38. When he was there, he ___________go to that coffee shop at the corner after work ew ery day.

A. would　　　　 B. should　　　

　C. had better　　 D. might

答：A。would表示过去总是或习惯的动作

37. I wonder how he_______ that to the teacher.

A. dare to say　　　　　 B. dare saying

C. not dare say　　　　　 D. dared say

答：D。dare既是实义动词又是情态动词。dare为实义动词应是dared to say，用胜实义动词时有人称和数的变化。若选A项，应为he dares to say，若用做情态动词，没有人称和数的变化，dared为dare的过去式。

36. Susan ______ written a report like this.

A. can have　　　 B. mustn’t have

C. can’t have 　　　D. ought to not have

答：C。D项语序不对，应改为 ought not to have。

35. I was really anxious about you. You ______ home without a word.

A. mustn’t leave　　　 　B. shouldn’t have left

C. couldn’t have left　　 D. needn’t leave

答：B。从题章分析，对方没有打招呼就走了。 shouldn’t have done本不该做但实际上做了的事。

34. I hear you’ve got a set of valuable Australian coins. ______ I have a look?

A. Do　　 B. May　 　C. Shall　 D. Should

答：B。may表示征求对方的许可。

33. -Are you coming to Jeff’s party?

I’m not sure.　 I______ go to the concert instead.

A. must　 　B. would　 C. should　　 D. might

答：D。might表示可能性，因前边已提过 I’m not sure.

32. Sorry, I’m late. l___________ have turned off the alarm clock and gone back to sleep again.

A. might　 B. should　 　C. can　　 D. will

答：A。B项 should have done表示本该做但事实上未做的事。若实际上没关掉 a-lama clock, 就不会造成 l’m late.因此，B项与题意不符。

31. -I stayed at a hotel in New York.

　 -Oh, did you? You_______ with Barbara.

A. could have stayed　　 B. could stay

C. would stay　　　　　 D. must have stayed

答：A。此题属于情态动词在交际语言中的具体运用。由题干中did you?这一信息句可知是一个表示疑问的句子，而D项是表示对过去事实的肯定推测，故排除D项。

30. We ______ last night, but we went to the concert instead.

A. must have studied　 　　B. might study

C. should have studied　　 D. would study

答：C。should have done本应该做但事实上没有做的事

29. -Must I go there right now?

　 -No, you_____.

A. don’t need　　 　B. mustn’t

C. don’t have to　　　 D. hadn’t better

答：C。用must来提问的句子，肯定回答用must，否定回答用 needn’t或 don’t have to的形式。