flight yesterday, we would be enjoying
our holiday on the beach
A. had caught B. caught
C. have caught D. would catch
(2018﹒北京﹒T12) In today’s information age, the loss of data _________ cause
serious problems for a company.
A. need B. should C. can D. must
(2018﹒北京﹒T13)They might have found a better hotel if they _________ a few
more kilometers.
A. drove B. would drive C. were to drive D. had driven
(2019﹒江苏﹒T31)What a pity! You missed the sightseeing, or we _________a good time
together.
A. had
B. will have
C. would have had
D. had had
(2019﹒天津﹒T14)The workers were not better organized, otherwise they ____________ the
task in half the time.
A. accomplished
B. had accomplished
C. would accomplish
D. would have accomplished
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