回复：【王府英语】英语词汇、短语、句型、语法及历年高考真题解释

（2010安徽26）Bob would have helped us yesterday, but he _____.
A. was busy B. is busy C.had been busy. D. will be busy
答案：A.
解析：考查动词时态。前句表示对过去的虚拟，而but之后表示过去的客观事实，故用一般过去时态。
句意：鲍勃昨天本来会帮助我们的，但是他昨天很忙。

（2010湖南29）If he ______ my advice, he wouldn't have lost his job.
A. followed B. should follow C. had followed D. would follow
答案：C
解析：考查虚拟语气。根据主句“wouldn’t have lost”可判断if引导的条件状语从句是对过去事实相反的虚拟假设，所以谓语动词应该用“had +过去分词”结构，故选C。
句意：如果他听从了我的建议，他就不会丢掉工作了。

（2010天津15）John went to the hospital alone. If he ______ me about it, I would have gone with him.
A. should tell B. tells C.told D. had told
答案：D
解析：考查虚拟语气。根据“went to the hospital”和“would have gone”，可知If引导的条件句是对过去事实相反的虚拟假设，所以谓语动词应该用“had +过去分词”结构，故选D。
句意：约翰独自去了医院。如果他当时告诉我了的话，我会跟他一起去的。

（2010江苏34）George is going to talk about the geography of his country, but I’d rather he ______ more on its culture.
A. focus B. focused C.would focus D. hadfocused
答案：B
解析：考查虚拟语气。would rather后的宾语从句应该用虚拟语气：如果表示一个对现在或将来的愿望，谓语动词用过去时；如果表示一个对过去的愿望，谓语动词用过去完成时。
句意：乔治打算谈论他国家的地理，但我宁愿他更多地着眼于他国家的文化。

（2010陕西15）If we ______ the other road, we might have arrived here in time for the meeting.
A. take B. had taken C. took D. have taken
答案：B
解析：考查虚拟语气。根据主句“might have arrived”，可知If引导的条件句是对过去事实相反的虚拟假设，所以谓语动词应该用“had +过去分词”结构，故选B。
句意：如果当时我们选择了另一条路，我们就可能及时赶到这里来参加会议了。

（2010湖北76）Mr. Johnson insisted that the problem worthy of attention________ (讨论) at the meeting. (discuss)
答案：(should) be discussed
解析：考查虚拟语气。insist表示“坚决要求”时，其引导的宾语从句要用虚拟语气，即谓语用should（可省略）+动词原形。主语 “problem” 是要“被讨论”，故用被动语态。 insist表示“坚持宣称、坚决认为”时，其引导的宾语从句用陈述句语气。
句意：约翰逊先生坚决要求在会议上讨论这个值得注意的问题。

（2010北京34）—The weather has been very hot and dry.
—Yes. If it had rained even a drop, things would be much better now! And my vegetables ______.
A. wouldn't die B.didn't die C. hadn't died D. wouldn't have died
答案：D
解析：考查虚拟语气。根据“If it had rained even a drop”，可知是对过去的虚拟，故主句谓语动词应该用“couldn’t/ shouldn't/ wouldn't have done”结构。
句意：——天气一直很热、很干燥。——是的。哪怕当时下了一滴雨，现在的情况就会好得多！我的蔬菜也就不会枯死了。

（2010浙江10）Had I known about this computer program, a huge amount of time and energy ______.
A．would have been saved B．had been saved C．will be saved D．was saved
答案：A
解析：考查虚拟语气。根据句子的倒装特征判断此处是省略了if的虚拟语气结构。原形是“If I had known about this computer program”，可知是对过去的虚拟，故主句谓语动词应该用“could/ should/ would have done”结构。
句意：如果我早了解了这个电脑程序，大量的时间和精力就可以节省了。

(2009安徽29)Some people who don’t like to talk much are not necessarily shy；they ______ just be quiet people.
A. must B. may C. should D. would
答案：B
解析：考查情态动词。must必须、一定；may可能、也许；should应该、应当；would愿意、偏要。根据句意选B。
句意：有些不喜欢交谈的人并不一定是害羞；他们可能只是话不多而已。

(2009北京25)One of the few things you ______ say about English people with certainty is that they talk a lot about the weather.
A. need B. must C. should D. can
答案：D
解析：考查情态动词。need需要；must必须、一定；should应该、应当；can可以、能够。根据句意选D。need作情态动词用时，只用于否定句和疑问句中，不用于肯定句中；need在肯定句中用作行为动词（或称实意动词），常用need to do 结构。
句意：关于英国人，你能有把握说的少数几件事情之一是他们经常谈论天气。

(2009福建35)But for the help of my English teacher, I ______ the first prize in the English Writing Competition.
A. would not win B. would not have won C. would win D. would have won
答案：B
解析：考查虚拟语气。but for表示“要不是…”，是虚拟语气的标志。根据句意可知是表示与过去事实相反的虚拟，谓语动词应该用“would/should/could/might + have done”结构，故选B。
句意：要不是得到我英语老师帮助的话，我就不会在英语写作比赛中获得一等奖了。

(2009湖南30)— It’s the office! So you ______ know eating is not allowed here.
— Oh, sorry.
A. must B. will C. may D. need
答案：A
解析：考查情态动词。must必须、一定；will将要、愿意；may可能、也许；need需要。根据句意选A。need作情态动词用时，只用于否定句和疑问句中，不用于肯定句中；need在肯定句中用作行为动词（或称实意动词），常用need to do 结构。
句意：这里是办公室！因此你必须知道吃东西在这里是不被允许的。

(2009海南25)What do you mean,there are only ten tickets? There ______ be twelve.
A. should B. would C. will D. shall
答案：A
解析：考查情态动词。should应该、应当；would愿意、偏要；will将要、愿意；shall将要。根据句意选A。
句意：你是什么意思，只有十张票吗?应该有十二张票。

(2009上海27)It _____ have been Tom that parked the car here, as he is the only one with a car.
A. may B. can C. must D. should
答案：C
解析：考查情态动词。may可能、也许；can可以、能够；must必须、一定；should应该、应当。must常用于肯定句中，表示非常肯定的推测，意为“一定是”，故选C。
句意：一定是汤姆把车停在这里了，因为他是唯一拥有汽车的人。

(2009四川13)—I don’t care what people think.
—Well, you _______
A. could B. would C. should D. might
答案：C
解析：考查情态动词。could可以、能够，表示可能性或用于婉转语气；would愿意，将会，表示意志；should应该、应当，用来向别人提建议；might可能、或许，表示不确定。根据句意选C。
句意：——我不在乎别人怎么想。——嗯，你应该在乎。