中考英语情态动词巩固练习题有答案
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情态动词巩固练习题
( ) 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 stay 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
情态动词练习题答案
1-5 CADCB
6-10ADCDC
11-15 BDDCD
16-20 DAACB
21-25 BACAD
26-30 CBDBD
31-35 CDCDC
36-42 BCDCDBA
