12. You have to get there before eight o’clock. You __________ now.
A. need go B. need to go
C. need have gone D. need to have gone
答:B。need做情态动词用时,仅用于疑问或否定句中。
13. A computer__________ think for itself~ it must be told what to do.
A. can’t B. couldn’t
C. may not D. might not
答:A。can表示“能力”。
14. —Shall we go skating or stay at home?
—Which _______do yourself?
A. do you rather B. would you rather
C. will you rather D. should you rather
答:B。 would rather (not) do 宁愿(不)做
15. Tom ought not to _______ me your secret, but he meant no harm.
A. have told B. tell
C. be telling D. having told
答:A。ought not to have done 本不应该做但实际上做了的事
16. The new airport___________ if they had not stopped working on it.
A. would complete
B. had been completed
C. had completed
D. would have been completed
答:D。从句为过去完成时,主句应用“would(should,mlgh,could)+现在完成式”,表示与过去事实相反的虚拟语气。
17. I didn’t see her in the meeting room this morning. She___________ at the meeting.
A. mustn’t have spoken
B, shouldn’t have spoken
C. needn’t have spoken
D. couldn’t have spoken
答:D。表示“一定不”,应用couldn’t。must仅用于肯定句中表示推测,故排除A项。
18. Peter _____ come with us tonight, but he isn’t very sure yet.
A. must B. may C. can D. will
答:B。从后一句 he isn’t very sure yet 可判断B项,may可能。
19. —Shall I tell John about it?
—No, you ________. I’ve told him already.
A. needn’t B. wouldn’t
C. mustn’t D. shouldn’t
答:A。从后一句“我已经告诉他了”可判断“不必”。
20. —Don’t forget to come to my birthday party tomorrow.
—_________.
A. I don’t B. I won’t
C. I can’t D. I haven’t
答:B。I won’t. 我不会忘。
21. —There were already five people in the car but they managed to take me as well.
—It ________ a comfortable journey.
A. can’t be B. shouldn’t be
C. mustn’t have been D. couldn’t have been
答:D。从题干中的时态可判断出是对过去情况的推测。
22. One ought ______ for what one hasn’t done.
A. not to be punished B. to not be punished
C. to not punished D. not be punished
答:A。ought to的否定式为 ought not too
23. That young man has made so much noise that he _________ not have been allowed to
attend the concert.
A. could B. must
C. would D. should
答:D。should not have done 本不该做但实际上做了的事
14. It’s nearly seven o’clock. Jack ________ be here at any moment.
A. must B. need C. should D. can
答:C。只要抓住nearly这个信息词和后面at any moment 这个信息词语就可以选出C项。 at any moment 相当于 very soon now。