6. 　　　fired, your health care and other benefits will not be immediately cut off.( 湖北卷)

A. Would you be　　 　B. Should you be　　 C. Could you be　　　 D. Might you be

解析：考查情态动词的虚拟用法。还原成原来的句型是：If you should be fired---，该句型中用should 或were to be表示与将来的事实相反。例如：

　　　 _____it rain tomorrow, the meeting would be put off.

　　　　　 A. Should　 　B. Would　　 　C. Could 　　D. Must

　　　 分析：在条件状语从句中，should 表示“万一”，即可表示不能实现的假设，又可表示可以实现的假设。该句意思为“万一明天下雨，会议就延期。”答案为A。

　　　 该句等于If it should rain tomorrow, the meeting would be put off.

　　　　　　 = If it were to rain tomorrow, the meeting would be put off.

　　　　　　 = Should it rain tomorrow, the meeting would be put off.

　　　　　　 = Were it to rain tomorrow, the meeting would be put off.

5. ------ Must he come to sign this paper himself? (广东)

　 ------ Yes, he 　　　　　　.

　　　 A. need　　　　 B. must　　　　 C. may　　　　 D. will

解析：考查情态动词的本义，征求对方的意见，must 表示“必须”。

4. The workers will go on strike if the demands they ____put forward are turned down.(福建)

　　　　 A. could　　 　B. would　　　　　 C.不填　　　　　 D. had

解析：该句的they ____ put forward 是定语从句，表明过去的事实：“他们提出的要求”因此不用情态动词。

3. I’m sure you’d rather she went to school by bus, _______? (福建) 　　　　 A. hadn’t you　　 B. wouldn’t you　　 C. aren’t　　　 D. didn’t she

解析：考查情态动词would rather句型，宾语从句中用过去时，反意问句助动词应与从句中的went保持一致。

2. If it were not for the fact that she ____sing, I would invite her to the party. (福建)

A. couldn’t　　　　 B. shouldn’t　　 　C. can’t　　　　 D. might not

解析：考查情态动词的本义，表示通常的能力，couldn’t 是最大的干扰项，学生会受前面were所表示虚拟语气句型的影响。

1. ―What’s the name?

―Khulaifi.　　 I spell that for you ?　　 北京卷

A. Shall　 B. Would　　　 C. Can　　　 D .Might

解析：考查情态动词的本义，征求对方的意见

13. What did the story mainly tell us?

　Now it’s 8:00, time for the educational report. GCSE is the British exam taken by the students in England and Wales around the age of 16. Recently researchers at university have confirmed the doubt of many parents and employers that some GCSEs are easier than others, despite official claims that each subject is equally difficult. The researchers found that sciences and modern languages were the hardest GCSEs to do well in. Chemistry ranked the hardest of the major subjects followed by physics and French. They also found that regardless of the ability students were more likely to gain good grades in easier subjects than in chemistry or French. Drama was the easiest GCSE to do well in, followed by physics education, media studies, English, English literature and religions studies. The number of test takers in physical education and religious studies rose faster than in any other subjects last year. More than 144,000 pupils set GCSEs in physical education last summer, an increase of 7.5 percent, and 147,500 took the religious studies exam, arise of 4.6%. However, it was the problem for the country if pupils avoided hard subjects. Fewer peoples would go on to study languages or sciences at A level and university. Even though they were important to Britain’s future development.

　14 What is the most difficult subject according to the research?

　15 How many pupils took the test of physical education last year?

　16 What does the report mainly tell us about the GCSEs.

　Part C Dialogues

　(一)

　W: Hello, Yellow Cab Service, can I help you?

　M: Yes, I’d like to book a taxi.

　W: May I know your name, Sir?

　M: Yes, it’s John Smith.

　W: John Smith. When would you like your taxi?

　M: Tuesday, June 8th, I’m leaving very early in the morning.

　W: Where to, sir?

　M: To the airport.

　W: When shall we meet you then?

　M: 99 Chemis street, near Collington Restaurant.

　W: What time world you like us to meet you?

　M: 5:30

　W: 5:30, June 8th, OK. Could you leave your telephone number?

　M: Yes, it’s 54229738.

　W: OK. I’ve got it. Thank you for calling us.

　Compete the form; write one word for each answer.

　(二)

　-Hello, front desk.

　-Yes.

　-This is Mitaly Tridow in Room 504.

　-Well, yes. How can I help you, Miss Tridow?

　-I want to take a shower, but there is no hot water.

　-I can’t understand that. Have you turned the handle all the way to the right?

　-I’ve been trying to get hot water for 10 minutes. It’s freezing cold.

　-Well, a lot of people take showers before breakfast. Maybe if you wait a while, it’ll heat up again.

　-Wait? I have three appointments this morning, and I also have to wash and dry my hair.

　-Your shower has absolutely no hot water?

　-No, none.

　-I will send someone up right way.

　-Who will that be?

　-The engineer. He is responsible for maintaining all the buildings. He will be there within 2 minutes.

　-OK. But don’t send anyone for 5 minutes. I need to get dressed.

　Compete the form; write no more than 3 words for each answer.

12. When did the company start to employ new people?

11. Who bought the company that was out of business?

10. -Have you completed your assignment?

　-My computer isn’t affected with a virus.

　Q: What does the man imply?

　Part B Passages

　5 years ago, I had to make a big decision. At that time, I was working for a small engineering company. However, thing were not going very well for the company and it was losing money. One day, the boss told us that the company was out of business. We were all unemployed. That lunch time we went to the pub as usual. We were all very depressed. While of course, we talked about the problem. Then the landlord of the pub heard the news. He said, “Why don’t you buy the company.” At first we all laughed and then we started to discuss it properly. We knew the problems. The company had lost a lot of customers because it hadn’t developed new products, but finally we decided to go for it. So we bought the company. The first few years were very difficult. But we worked hard and we had a bit of luck. We began to improve 3 years ago. Since then we have done pretty well. Last years we took on 4 new people. And so far this year we have taken on another ten.