二、考查情态动词的基本用法 考点1.shall 的用法 例1. “The interest ______be divided into five parts, according to the agreement made by both sides.” declared the judge. (2004重庆) A. may B. should C. must D. shall 例2. — What’s the name? — Khulaifi. ____ I spell for you? (2006北京) A. Shall B. Would C. Can D. Might 分析：上述两题均考查 shall的非常用含义，用于二、三人称陈述句中，表示说话人给对方的命令、警告、决心、允诺或威胁等；当shall用于一、三人称疑问句中时，表示征求对方意见。 Exercises: 例3. The new constitution stipulates that woman ____ have equal right with men in voting and being elected. A. will B. shall C. may D. can “No person ____ smoke or carry a lighted cigarette，cigar or pipe in this area. A. will B. may C. might D. shall －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 Nothing shall stop us from carrying out this plan. 决心
考点2.will 的用法 例4. He’s strange -- he ____ sit for hours without saying anything. A. shall B. will C. can D. must 分析：will用来谈习惯和特性(可译成“总是会、老是”), 表示某种倾向或习惯动作，尤其是不受时间限制必然发生的情况。本句意思为“他很怪，能一坐几个小时一句话也不说”。例：No matter what you say, he’ll always stick to his views. 例5:On Sundays when I was a child, Father and I ___ get up early and go fishing . A. could B. would C. might D. should
例6. If you ___wait, you will have a chance to see the film star. A. will B. shall C. should D. must ---- Mr. Gordon asked me to remind you of the meeting this afternoon, don’t you forget it? ----- OK,I _______. A. won’t B. don’t C. will D. do
考点3．must 的用法 例7. John, look at the time. ______ you play the piano at such a late hour？(2005全国Ⅲ) ______ you stop playing the piano at such a later hour? A. Must B. Can C. May D. Need E. Can’t 例8. Tom, you _____leave all your clothes on the floor like this！(2005全国II) A. wouldn’t B. mustn’t C. needn’t D. may not 分析：must用于疑问句，表示责备、抱怨的感情色彩，意思为“偏要，硬要、干嘛”；而mustn’t则表示禁止、不允许，是说话人强有力的劝告。Must 的否定式：needn’t, don’t have to --- 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 Exercises: Naturally, after I told her what to do, my daughter ____go and do the opposite. 1．---Who is the girl standing over there? ---Well，if you ___know, her name is Mabel. A. may B. can C. must D. should 2．--- Could I have a word with you, mum? --- Oh dear, if you ____. A. can B. must C. may D. should
考点4．should 的用法 例9. You can’t imagine that a well-behaved gentleman _____ be so rude to a lady. (2001上海) A. might B. need C. should D. would To think that it ____ have happened to me --- I am out of work! A. must B. can C. should D. would 分析：在why, how开头的疑问句中或that引导的名词性从句中，should 表示惊异、意外等情绪，常译为“竟然”。 如：It seems unfair that this should happen to me. 真不公平，这件事竟然发生在我身上。 Why should you so late? 例10. --- I think I’ll give Bob a ring. --- You ____. You haven’t been in touch with him for ages. A. will B. may C. have to D. should（表示应该，必须） When can I come for the photos? I need them tomorrow afternoon. They ____be ready by 12:00. A. can B. should C. might D. need
考点5 can 的用法 例11.The World Wide Web is sometimes jokingly called the World Wide Wait because it ____be very slow. A. should B. must C. will D. can 例12. How you say that you really understand the whole story when you have covered only part of the article? A. can B. must C. need Ｄ. May 分析：can常用于疑问和否定句中,表示猜测、怀疑或惊诧，用于肯定句时, 多指“客观可能性”。如: Some aspects of a pilot’s job ____be boring and pilots often have to work at in convenient hours. A. can B. may C. have to D. ought to 例13. I lived with my sister this summer and didn’t have to pay rent. So I ____save most of my salary. A. could B. would C. was able to D. should could/be able to He could swim, but he didn't jump into the river to save the drowning girl. A big fire broke out last night, but everyone in the building was able to get out of it. 例14. ---Could I call you by the first name? ----- Yes, you ______. A. will B. could C. may D. might
三、考查情态动词的推测用法 1、对现在或客观事实的推测 对现在或客观事实的肯定推测一般用must, will, would, should / ought to, could, may (might)，语气依次递减。 例15. Helen _____go on the trip with us but she isn’t quite sure yet. (2005安徽) A. shall B. must C. may D. can 例16. —I’ve taken someone else’s green sweater by mistake. —It ___ Harry’s. He always wears green. (2005广东) A. has to be B. will be C. mustn’t be D. could be 例17. That, I think, ____ be all that I want to say. A. can B. could C. will D. ought to 例18. You might just as well tell the manufacturer that male customers ______ not like the design of the furniture.(2004上海春) A. must B. shall C. may D. need 例19. ---Isn’t that Ann’s husband over there? ---No, it _______ be him ---I’m sure he doesn’t wear glasses. (2004全国Ⅰ)
