情态动词和被动语态练习
1.Liza ___ well not want to go on the trip --- she hates traveling.
A. will B. can C. must D. may
2. John promised his doctor he ________ not smoke, and he has smoked ever since.
A. might B. should C. could D. would.
3. They must have been enjoying themselves there, otherwise they ________ so long.
A. can’t have stayed B. wouldn’t have stayed C. needn’t have stayed D. couldn’t stay
4. What a pity. Considering his ability and experience, he ____ better.
A. need have done B. must have done C. can have done D. might have done
5.You can’t imagine that a top student _________ have failed in the college entrance examination.
A. might B. need C. should D. would
6. Although this ____ sound like a simple task, great care is needed.
A. must B. may C. shall D. should
7. She ______ have left school, for her bike is still here.
A. can’t B. wouldn’t C. shouldn’t D. needn’t
8. ---I can’t find my purse anywhere.
---You have lost it while shopping.
A. may B. can C. should D. would
9 . Naturally, after I told her what to do, my daughter go and do the opposite.
A. may B. can C. must D. should
10. Peter ______ be really difficult at times even though he’s a nice person in general.
A. shall B. should C. can D. must
11. ---Could you tell me what happened last night?
---I can’t go into detail now because it _______ take too long.
A. would B. should C. might D. could
12. You don’t have to know the name of the author to find a book. You ____find the book by the title.
A. must B. need C. can D. would
13.---How’s your tour around the North Lake? Is it beautiful?
---It should________ be, but it is now heavily polluted.
A. will B. would C. should D. must
14.---Guess what! I have got A for my term paper.
---Great! You _________ read widely and put a lot of work into it.
A. must B. should C. must have D. should have
15.The biggest problem for most plants, which ___________ just get up and run away when threatened(威胁), is that animals like to eat them.
A. shan’t B. can’t C. needn’t D. mustn’t
16. If it were not for the fact that she ___________ sing, I would invite her to the party.
A. couldn’t B. shouldn’t C. can’t D. might not
17.---May I smoke here?
---If you __________, choose a seat in the smoking section.
A. should B. could C. may D. must
18.---What’s the name?
---Khulaifi. __________ I spell that for you?
A. Shall B. Would C. Can D. Might
19.---Where’s is my dictionary? I remember I put it here yesterday.
--- You ___________ it in the wrong place.
A. must put B. should have put C. might put D. might have put
20. ---What does the sigh over there read?
--- No person __________ smoke or carry a lighted cigarette, cigar or pipe in this area.
A. will B. may C. shall D. must
21.---My cat’s really fat.
--- You _________ have given here so much food.
A. wouldn’t B. couldn’t C. shouldn’t D. mustn’t
22. ---What do you think we can do for our aged parents?
---You_________ do anything except to be with them and be yourself.
A. don’t have to B. oughtn’t to C. mustn’t D. can’t
23.--- Turn off the TV, Jack. _________ your homework now?
---Mum, just ten more minutes, please.
A. should you be doing B. Shouldn’t you be doing
C. Couldn’t you be doing D. Will you be doing
24. We __________ have proved great adventures, but we have done the greatest march ever made in the past ten years.
A. needn’t B. may not C. shouldn’t D. mustn’t
25.---Mom’s gift? She_______ have chosen a better one for me.
---She _______ be very happy to know it.
A. should; must B. might; wouldn’t C. couldn’t; must D. mustn’t; can’t
26. I was on the highway when this car went past followed by a police car. They _______ at least 150 kilometers an hour.
A. should have been doing B. must have been doing
C. could have done D. would have done
27. The wet weather will continue tomorrow when a cold front ______ to arrive.
A. is expected B. is expecting C. expects D. will be expected
28. I like these English songs and they ________many times on the radio.
A. taught B. have taught C. are taught D. have been taught
29.---Who should be responsible for the accident?
---The boss, not the workers. They just carried out the order _________.
A. as told B. as are told C. as telling D. as they told
30. I hear they’ve promoted Tom, but he didn’t mention _____ when we talked on the phone.
A. to promote B. having been promoted
C. having promoted D. to be promoted
31.--- Do you think we should accept that offer?
---Yes, we should, for we_________such bad luck up till now, and time__________out.
A. have had; is running B. had; is running
C. have; has been run D. have had; has been run
32. He as a national hero for winning the first gold medal for his country in the Olympics.
A. regarded B. was regarded C. . has regarded D. had been regarded
33.---What’s that noise?
---Oh, I forgot to tell you. The new machine ______.
A. was tested B. will be tested C. is being tested D. has been tested
34. As the yeas passed, many occasions-birthdays, awards, graduations-__________ with Dad’s flowers.
A. are marked B. were marked C. have marked D. had marked
35. It is said that the early European playing cared_________ for entertainment and education.
A. were being designed B. have designed
C. have been designed D. were designed
36.We tried many times, but the engine just _________.
A. wouldn’t start B. wasn’t started C. wasn’t starting D. wouldn’t be started
37. If Newton lived today, he would be surprised by what _________ in science and technology.
A. had discovered B. had been discovered C. has covered D. has been discovered
38. ---I don’t suppose the police know who did it.
---Well, surprisingly they do. A man has been arrested and ________ now.
A. has been questioned B. is being questioned C. is questioning D. has questioned
39. Although the causes of cancer _________, we do not yet have any practical way to prevent it.
A. are being uncovered B. have been uncovering
C. are uncovering D. have uncovered
40. In a room above the store, where a party _________ , some workers were busily setting the table.
A. was to be held B. has been held C. will be held D. is being held
41.The new dictionaries are very useful. They______ well and ______ already.
A. sell; have been sold out B. sold ; had sold out
C. sell; sell out D. are sold; have been sold out
42. Why don’t you put the meat in the fridge? It will _____ for several days.
A. be stayed B. stay C. be staying D. have stayed
43. The dog got _______ over by a passing car.
A. running B. run C. to run D. to be run
Keys:
1.D 2. D 3. B 4. D 5. C 6. B 7. A 8. A 9.C 10. C
11. A 12. C 13. C 14. C 15. B 16. C 17. D 18. A 19. D 20. C 21. C 22. A 23. B 24. B 25. C
26. B 27. A 28. D 29. A 30. B 31. A 32.B 33. C 34. B 35. D 36.A 37. B 38. D 39.A 40. A
41. A 42. B 43. B
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