成人高考高起点英语考前冲刺辅导练习题（八）

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1. I can hear the Browns’ phone bell ring but no one is answering it; they ______ be at home.

A. can’t

B. mayn’t

C. probably not

D. shouldn’t

2. Professor Wang ______ be in New York because I met him in town just now.

A. can’t

B. might not

C. may not

D. may

3. It is going to rain. You ______take your umbrella with you.

A. had better to

B. would rather to

C. would rather

D. had better

4. I would rather ______with you. A. not to go

B. to not go

C. to go

D. not go

5. They will get well soon. You ______ worry.

A. can’t

B. couldn’t

C. mustn’t

D. needn’t

11. -Shall I tell Ann the test result? -No, you ______. She’s already got some report.

A. wouldn’t

B. needn’t

C. mustn’t

D. shouldn’t

12. To travel from England to Scotland you ______ a passport.

A. mustn’t have

B. haven’t got

C. don’t need

D. needn’t

13. The garden requires_______.

A. watering

B. being watered

C. to water

D. having watered

14. -Why isn’t John in class? -He ______be sick. Or he’d have been here already.

A. should

B. may

C. must

D. would

15. The streets are all wet. It ______ during the night.

A. must be raining

B. must have rain

C. must have rained

D. had to rain

16. She ______ on her way to school, I just phoned her home and no one answered me.

A. should be

B. must have been

C. needn’t have been

D. had to be

17. Mr. Zhang isn’t here yet, I think he ______about the meeting.

A. should have forgotten

B. ought to forget

C. must have forgotten

D. may forget

18. I don’t know who is going to get the contract. We _______ get it but nothing is sure.

A. must

B. can’t

C. might

D. needn’t

19. -you realize that you were driving at 100 miles per hour ,don’t you?

-No, officer. I ______ have been, this car can’t do more than 70.

A. needn’t

B. shouldn’t

C. couldn’t

D. might not

20. “Do you have to leave?” “Sorry, but I really ______ .”

A. have

B. had to

C. do so

D. must

21. No one ______ that to his face.

A. dare to say

B. dares say

C. dares saying

D. dare say

22. I’ m sorry I ______ to tell you I was coming.

A. ought to phone

B. should phone

C. need to phone

D. ought to have phoned

23. It was so dark outside that he ______.

A. didn’t dare to go out to fetch water

B. dare not to go out to fetch water

C. doesn’t dare to go out to fetch water

D. not dare to go out to fetch water

24. May I hand in my exercise book tomorrow? No, you ______. Today is the deadline.

A. can’t

B. mustn’t

C. won’t

D. had better don’t

25. Will you stay for lunch? Sorry, ______. My brother is coming to see me.

A. I mustn’t

B. I can’t

C. I needn’t

D. I won’t

26. Peter ______ come with us tonight, but he isn’t very sure.

A. must

B. may

C. can

D. will

27. John, you ______ play with the knife. You ______ hurt yourself.

A. won’t, can’t

B. mustn’t, may

C. shouldn’t, must

D. can’t, shouldn’t

28. This box is too heavy, ______ give me a hand?

A. would you mind

B. would you please

C. will you like to

D. will you please to

29. ______ I water the trees on Tuesday? No, you needn’t.

A. Can

B. Must

C. May

D. Shall

30. The bus had left, so we ______ walk home.

A. have to

B. ought

C. had to

D. must