中考专练---情态动词

情态动词专练

1. --- Where are they?

--- They ____ in the classroom.

A. should be

B. must be

C. can be

D. must have been

2. It is cold in the room. They ____ have turned off the heating.

A. must

B.can

C. mustn’t

D.can’t

3. “Will your father stay home tonight?”“I’m not sure, He ____to work.”

A. must go

B. can go

C. may be gone

D. may be going

4. ----“Where is Tom?”

-----“He isn’t here. I think he ____ have gone home.”

A. may

B. must

C. might

D. A or B or C

5. “I think Helen is at home.”

“No, she ____ be at home, for she phoned me from the airport just five minutes ago.”

A. mustn’t

B. needn’t

C. can’t

D. daren’t

6. He’s late. What ____ have happened to him?

A. can

B. may

C. should

D. must

7. “ _____ he be watching TV now?”Yes, he _____ be watching TV now.”

No, he _____ be watching TV now.”

A. Must; can; mustn’t

B. Can; must; can’t

C. Must; must; can’t

D. Can;can; mustn’t

8. “____h e have left yesterday?”Yes, he ____ yesterday.”No, he ____ yesterday.”

A. Must; must have left; can’t have left

B. Can; can have left; can’t have left

C. Can; must have left; can’t have left

D. May; must have left; shouldn’t have left

9. You must be a writer, ____ you?

A. mustn’t

B. are

C. must

D. aren’t

10. You must have seen her yesterday, ____ you?

A. mustn’t

B. haven’t

C. didn’t

D. don’t

11. You must have seen her, ____ you?

A. haven’t

B. didn’t

C. don’t

D. A or B

12. There was plenty of time. She ____ worried or hurried.

A. mustn’t have

B. shouldn’t have

C. must be

D. needn’t have

13. I got up early, but I ____ so because I had no work to do that morning.

A. mustn’t have done

B. didn’t need to do

C. needn’t have done

D. can’t have done

14. I ____ up early this morning. So I stayed in bed till 9 a. m.

A. needn’t have got

B. didn’t need to get

C. shouldn’t have got

D. can’t have got

15. The flower is dead. I ____ it more water.

A. will give

B. would have given

C. must give

D. should have given

16. He ____ have come here yesterday, but he didn’t.

A. could

B. should

C. ought to

D. A or B or C

17. “Must he do it?”“No, he ____.”

A. mustn’t

B. needn’t

C. doesn’t have to

D. B or C

18. “Need you go now?”“Yes, I ____.” “No, I ____.”

A. need; needn’t

B. must; needn’t

C. may; mustn’t

D. can; needn’t

19. “May I borrow your bike?”“No, you ____.”

A. mustn’t

B. may not

C. had better not

D. can’t

20. “Can I do it?”“No, you ____.”or “No, please ____.”

A. can’t; doesn’t

B. can’t; don’t

C. can’t; can’t

D. can’t; you don’t

21. I missed the last bus, so I ____ go home on foot.