情态动词之高考真题精选（3）
1. He is a bad-tempered fellow, but he __________be quite charming when he wishes.
A. shall
B. should
C. can
D. must
2. Traveling by subway __________sometimes be quite an adventure, especially during the rush hour.
A. must
B. can
C. shall
D. should
3. 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
4. Using AI, many companies are now conducting experiments that__________ possible just a few years ago.
A. would have been
B. might have been
C. shouldn't have been
D. couldn't have been
5. I __________my examination easily but I made too many stupid mistakes.
A. should pass
B. could have passed
C. had passed
D. must have passed
6. Some people who don't like to talk much are not necessarily shy; they _________ just be quiet people.
A. must
B. may
C. should
D. would
7. We _________have proved great adventurers, 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
8. It wasn’t right to me that such near neighbors not know one another.
A. could
B. would
C. should
D. might
9. According to the air traffic rules, you _______ switch off your mobile phone before boarding.
A. may
B. can
C. would
D. should
10. — How's your tour around the North Lake? Is it beautiful?
— It _______ be, but it is now heavily polluted.
A. will
B. would
C. should
D. must
11. —It’s already 11 o’clock, and he ______ have been here half an hour ago.
—Maybe he got caught in the rain.
A. must
B. ought to
C. may
D. can
12. You _________be careful with the camera. It costs!
A. must
B. may
C. can
D. will
13. — 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
14. ― 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
15. —Jim ________ what I said annoying though he didn’t say anything.
— So you mean you will have to apologize to him?
A. must find
B. might find
C. should have found
D. must have found
16. —Will you read me a story, Mummy?
—OK. You ______have one if you go to bed as soon as possible.
A. might
B. must
C. could
D. shall
17. 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
18. The door ________ open, no matter how hard she pushed.
A. shouldn’t
B. couldn’t
C. wouldn’t
D. mightn’t
19.―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
20. If we had paid enough attention to the issue of the heavily-overloaded vehicles, the tragedy of the collapse of an overpass in Wuxi __________.
A. should be avoided
B. could be avoided
C. should have been avoided
D. could have been avoided
21. —Turn off the TV, Jack. _______ your homework now?
—Mum, just ten more minutes, please.
A. Will you be doing
B. Should you be doing
C. Shouldn't you be doing
D. Couldn’t you be doing
22. —Is Jack still in hospital?
—Yes. He _________ the bad food.
A. wouldn’t eat
B. shouldn’t eat
C. wouldn’t have eaten
D. shouldn’t have eaten
23. — Who is the girl standing over there?
— Well, if you _______ know, her name is Mabel.
A. may
B. can
C. must
D. shall。