3.-______I use your pen?I've lost mine.
-Of course.Here you are.
A.Need B.May C.Must D.Should(北京会考,96-27)
mustn't have done /couldn't have done
[问](1)I didn't see her in the
meeting-room this morning.She ______at the meeting.
A.mustn't have spoken
B.shouldn't have spoken
C.needn't have spoken
D.couldn't have spoken(上海高考,91)
标准答案为D。难道不能选A吗?
(2)-There were already five people in
the car but they managed to take me as well.
-It ______a comfortable journey.
A.can't be B.shouldn't be C.mustn't have been D.couldn't have been
(全国高考95-15)
标准答案为D。难道不能选C吗?
(3)Jack ______yet,otherwise he would have tele- phoned me.
A.mustn't have arrived
B.shouldn't have arrived
C.can't have arrived
D.need not have arrived
上海高考,97-19)
答案为C,能否选A呢?
(4)My sister met him at the Grand
Theatre yesterday afternoon,so he ______your lecture.
A.couldn't have attended
B.needn't have attended
C.mustn't have attended
D.shouldn't have attended(同上,2000-23)
答案为A,能否选C呢?
[答]上面的试题已不符合现代英语,尤其是美国英语的实际使用情况,应当改进。有充分的资料证明mustn't have done也可以用来表示"推测过去不可能发生某事"。例如: