情态动词重难点分析
情态动词的高考命题导向：情态动词表示说话者的观点和态度，有一定的含义，但是不能单独充当谓语，必须与其他动词连用。

注意区别具有相同功能的，意思相近的情态动词的用法。

一、情态动词基本用法一览表
二、“情态动词+be doing”和“情态动词+have done”用法一览表
考点练透
一、单句填空用情态动词或所给词的适当形式填空。

1. I should have been there, but I ___________ find the time.
2. Helen ___________ go on the trip with us, but she isn’t quite sure yet.
3. Tom, you ___________ not leave all your clothes on the floor like this!
4. You can’t imagine that a well-behaved gentleman ___________ be so rude to a lady.
5. It has been announced that candidates ___________ remain in their seats until all the papers have been collected.
6. — Lucy doesn’t mind lending you her dictionary.
— She ___________. I have already borrowed one.
7. John, look at the time. ___________ you play the piano at such a late hour?
8. — ___________ this book be yours?
— No, it ___________ be mine. It ___________ he his.
9. As a girl, she ___________ get up at six every day.
10. ___________ he to clean the classroom after school?
11. You ___________ be tired after the long trip, aren’t you?
12. — What’s the name?
— Khulaifi. ___________ I spell that for you?
13. You ___________ (see) the film, haven’t you?
14. You ___________ (talk) on the phone at that time, for I couldn’t get through.
15. They ___________ (miss) the plane, or perhaps they have been prevented from coming
for some reasons.
16. ___________ you pass the College Entrance Examination!
17. He had known the matter before you told him, so you ___________ (not tell) it to him.
18. I did not call to make any airline reservation but I ___________.
19. The light is out. They ___________ (not work) now.
20. — My cat is really fat.
— You ___________ (not give) her so much food.
二、语法填空阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Many students want to know about the differences between American English and British English. How did these differences come about? There is no quick answer 1 this question.
(slow) began to change. For a long time the language in America stayed the same, 4 the language in England changed. For example, 300 years ago the English talked about “fall”. Today, most British people talk about “autumn”, 5 Americans still talk about “fall”. In the same way Americans still use the expression “I guess”(meaning “I think”), just 6 the British did 300 years ago.
At the same time, British English and American English started borrowing words from
(end) up with different words. For example, the British took “typhoon” from Chinese, while the Americans took “tornado” from Spanish.
(great) in the spoken language. For example, Americans say dance /dæns/, and in southern England people say /dɑ:ns/. In America 9 pronounce not /nɑ:t/; in southern England they say /nɔt/. However, most of the time people from the two
(understand) each other
助读词汇
independent adj. 独立的pronounce vt. 发音
come about 产生after that 之后
in the same way 同样；以同样的方式have difficulty in 在某方面有困难
参考答案
考点练透
一、单句填空
1. couldn’t
2. may
3. must
4. should
5. shall
6. needn’t
7. Must
8. Can; can’t; must
9. would 10. Ought 11. must 12. Shall 13. must have seen 14. must be talking 15. must have missed 16. May 17. needn’t have told 18. should have 19. can’t be working 20. shouldn’t have given
二、语法填空
本文主要介绍英国英语和美国英语之间的差异。

1. to 常用搭配，answer to the question(问题的答案)。

类似还有key to the door(门的钥匙)。

2. an 不定冠词的基本用法，an在此意为“一个(独立的国家)”。

空后independent以元音音素开头，故填an。

3. slowly 副词修饰动词。

4. while 这里是两种语言的对比，用转折连词while。

(两者对比常用并列连词while)
5. but 空的前后是两个分句，故填连接词。

根据两句间的逻辑关系可知此处存在一个转折关系，故填but。

6. as 根据句意可知，此处是指“正如300年前不列颠人使用的一样”。

just as在此意为“正
如”，引导方式状语从句。

7. ending 分析句子成分可知，动词end在此作非谓语。

end在此与逻辑主语British English and American English是主动关系，故填ending作结果状语。

8. greater 这是一个隐性比较级。

句意：在口语方面的不同之处就更大了。

9. they 缺少主语填代词，they在此指代前面的Americans。

10. understanding 介词后的动词需用动名词形式。