四级考试虚拟语气专练

十一、虚拟语气

1. The lecture bored me to death. I wish I ______ it.

A)could not have attended C)have not attended

B)did not attend D)had not attended

2. _____his timely arrival, the boy would have been drowned.

A)But for B)Even if C)Except for D)If not

3. He _____ ice-cream on the beach if his father _____ last year, leaving nothing but debts.

A)were to be selling…should die B)would not be selling…had died

C)would be selling…had not died D)would not be selling…had not died

4. At the last committee meeting, the motion that the club _____ open until midnight was defeated.

A)would remain B)remain C)remained D)be remained

5. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, so it seems as if the sun ______round the earth.

A)were circling B)is circling C)be circling D)circles

6. ______, we shall go on a picnic.

A)If the weather to be fine B)Had the weather been fine

C)If the weather be fine D)Should the weather be fine

7. They must have liked the apartment, or they ______ so long.

A)didn’t stay B)won’t stay

C)wouldn’t have stayed D)wouldn’t stay

8. Had she been older, she_____ less sympathetic.

A)might have been B)would be

C)might be D)had been

9. I will be obliged if you_____ me.

A)could be able to help B)would be able to help

C)would help D)could help

10. He_____ ten lectures on African literature, but he only gave three because of his illness.

A)must have given B)gave

C)should have given D)had given

11.Through worldly loss he came to an insight into spiritual truth to which he might______ have been a stranger.

A)no more B)no less C)neither D)otherwise

12. “My hat was here a second ago but now it’s missing. Someone_____ a joke about me!”

A)must have made B)must be making

C)must make D)must have been made

13. Mrs. Bliss kept the door and the windows shut lest the noise outside_____ her son’s sleep.

A)would interfere with B)interfered with

C)had interfered with D)should interfere with

14. It is strange that such a thing_____ in your school.

A)happens B)happened C)should happen D)had happened

15. His advice has made the design better than it_____.

A)had otherwise been B)would be otherwise

C)has otherwise be D)would otherwise have been

16. You_____ all these parcels yourself. The shop would have delivered them if you had asked them.

A)didn’t need to carry B)could not carry

C)didn’t have to carry D)needn’t have carried

17. He burned all the important documents for fear that they_____ into the enemy’s hands

A)might fall B)should fall

C)would fall D)will fall

18. It would have been just as satisfactory if I_____ at home. I learned nothing in class.

A)had stayed B)was staying

C)stayed D)would stay

19. Had electronic computers not been invented, many problems on space flight_____.

A)could not have been solved B)could not be solved

C)can not be solved D)could not have

solved

20. He took his raincoat with him lest it___.

A)rained B)should rain C)would rain D)rains

21. I’d rather you just___ in bed and___ anything for at least two weeks.

A)stayed; didn’t do B)stayed; don’t do C)stay; don’t D)stayed; did

22. The doctor ordered that the wounded soldiers___ to the hospital without any delay.

A)be sent C)will be sent B)have been sent D)must be sent

23. What do you think of his proposal that we___ put on a play at the English evening?

A)have B)will C)has D)should

24. No one would imagine that this city was just a night’s journey from here. It seemed as though___ in another world.

A)it being of B)it were C)it was D)it to be

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1 d 2 a 3 d 4 c 5 a 6 d 7 b 8 a 9 d 10 b 11d 12 a 13 d 14 c 15 d 16 d 17 c 18 a 19 a 20 c 21 a 22 a 23 d 24 b

25. I wish nothing___ prevent them from coming.

A)shall B)would C)will D)can

26. Your examination results were quite satisfactory, but___ if you had spent less time in playing football?

A)won’t they have been better B)won’t they be better

C)wouldn’t they be better D)wouldn’t they have been better

27. If we___ more freedom in choosing courses, we would have had more motivation to study.

A)were given B)could been given C)had been given D)had given

28. It is extremely urgent that they___ from the mountain before dark.

A)must rescue C)will be rescued

B)be rescued D)shall be rescued

29. But that we saw it, he___ it.

A)can’t believe C)could not have believed

B)could not believe D)did not believe

30. If you___ next week, I might have time to see you again.

A)are to come C)was to come

B)come D)were to come

31. If I___ the TV set, I should be glad to help you.

A)can be able to repair C)shall be able to repair

B)will be able to repair D)could repair

32. For a child to give up his less mature idea for a more mature one, it requires that the child___ psychologically ready for the new idea.

A)would be B)were C)be D)is

33. I___ do that if I were given the choice.

A)had rather not C)would not rather

B)rather not D)would rather not

34. “where have you been?”

“I got caught in traffic;___ I would have been here sooner.”

A)anyway B)otherwise C)although D)however

35. ___to me, he would not to be in such trouble now.

A)If he listened C)Should he listen

B)If he would listen D)Had he listened

36. ___,he would have been a rich man.

A)If he was to enter business C)Had he entered business

B)Was he to enter business D)If he were to enter business

37. ___,I wouldn’t have gone to the film last night.

A)If I had been you C)If I were you

B)If I was you D)If I am you

38, It is important that the results of an experiment____.

A)check and recheck C)be checked and rechecked

B)checking and rechecking D)checked and rechecked

39. ___for your help, we’d never have been able to get over the difficulties.

A)If we had not been C)If it we

re not

B)Had it not D)Had it not been

40. I___ you with the funds. Why didn’t you ask me?

A)should provide C)had provided

B)could provide D)could have provided

41. He demands that she ___his own records

A)keeps B)may keep C)is keeping D)keep

42.If it ______tomorrow , they would not go out .

A)would have snowed C)snows

B)will snow D)were to snow

43. _______,we should be glad.

A)Were they coming tomorrow C)They come tomorrow

B)They would come tomorrow D)Were they to come tomorrow

44. He would be studying at the university now if he ______the entrance examination .

A)passed B)have passed C)had passed D)should have passed

45. It __ around eight o’clock when I drove back home because it was already dark.

A)must have been B)was to be C)must be D)had to be

46. The accomplishment of modern medicine would be impossible __highly specialized instruments.

A)without B)but without C)but there are D)among

47. It was feared that the strain of continued isolation and rough weather __their nerves.

A)affect B)might affect C)may affect D)affects

48. If I__ to go .I would certainly go .

A)will be asked C)should be asked

B)have been asked D)had asked

49. “He is already on the wrong side of forties.”

“It’s about time he__ himself a wife and settled down.”

A)finds B)should find C)found D)had found

答案

25 b 26 d 27 c 28 b 29 c 30 d 31 d 32 c 33 d 34 b 35 d 36 c 37 c 38 c 39 d 40 d 41 d 42 d 43 d 44 c 45 a 46 a 47 b 48 b 49 c