EXERCISE （虚拟语气综合练习）

1.       If he ______ finished his dinner a little sooner, he wouldn’t have missed the 8:30 train.

a. would have    b. was  c. had   d. had been

2.       Helen couldn’t go to France after all. That’s too had.

I’m sure she would have enjoyed it if ______.

a. she’s gone  b. she’ll go  c. she’d gone   d. she’d go

3.       Ring me up tomorrow so that I _____ remember to come to the meeting.

a. must  b. would   c. may  d. were to

4.       Whether the information ______ true or not, we must be vigilant.

a. be  b. are   c. were  d. is

5.       It is impossible to imagine how man ______ without the sun’s energy.

a. could live   b. lives   c. had lived  d. is living

6.       Were it not for the friction exerted between the tires and the road, the vehicle ______ started.

a.       can not even be  b. could not even be  c. should even be  d. be not even

7.       What would happen, if you ______ the rules of the road?

a. not observed  b. do not observe   c  did not observe  d. observe not

8.       The manager of the hotel requests that all the guests ______ after the mid-night.

a.       don’t make loud noise  b. couldn’t make any noise

c. not to make low noise    d. shouldn’t make loud noise

9.       Even if I had known her address, I _______ time to write to her.

a.       can not have had  b. might not have had  c. will not have had  d. must not have had

10.   Be the consequences what they ______, I will not shrink from doing my duty.

a. may  b. will   c. would   d. were

11.   Given more attention, the work ______.

a. had been better done   b. will be done better  c. was better done 

d. could have been better done

12. ______ for your help, we’d never have been able to get out of trouble.

a.       Had it not been  b. If it was not  c. If we had not been  d. If there had not been

13.Had Paul received six more votes in the last election, he ______ our chairman now.

a. must have been  b. would have been  c. were   d. would be

14. It was essential that he ______ the contract before the end of the month.

 a. signed   b. sign  c. had signed   d. signs

15.I ______ you a valuable present for your birthday, but I was short of money at that time.

a.       would like to give  b. liked to have given  c. would have liked to give  d. like to give

2.       The instructions ask that he  ______a red pen or a pencil.

a. not use  b. don’t use   c. can’t use   d. mustn’t use

3.       Your advice that Mr. Smith ______ here for another week seems acceptable.

a. stays  b. stay  c. stayed   d. will stay

4.       Mr. Johnson prefers that she ______ with him personally.

a. speaks   b. will speak   c. speak  d. would speak

5.       But for their common efforts, they ______ achieved so much in their research..

a.       could have  b. will not have  c could not have  d. have not

6.       If only you ______ try a little harder!

a. had  b. would  c. will   d. have to

7.       I wish I _____ the play on TV the other night.

a.       will see  b. saw  c. had seen  d. would be

8.       The earth behaves as though it _____ an immense magnet.

a.       were  b. was  c. had been  d. would be

9.       Rather than ____ the risk of losing his job, he came to terms with them.

a. to run  b. run   c. running  d. ran

10.   His wife would rather they ____ about the matter any more.

a. were not talk   b. don’t talk  c. didn’t talk  d. haven’t talked

11.   John says that he wishes he ______ in New York now.

a. have been  b. be   c. is  d. were

12.   It is about time he _____ a job settled down.

a.       finds  b. should find  c found  d. had found

13.   His proposal is that the machine _____ repaired at once.

a.       is  b. is being  c. would be  d. be

14.   I’d just as soon you _____ the sad news.

a. were not knowing  b. didn't know  c. knew not   d. don't know

15.   She listened carefully ______ she might discover exactly what he wanted.

a. so as that  b. in case   c. providing  d. in order that

16.   The librarian told him to return the book in time so that others _____ a chance to read it.

a. may have   b. would be having  c will have    d. might have

17.   You ______ back before Sunday.

a. have come  b. should have come 

c. shall have come   d. were coming

18.   He made a suggestion that everyone _____ a story.

a. can make up  b. would make up  

c. should make up   d. makes up

19.   The police chief ordered that parking _____ on Main Street during the rush hours.

a. be prohibiting   b. is prohibited 

c. was prohibited  d. be prohibited

20.   He  ______ killed last night if he had taken part in the surprise attack on the city.

a. might have been  b. might be  c would bee  d. had been

21.   ______ so busy, I should call on you.

a. If I’m not  b. Was I not  c. Had I not   d. Were I not

22.   He looked at me as if I _____ him in a foreign language.

a. had addressed  b. have addressed  

c. addressed   d. was addressed

23.   Mr. White was very busy, otherwise he ______ before now.

a. mustn’t reply   b. would have replied 

c. will have replied   d. must have replied

24.   I had hoped that he ____ the game, but the other boy played better than he.

a. to win  b. winning  c. would win  d. wins

25.   Many of the man-make objects look as if they ______ made from real natural materials.

a. were    b. will be  c. had  d. have

26.   I dare not tell you what he did for fear that he ______ angry with me.

a. will be  b. must be  c. is   d. should be