Ⅰ Grammar: Mood
A Multiple Choices
1. It is high time that the government______measures to protect the rare birds and animals.
A.takes
B.took
C.has taken
D.would take
正确答案:B
2. A safety analysis______the target as a potential danger. Unfortunately, it was never done.
A.would identify
B.will identify
C.would have identified
D.will have identified
正确答案:C
3. Mary couldn’t have received my letter; otherwise she______before now.
A.would have replied
B.has replied
C.must have replied
D.had replied
正确答案:A
[解析] 16.此名为假设条件被隐蔽的虚拟句,可还原为If Mary had received my letter, she would have replied before now。
4. She would go and inform him if she______his address.
A.know
B.had known
C.knew
D.would have known
正确答案:D
5. It was recommended that passengers______smoke during the flight.
A.not
B.could not
C.need not
D.would not
正确答案:A
此句中,recommend后面的宾语从句用虚拟语气,即passengers(should) not smoke during the flight。
6. There is a real possibility that these animals could be frightened,______a sudden loud noise.
A.being there
B.should there be
C.there was
D.there having been
正确答案:B
[解析] 21.此句为与现在事实相反的虚拟句,且后部分用倒装形式,还原后即为if there should be a sudden loud noise。
7. John insisted that he______everything he could to make sure of Mary’s happiness.
A.do
B.does
C.did
D.must do
正确答案:A
[解析] 13.此句中,insist后跟的宾语从句用虚拟语气,即he (should) do everything he could to make sure of Mary’s happiness。
8. The lawyer demanded that the man______everything about the case.
A.tell
B.tells
C.can tell
D.must tell
正确答案:A
9. Without your timely advice and help, we______so much.
A.will never achieve
B.could hardly achieve
C.can’t have achieved
D.wouldn’t have achieved
正确答案:D
10. Without electronic computers, much of today’s advanced technology______achieveD.
A.will not have been
B.have not been
C.would not have been
D.had not been
正确答案:C
此句为虚拟句,前部分为隐蔽式条件句,可还原为If there had not been electronic computers, much of today (s advanced technology would not have been achieved).
11. Last week my mother urged that I______more attention to my health.
A.paying
B.pay
C.paid
D.could pay
正确答案:B
12. ______no friction between the surface of the road and our feet, we could not walk at all.
A.If there was
B.Were there
C.Was there
D.There was
正确答案:A
13. If he had told me earlier, I______like that.
A.would not have done
B.would not do
C.would do
D.will not do
正确答案:A
14. They requested that we______them a sample of the product.
A.sent
B.to send
C.send
D.be sent
正确答案:C
15. If I had hurried, I______the plane.
A.could catch
B.would catch
C.should catch
D.would have caught
正确答案:D
B Error Correction
1. If only he is here with me at present.
正确答案:
is→were
2. Environmental scientists are concerned that if industrial pollution was to continue without effective measures, the Earth’s surface would warm up to a dangerous degree in the next few centuries.
正确答案:
was→were
3. So great was the influence of Thomas Paine on his time that John Adams suggested that the era was called “The Age of Paine”.
正确答案:
was called→(should) be called
suggest后面的从句用虚拟语气。
4. If the police arrived earlier, they would have seen the accident.
正确答案:
arrived→had arrived
5. The post requires that the applicant is bilingual.
正确答案:
is→be

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