题目内容
— Is John coming over this weekend?
— He should, but he _______ not. He seems to be busy these days.
A.can B.may C.must D.will
B
【解析】
试题分析:句意,这是两个人之间的对话。第一个人说:“John这周末会来吗?” 第二个人说:“他应该来,但是他可能不来。他看起来那些天很忙。”can能;may也表示可能性,may表示的可能性比can小;must 必须; will表将来。这里表示可能性,且可能性不大,故选B。
考点:情态动词的考查
点评:情态动词本身不能单独作谓语,只能和其它动词构成谓语,表达特殊的功能和意义。在学习情态动词时主要从其语法功能和特殊含义的归纳上下功夫,如情态动词表示能力、情感态度和表示推测三种意义的用法差别等。
The boy ________ a blue jacket is John’s brother.
| A.wear | B.wore | C.wearing | D.wears |
What do you want to be when you grow up? A teacher? A doctor? How about an ice-cream taster?
Yes, there really is a job where you can get paid to taste ice-cream. Just ask John Harrison, an “Official Taste Tester” for the past 21 years. Testing helps manufacturers to be sure of a product’s quality. During his career Harrison has been responsible for approving large quantities of the sweet ice cream — as well as for developing over 75 flavors (味道).
Some people think that it would be easy to do this job: after all, you just have to like ice cream, right? No — there’s more to the job than that, says Harrison, who has a degree in chemistry. He points out that a dairy or food-science degree would be very useful to someone wanting a career in this “cool” field.
In a typical morning on the job, Harrison tastes and assesses 60 ice-cream samples. He lets the ice cream warm up to about 12℉. Harrison explains, “You get more flavor from warmer ice cream, which is why some kids like to stir it, creating ice-cream soup.”
While the ice cream warms up, Harrison looks over the samples and grades each one on its appearance. “Tasting begins with the eyes,” he explains. He checks to see if the ice cream is attractive and asks himself, “Does the product have the color expected from that flavor?” Next it’s time to taste!
Continuing to think up new ideas, try out new flavors, and test samples from so many kinds of ice cream each day keeps Harrison busy but happy — working at one cool job.
【小题1】What is John Harrison’s job?
| A.An official. | B.An ice-cream taster. |
| C.A chemist. | D.An ice-cream manufacturer. |
| A.keep a diary of work | B.have a degree in chemistry |
| C.have new ideas every day | D.find out new flavors each day |
| A.He stirs the ice cream. |
| B.He examines the color of the ice cream. |
| C.He tastes the flavor of the ice cream. |
| D.He lets the ice cream cool down. |