2016高考英語情態動詞全解析
how ______ you say that you really understand the whole story if you have only covered only part of the article?
a. can b. must c. need d. may
【答案】a
(2) can也可以用來表示請求或許可。例如：
—mum, i’ve been studying english since 8 o’clock.
______i go out and play with tom for a while?
—no, i’m afraid not. besides, it’s raining outside now.
a. can’t b. wouldn’t c. may d. won’t
【答案】a
(3) can可以表達一般的或永久的能力。be able to也可表達能力，但常用來表達在某件事情中所表現出來的能力，尤指克服困難能夠完成某事。例如：
① if it were not for the fact that she ______ sing, i would invite her to the party.
a. couldn’t b. shouldn’t c. can’t d. might not
② the fire spread through the hotel very quickly but everyone ______ get out.
a. had to b. would c. could d. was able to
【答案】c
5. would
(1)will與would可表示“意愿；意志 ”。
例如： john promised his doctor he _____ not smoke and he has never smoked ever since.
a. might b. should c. could d. would
【解析】根據promise可知此處是john向醫生表明自己的意志。
【答案】d
(2) would表示過去傾向性或習慣性的動作。used to 也有這一用法，但used to即可用來表達過去的習慣性的動作，也可用來表示過去的狀態。例如：
① when he was there, he ___ go to that coffee shop at the corner after work every day.
a. would b. should c. had better d. might
② in my opinion, life in the twenty-first century is much easier than ________.
a. that used to be b. it is used to
c. it was used to d. it used to be
【解析】第一題would指過去習慣性的動作；第二題it 替代life, used to be 指過去的樣子。
【答案】a d