初三英语中考专题复习 情态动词 3页

情态动词 ‎( ) 1. Mr Wang ______ be in Nanjing now, he went to Beijing only this morning.‎ ‎ A. mustn’t B. may not C. can’t D. needn’t ‎( ) 2. –Must I saty at home, Mum? --No, you ______.‎ ‎ A. needn’t B. mustn’t C. don’t D. may not ‎( ) 3. –Can you go swimming with us this afternoon?‎ ‎ --Sorry, I can’t. I _____ take care of my little sister at home because my mother is ill.‎ ‎ A. can B. may C. would D. have to ‎( ) 4. –May I go to the cinema, Mum? --Certainly. But you ______ be back by 11 o’clock.‎ ‎ A. can B. may C. must D. need ‎( ) 5. To make our city more beautiful, rubbish ______ into the river.‎ ‎ A. needn’t be thrown B. mustn’t be thrown C. can’t throw D. may not throw ‎( ) 6. –May I go out to play basketball, Dad?‎ ‎--No, you ______. You must finish your homework first.‎ A. mustn’t B. may not C. couldn’t D. needn’t ‎( ) 7. –Where is Jack, please ? --He _____ be in the reading room.‎ A. can B. need C. would D. must ‎( ) 8. –Who is the man over there? Is it Mr Li? ‎ ‎--No, it ______ be him. Mr Li is much taller.‎ A. musn’t B. may not C. can’t D. needn’t ‎( ) 9. These books ______ out of the reading room. You have to read them here.‎ ‎ A. can’t take B. must be taken C. can take D. mustn’t be taken ‎( ) 10. –Mum, may I watch TV now?‎ ‎ --Sure, but you ______ help me with my housework first.‎ ‎ A. can B. may C. must D. could ‎( ) 11. The boy said he had to speak English in class, but he ______ speak it after calss.‎ ‎ A. could B. didn’t have to C. might D. shouldn’t ‎( ) 12. –Must we hand in the papers now? --No, you ______.‎ ‎ A. can’t B. may not C. mustn’t D. needn’t ‎( ) 13. John ______ go there with us tonight, but he isn’t very sure about it. ‎ ‎ A. must B. can C. will D. may ‎( ) 14. Even the top students in our class can’t work out this problem. So it ______ be very difficult.‎ ‎ A. can B. may C. must D. need ‎( ) 15. Put on more clothes. You ______ be feeling cold with only a shirt on.‎ ‎ A. can B. could C. would D. must ‎( ) 16. It’s still early. You ______.‎ A. mustn’t hurry B. wouldn’t hurry ‎ C. may not hurry D. don’t have to hurry ‎( ) 17. –May I stop here? --No, you ______.‎ ‎ A. mustn’t B. might not C. needn’t D. won’t ‎( ) 18. A computer ______ think for itself, it must be told what to do.‎ ‎ A. can’t B. couldn’t C. may not D. might not ‎( ) 19. –Could I borrow your dictionary? -- Yes, of course you _______.‎ ‎ A. might B. will C. can D. should ‎( ) 20. Peter ______ come with us tonight, but he isn’t very sure yet.‎ ‎ A. must B. may C. can D. will ‎( ) 21. Michael ______ be a policeman, for he’s much too short.‎ ‎ A. needn’t B. can’t C. should D. may ‎( ) 22. ______ I know your name?‎ ‎ A. May B. Will C. Shall D. Must ‎( ) 23. You ______ be more careful next time.‎ ‎ A. have to B. may C. must D. might ‎( ) 24. You ______ miss the lesson, though we ______ have it on Thursday.‎ ‎ A. mustn’t; needn’t B. needn’t; mustn’t C. mustn’t; mustn’t D. needn’t; needn’t ‎( ) 25. This pen looks like mine, yet it isn’t. whose ______ it be?‎ ‎ A. must B. may C. would D. can ‎( ) 26. What kinds of homes will we live in the future? Nobody ______ be sure, but scientists are working out new ideas now.‎ ‎ A. will B. may C. can D. must ‎( ) 27. I ______ like to know where you were born.‎ ‎ A. shall B. should C. do D. may ‎( ) 28. ______ you be happy!‎ ‎ A. Might B. Must C. Wish D. May ‎( ) 29. A teacher ______ do every exercise, but a student must.‎ ‎ A. may not B. needn’t C. can’t D. mustn’t ‎( ) 30. The matter ______ be changed into a gas, but it _______ be heated to its boiling point.‎ ‎ A. may; needn’t B. may; can C. mustn’t; needn’t D. can; must ‎( ) 31. Teachers and students ______ look coldly at you for a day or two, but there are friendly feelings in their hearts.‎ ‎ A. must B. can C. may D. should ‎( ) 32. Cars and buses ______ stop when the traffic lights turn red.‎ ‎ A. can B. need C. may D. must ‎( ) 33. –Do you think his story ______ true? --I don’ think so. But it sounds good.‎ A. must be B. may be C. can be D. has to be ‎( ) 34. Look out! The knife is very sharp. You ______ cut your finger.‎ ‎ A. need B. must C. should D. may ‎( ) 35. –How long ______ the book be kept?‎ ‎ --For two weeks, but you ______ return it on time.‎ ‎ A. can; may B. may; need C. can; must D. must; need ‎( ) 36. – May I have an apple, Mum?‎ ‎ --Certainly. But you ______ wash your hands first?‎ ‎ A. may B. must C. can D. need ‎( ) 37. –There is a lot of smoke coming out of the teaching building there.‎ ‎ --Really? It ______ be a fire, most probably.‎ ‎ A. can B. ought to C. may D. must ‎( ) 38. –Shall I tell John about the bad news?‎ ‎ --No, you ______. I think that will make him sad.‎ ‎ A. needn’t B. wouldn’t C. shouldn’t D. mustn’t ‎( ) 39. –Could I call you by your first name? --Yes, you ______.‎ ‎ A. will B. could C. may D. might ‎( ) 40. –Let’s go to the cinema, shall we? -- _______.‎ ‎ A. No, I can’t B. Yes, I will C. Yes, thank you D. No, we’d better not ‎( ) 41. --______ the man there be our new teacher? ‎ ‎ --He ______ be, but I’m not sure.‎ ‎ A. May; mustn’t B. Can; may C. Must; can’t D. Can; can’t ‎( ) 42. –Sometime is knocking at the door. Who ______ it be?‎ ‎ --It ______ be Tom. He is still in the school.‎ ‎ A. can; can’t B. can; mustn’t C. might; could D. might; may