题目内容
18.Which of the following sentences conveys a fact?( )A. | Mary and her son must be home by now. | |
B. | Careless reading must give poor results. | |
C. | It's getting late,and I must leave now. | |
D. | He must be working late at the office. |
分析 下面哪个句子表达了一个事实?
C 很晚了,我必须走了.
解答 答案是C.考查虚拟语气:must表示"必须"指事实;而如果表示推测,则是肯定的推测,不一定是事实.A Mary和她的儿子现在一定在家;B 粗心阅读一定会有很差的结果;C 很晚了,我必须走了;D 他一定在办公室工作得很晚.选项C表示"很晚了,我必须走了."表达的是一种事实,故选C.
点评 解答此类题目,首先要掌握西方文化及英语日常用语,然后结合语境及相关语法选择合适的交际用语.
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