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06 情态动词与虚拟语气考查要点及应对策略
【考点精析】
一、情态动词
考点1 含有情态动词的时态和被动语态
1.情态动词+动词原形:除了表示现在的时间外,还可以表示将来,说明动作尚未发生。如:
You can go now but you’d better come earlier tomorrow.
2.情态动词+be doing:表示动作正在发生。如:
Your mother may be waiting for you to return home.
He must be playing football on the playground now.
3.情态动词+have done:
(1)表示对过去情况的推测:
He must have started writing his book a long time ago.
(2)表示过去“该做而没做”“能做而没做”“可做而没做”等含义,与过去事实不符或相反。
I would have written to you earlier, but I have been ill.
4.含有情态动词的被动语态:情态动词+be+done
Pupils should be helped to adopt a positive approach to the environment.
考点2 常考情态动词的用法
1.can
(1)表示能力,一般译为“能,会”,尤其指生来具备的能力。
Can you speak English?
(2)表示许可,常用在口语中。
(3)表示推测,意为“可能”,常用于否定句和疑问句中,此时can’t译为“不可能”。
Can the news be true?
The moon can’t always be full.
2.could
(1)can的过去式,意为“能,会”,表示过去的能力。
I didn’t know if I could raise a child by myself.
(2)could在疑问句中,表示委婉请求的语气,此时could没有过去式的意思。
Could you give me some advice on the best way to do this?
3.may
(1)表示请求、许可,比can正式。
May I use your computer?
(2)表示推测,谈论可能性,意为“可能,或许”,一般用于肯定句中。
I think he may be ready for a sleep soon.
(3)may的过去式为 might。might 也可以表示推测,但可能性低于may(此时might没有过去式的意思)。
He said he might not be back until tonight.
(4)表示希望、祈求、祝愿,常可译为“祝愿”。通常是用may+主语+动词原形。
May all of our wishes come true this Valentine’s Day.
4.must
(1)must 表示主观看法,意为“必须”。
We must be honest and faithful to the people.
(2)对must引导的疑问句,肯定回答为must,否定回答为needn’t 或don’t have to。
—Must I go there today?
—Yes, you must./No, you needn’t.
(3)must也可以表示有把握的推测,意为“一定,肯定”,用于肯定句。
He must be waiting for us.
(4)其否定形式mustn’t表示“禁止,不许”。
We mustn’t let the water run to waste.
注意:其反意疑问句的构成形式:
当must表示肯定的判断、推测时,其反意疑问句要用实际问句的助动词来构成。
He must be good at maths, isn’t he?
You must have told her about it, haven’t you?
5.need
(1)need表示需要,主要用于否定句和疑问句中,其否定形式为needn’t,意为“不必”。
用need提问时,肯定回答为must,否定回答为needn’t或don’t have to。
—Need I go with you?
—Yes, you must./No, you needn’t.
(2)need还可以作实义动词,此时有人称、数和时态的变化,如果是人作主语,后面多接动词不定式。
Adults need to live their own lives and that’s difficult wit