虚拟语气
1. She wished she ______ so forgetful. Then she wouldn't have missed the talk.
A. was not B. hadn't been
C. be not D. shouldn't be
2. ------ Remember the day I drove you to the airport?
------ If you hadn't ______ me, I would have been late.
A. take B. taking
C. took D. taken
3. I wish I ______ how to operate the machine.
A. know B. should know
C. would know D. knew
4. It ______ strange that he should have gone away without telling us.
A. is B. will be
C. were D. had been
5. ------ Joe has three sisters, doesn't he?
------ No wonder he wishes he ______ a brother.
A. had B. will hare
C. have D. can have
6. He insisted that we all ______ in his office at one o'clock.
A. shall be B. would be
C. to be D. be
7. If it had not been for your timely help, we ______ .
A. would not succeed B. should not succeed
C. could have not succeeded D. could not have succeeded
8. It is important that we ______ politely.
A. speaks B. will speak
C. shall speak D. should speak
9. Had they not helped us, our experiment ______ .
A. would have failed B. should have failed
C. would fail D. should fail
10. ______ I in your position, I would go.
A. If B. Am
C. Were D. Was
11. Hadn't my car broken down, I ______ the train.
A. would have caught B. might catch
C. would catch D. had caught
12. Jane appears as though she ______ the secret.
A. knows B. knew
C. has known D. had known
13. He would gain weight, but he ______ much.
A. doesn't eat B. didn't eat
C. hadn't eat D. couldn't eat
14. If I ______ not so busy, I ______ with you.
A. was.., would go B. were.., would go
C. was.., should go D. were.., will go
15. He suggests that ______ to see the film.
A. he goes B. we went
C. we go D. we would go
16. ______ he ______, I tell him to ring me up.
A. Would... come B. If... come
C. Were... come D. Should... come
17. If I had the opportunity, ______ to tell them why.
A. I like B. I'd liked
C. I had liked D. I'd like
18. "You have made some mistakes."
"I wish I ______ mistakes every day."
A. don' t have B. haven' t made
C. wouldn't have made D. didn't make
19. But for your help, I ______ into trouble.
A. would have got B. will get
C. got D. may get
20. Everything ______ if Albert hadn't called the fire brigade.
A. will be destroyed B. will have destroyed
C. would have destroyed D. would have been destroyed
21. If you had studied the problem carefully yesterday, ______ .
A. you won't find any difficulty now
B. you would not have found any difficulty now
C. you would not find any difficulty now
D. you have not found any difficulty now
22. 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
23. The millions of calculations involved, had they been done by hand, ______ all practical value by the time they were finished.
A. could lose B. would have lost
C. might lose D. ought have lost
24. Many students and teachers urged that the library ______ during the vacation.
A. should keep open B. would be kept open
C. is kept open D. be kept open
25. It is moved that Lucy ______ a performance at the evening party,
A. will give B. shall give
C. give D. gives
26. It' s about time people ______ notice of what women did during the War.
A. take B. took
C. have taken D. will take
27. "The lecturer was a tall thin man with white hair." "Then it ______ Dr. Firld because he is short and fat. It ______ Dr. Jones; he is thin. "
A. can't be... must be
B. couldn't have been… might have been
C. must be...can't be
D. can't have been… must have been
28. It is generally thought to be of necessity to a college student that he ______ at least one foreign language.
A. know B. knows
C. would know D. should have known
29. The business is risky. But ______, we would be rich.
A. should we succeed B. might we succeed
C. would we succeed D. could we succeed
30. George would certainly have attended the proceedings ______.
A. had he not had a flat tire B. had the tire no flattened itself
C. if the flat fire hadn't happened D. if he didn't get a flat tire
31. Nelson ______ the fight, with a little more training and a better manager.
A. would win B. had won
C. could have won D. won
32. Had Paul received six more votes in the last election, he ______ our chairman now.
A. would have been B. must have been
C. were D. would be
33. It is obligatory that every young man ______ in the armed forces.
A. serves B. served
C. must serve D. should serve
34. It is a shame that he ______ that poor little girl!
A. deceived B. should deceive
C. deceive D. deceiving
35. It seems to be high time that this argument ______ put to an end.
A. must B. is
C. were D. should
36. Mrs. Bliss kept the door and the windows shut lest the noise outside ______ her son's sleep.
A. would interfere with B. had interfered with
C. interfered with D. should interfere with
37. 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. be circling
C. is circling D. circles
38. I should have married her if she ______ such an extravagant girl.
A. were not B. wouldn't be
C. would not have been D. hadn't been
