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虚拟语气

一、用所给动词的正确形式填空，注意使用合适的情态动词助动词

1. If I _____ my teacher before I graduated, I _____ him how much I appreciated him.(see, tell)

2. What do you think would happen if there_____no water in the world?(be)

3. But for the help from the police, I couldn’t_____ the hospital as soon as possible.(find)

4. It was demanded that no smoking _____ in the office, which made me satisfied. (allow)

5. If there had not been the new roads built by him, no changes _____ place in this small village. (take)

6. If Mr Wang _____ late for the meeting this weekend, what should we do? (come)

7. The hard study requires that I _____ at 5 o’clock every morning.(get up)

8. I wish I _____ the film the day before yesterday.(see)

9. It is natural that our government _____ the plan they had made.(stick)

10. How I wish every family______a warm house in such cold weather.(have) 二．单选

1. If you had given me enough time, I___ my part of the work.

A. would finish

B. must have finished

C. would have finished

D. had finished

2. Five minutes earlier, we ___ the train.

A. will catch

B. would catch

C. would have caught

D. will have caught

3. Our English teacher requires that we ___ a essay everyday.

A. write

B. written

C. would write

D. will write

4.Had my sister studied hard this term, she___ the final exam with flying colours.

A. would pass

B. could pass

C. had passed

D. would have passed

5.I wish I ___ what is happening there in WuHan now.

A. know

B. known

C. knew

D. should know

6.It is important that we ___ sports every day in the room because of the coronavirus.

A. have

B. would have

C. must have

D. will have

7.If there were no clear air in the world, everything including you and me ___.

A. will die

B. would die

C. would have died

D. would have been dead

8. ___ what was going to happen, I would never have left for America.

A. Had I known

B. If I know

C. If I knew

D. If had I known

9.The goverment ordered that the rescue operation ___ right away.

A. should start

B. started

C. would be started

D. be started

10. If only I _____ my new iphone!

A. hadn’t lost

B. haven’t lost

C. didn’t lost

D. don’t lose

11. ___ in your position, I would try my best to work hard.

A. Was I

B. Were I

C. If I am

D. If I had been

12.I _______, but I was stopped by a terrible traffic.

A. mean to attend the meeting

B. meant to attend the meeting

C. had meant to attend the meeting

D. meant attending the meeting

13. The doctors worked hard as if they ____________.

A. never had felt tired

B. had never felt tired

C. never felt tired

D. was tired never

14.If you had spoken clearly, you would___.

A. understand it

B. have understood

C. be understood

D. have been understood

15. If you ___ that TV show yesterday , you wouldn't be so tired now.

A. haven't watched

B. hadn't watched

C. didn't watch

D. wouldn't have watched

16. A few minutes earlier and we _____ the rain.

A. have caught

B. had caught

C. could have caught

D. were to catch

17. --- “Have you ever been to Australia?”

--- “No,but I wish I _____”

A. have

B. will

C. do

D. had

18. I’m so happy that you lent me your notes; otherwise _____ .

A. I may have failed the exam

B. I’d fail the exam

C. I’d have failed the exam

D. I’ll have failed the exam

19. --- “What will you do during the summer holiday?”

--- “it’s high time _____ a visit to Hawaii.”

A. I’m deciding to have

B. I’ll decide to have

C. I decided to have

D. I decide to have

20.The weather forecast calls f or snow flurries tonight.________, I would wear a dawn jacket .

A. Had I been you

B. I were you

C. Were I you

D. I had been you

21.The thief insisted that he _________nothing .

A. steal

B. steals

C. stole

D. would steal

22. It is important that we ___ our hands and wear masks immediately.

A. wash

B. washed

C. will wash

D. to wash

23. The doctor proposed that Tom ___________because of his bronchitis.

A. will not smoke

B. not smoke

C. would not smoke

D. did not smoke

24. His red face suggested that he_________out of temper..

A. would be

B.be

C.should be

D. was

25. It is strange that such a thing ___ in our country.

A. will happen

B. happens

C. should happen

D. happened

答案

一填空

1.had seen ,would/should/could/might have told

2.were

3.have found

4.should be allowed

5.would/should/could/might have taken

6.came

7.shoule get up

8.had seen

9.should stick

10.had

二单选

1-5 C C A D C

6-10 A B A D A

11-15 B C B D B

16-20 C D C C C

21-25 C A B D C

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