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华信教育语法专练——-情态动词精练 1. I promised to get there before 5 o’clock, but now the rain is pouring down. They ______ for me impatiently. A. may wait B. ought to wait C. could wait D. must be waiting 2. He was very brave. Even though she’d hurt her leg, she ________ go back alone. A. could B. might C. have to D. was able to 3. You ________ pay too much attention to your reading skill, as it is so important. A. cannot B. should C. must D. needn’t 4. I’ve tried several times, but the car just _______. A. doesn’t start B. wouldn’t start C. won’t start D. didn’t start 5. Always the old lady ______ sit for hours doing nothing at all. A. was used to B. would C. used to D. should 6. There used to be a small school,___________? A. was there B. wasn’t it C. usedn’t there D. usedn’t it 7. Our house is on the top of the hill, so in summer the wind _____ be pretty cold. A. must B. can C. ought to D. need 8. Haven’t I told you that you __________ have the answer tomorrow morning? A. will B. shall C. should D. would 9. I’m surprised that he _______ in the match. A. should fail B. should have failed C. would have failed D. may have failed 10. Better go to see my sick colleague right now, ________I? A. hadn’t B. didn’t C. don’t D. won’t 11. Sir, you ______ be hunting deer here, for they are preserved by the government. A. oughtn’t to B. can’t C. won’t D. needn’t 12. Sorry I’m late. I ______ have turned off the alarm clock and gone back to sleep again. A. might B. should C. can D. will 13. — There were already five people in the car, but they managed to take me as well. — It __________ a comfortable journey. A. can’t B. shouldn’t be C. must have been D. couldn’t have been 14. To be on the safe side, we should fill up the tank now, because we ______ run out of gas on the way. A. can B. would C. might D. should 15. ____ three people who travel together, there _____ be at least one who ____ be my teacher. A. Be