2019年mpa考试英语真题——虚拟语气285

{01}The World Wide Web is sometimes jokingly called the World Wide Wait because it ______ be very slow. A.should B.must C.will D.can 解析：本题考查情态动词的用法。A项，“应该”；B项，“必须”或表示推测“一定”；C项可表示将来，作情态动词表示意愿；D项can表推测且用于肯定句时表“有时也可能”。句意：万维网有时被打趣地叫成“长等网”，因为网速有时会很慢。D项是完成句意的最佳选项。
本题选D。

{02}— Where are the children? The dinner"s going to be completely ruined.
— I wish they ________ always late.
A.weren"t  
B.hadn"t been
C.wouldn"t be  
D.wouldn"t have been
解析：
本题选A。