请试着分析课文中这些带情态动词的句子中情态动词的用法。 1. Everybody has to eat, but do you eat a healthy diet ? 2. What do you think you should go into a good meal ? 3. By now his restaurant ought to be full of people . 4. What could have happened ? 5. Nothing could be better.

6. Something terrible must have happened if Li Chang was not coming to eat in his restaurant as he always did .

7. Perhaps he should go to the library and find out .

8. Perhaps with a discount and a new sign he could win his customers back . 9. Perhaps we ought to combine our ideas and provide a balanced menu with food full of energy and fibre . 实战演练 一.单项选择

1. Mrs Brown really _________ go on a diet. She has put on so much weight since she gave up jogging（慢跑）. A. could B. ought to C. may D. must

2. — Has Mary finished writing her article? — No, and it _____ before class was over. A. should be finished B. should finish C. should have finished D. ought to have been finished

3. You fool! You ______ for a house full of wonderful food, but you only wished for a cake.

A . could wish B. could have wished C. can wish D. may wish

4. What is the way George thought of ______ enough money to buy the house? A. to get B. getting C. having got D. being got 5. —What do you think of his opinion?

—None has given me ___________ piece of advice. A. a better

B. a best

C. the best D. the better

6. — Which is ___________, China or Russia? — Russia is ___________ than China, I think. A. larger; larger B. the largest; larger C. the lager;the larger D. the larger; larger

7. I thought I was going to fail the exam, but I passed _______. A. above all B. after all C. in all D. first of all

8. Last summer holiday, I went back to my hometown, ________ the neighbours and the house ________ I used to be familiar with were gone.

A. only finding; which B. only to find; that C. to find; whom D. found; that

9. — Let’s go to a movie after work, OK? — _____________

A. Not at all. B. Why not? C. Never mind. D. What of it?

10. Nuclear science should be developed to benefit the people ______ harm them.

A. more than B. rather than

C. other than D. better than

11. — Didn’t you enjoy the performance last night? — ___________. It was less wonderful than expected. A. Yes, I did B. No, I didn’t C. Yes, I didn’t D. No, I did

12. This project ________ considered thoroughly, and I’m sure it ________ finished on time.

A. must be; may be B. should be; can be C. may be; must be D. can be; should be

13. I was really anxious about you. You _______ home without a word next time. A. mustn’t leave B. shouldn’t have left C. couldn’t have left D. needn’t leave

14. It was very kind of you to do the washing-up, but you ________ it. A. mustn’t have done B. wouldn’t have done C. mightn’t have done D. didn’t have to do

15. It was ______ that they all went swimming in the river. A. such a hot weather B. such hot weather C. so hot weather D. so hot a weather

二.单句改错

1. They mustn’t have been in the library because I saw them on the playground .

2. At last he could finish the work ahead of time .

3. What a terrible weather we have been having !

4. My brother left the school at the age of fifteen ,so he hasn’t much knowledge .

5. Thought it was very cold ，but he went out without an overcoat .

6. His book is different from me .

三.句式变换

根据A句句义，完成B 句, 使句义相同或相近。 1. A: His restaurant ought to be full of people. B: His restaurant ought to be ________ _________ people. 2. A: He often lies, so no one believes him.

B: He often _______ _______ _______, so no one believe him. 3. A: But Li Maochang seemed not to hear.

B: But _______ ________ that Li Maochang didn’t hear. 4. A: He owes a lot of money because of his illness. B: He is ______ ________ because of his illness. 5. A: Why don’t you sit down and try a meal? B: Why _______ _________ down and try a meal?

四 阅读理解 A

A Father’s day is a day set aside for honouring fathers in church services and in the home. It’s celebrated in the U.S. in the third Sunday of June. This idea was begun by Mrs John Bruces Dodd, who in 1909 persuaded

an organization in Washington to salute fathers with special church services. The idea was officially agreed to by President Woodrow Wilson in 1916. In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge suggested national celebration of the day to form closer relations between fathers and their children, and to impress upon fathers the full measure of their duties. The red or white rose is recognized as the official Father’s Day flower. 1. Father’s Day, at first, meant ______.

A. to honor fathers in church services and in the home B. to win honor for fathers in church services C. to do honor to fathers at home D. to warn the fathers of their duties

2. Father’s Day was first celebrated by _____. A.the French B. the British C.the German D. the American

3.The first president who agreed to Father’s Day was _____. A.Woodrow Wilson B.Calvin Coolidge C.George Washington D.Abraham Lincoln

4.The president wanted Father’s Day to be a day on which _____. A. people remembered their fathers

B.the relations between fathers and their children became closer C.fathers must remember that they should be good fathers D.both B and C

5.According to the passage, this idea was begun by______. A. Woodrow Wilson B. Calvin Coolidge