高考英语辅导：情态动词考查热点透视

        情态动词是高考考查的重点语法项目之一，2005年全国17套高诊断题对此都有考查。下面就近几年来高诊断题中出现的情态动词的考点进行归纳分析，以便同学们复习掌握。

        一、情态动词表推测

        1. 肯定的推测一般用must, should, may（might）或could（不用can），其中，must的语气较强，译为“肯定”、“准是”、“想必是”；should的语气次之，译为“很可能”、“应该”，指按常理推测；may（might），could的语气较弱，译为“也许”、“可能”。

        ①Helen _______ go on the trip with us but she isn’t quite sure yet. （2005年安徽卷）

        A. shall B. must

        C. may D. can

        ②—I’ve taken someone else’s green sweater by mistake.

          —It ___ Harry’s. He always wears green. （2005年广东卷）

        A. has to be B. will be

        C. mustn’t be D. could be

        ③I have lost one of my gloves. I _______ it somewhere.（2005年北京春季卷）

        A. must drop

        B. must have dropped

        C. must be dropping

        D. must have been dropped

        ④If I ____ plan to do anything I wanted to ,I’d like to go to Tibet and travel through as much of it as possible. （2005年湖北卷）

        A. would B. could

        C. had to D. ought to

        Key: C D B B

        2. 否定推测分为两种情况：

        1）语气不很肯定时，常用may not, might not或could not，译为“可能不”、“也许不”。

        You might just as well tell the manufacturer that male customers ______ not like the design of the furniture. （2004年上海春季卷）

        A. must B. shall

        C. may D. need

        Key： C

        2）否定语气较强时，则用can’t，译为“根本不可能”、“想必不会”，表示惊异、怀疑的感情色彩。

        ①—Do you know where David is? I couldn’t find him anywhere.

         —Well. He ______ have gone far——his coat’s still here.（2005年湖北卷）

        A. shouldn’t B. mustn’t

        C. can’t D. wouldn’t

        ②— Isn’t that Ann’s husband over there?

          — No, it _______ be him I’m sure he doesn’t wear glasses. （2004年全国卷Ⅰ）

        A. can’t B. must not

        C. won’t D. may not

        Key: C A

        3. 疑问句中的推测，往往用can或could。

        Mr. Bush is on time for everything. How ______ it be that he was late for the opening ceremony？（2001年上海春季卷）

        A. can B. should

        C. may D. must

        Key：A

        4. 对已发生事情的肯定推测常用“must, may, might等+完成式”；否定推测常用“can, could, may, might等+完成式”。

        ①I was on the highway when this car went past followed by a police car. They _______ at least 150 kilometers an hour.（2005年重庆卷）

        A. should have been doing

        B. must have been doing

        C. could have done

        D. would have done

        ②He _______ have completed his work; otherwise, he wouldn’t be enjoying himself by seaside. （2005年北京卷）

        A. should B. must

        C. wouldn’t D. can’t

        ③—Tom is never late for work. Why is be absent today?

         —Something ________ to him. （2005年江西卷）[!--empirenews.page--]

        A. must happen

        B. should have happened

        C. could have happened

        D. must have happened

        ④ My sister met him at the Grand Theatre yesterday afternoon, so he_____your lecture.（2000年上海卷）

        A. couldn’t have attended

        B. needn’t have atterded

        C. mustn’t have attended

        D. shouldn’t have attended

        Key: B B D A