1 . People liked O. Henry’s stories, because simple as the tales were, they ______ finish with a sudden change at the end, to the readers’ surprise.

A．could

B．would

C．might

D．must

2 . I advise you to stay away from Mary. Although she is usually easy-going, she ______be quite annoying sometimes.

A．can

B．need

C．must

D．should

3 . It is very important that we          be honest about what we do not know.

A．need

B．will

C．must

D．can

4 . During the special period of fighting against the infective illness, you ________ wear a mask when going out.

A．must

B．can

C．need

D．may

5 . Waking up suddenly________lead to rapid heart rate and high blood pressure.

A．must

B．would

C．can

D．shall

6 . I asked in the bookshop about Will Dutton’s latest book, but all they           tell me was that it would come out before the end of the year.

A．might

B．must

C．could

D．should

7 . As a smoker, you ________ remember that the damage passive smoking does to people’s health and people’s lives is also very serious.

A．can

B．would

C．must

D．might

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pull one’s weight;   mistake...for;   moreover;   in a mess;   establish; break down;   devote;   take into account;   apologise;   affect have a great effect on;   urge;   criticize;   weave;   adopt

1. It was a struggle for him to finish the experiment, with the room ________ after he finished it.
2. Apple has given in to intense pressure from Chinese state media about its customer service practices, ________ to consumers in its second-largest market.
3. Bob has never ________ and we all have to work harder to make up for his laziness.
4. I’d ________ his reputation with other farmers and business people in the community, and then make a decision about whether or not to approve a loan.
5. What you described is not true. You must ________ your imagination ________ your memory.
6. If George keeps on working so hard, he’ll ________ sooner or later.
7. The company will ________ this safety net to defend the most widespread internet worms.
8. The business manager ________ me just now for not finishing the work in time.
9. I don’t want to go skating and, ________, the ice in the river is too thin.
10. A technology ________ various aspects in our life, ranging from education to medicine, and so on.
11. She will never allow personal problems ________ her performance at work.
12. Parents should actively________ their children to take advantage of the opportunity to join sports teams.
13. China ________ economic relations with other nations since President Xi Jinping visited 22 countries last year.
14. ________ the teacher’s advice, the boy solved the problem easily.
15. ________ himself to his research work, the professor cared little about any other thing.

9 . I wonder why we________ eat out all the time when we can cook our own meals at home.

A．may

B．would

C．should

D．must

10 . — Why don’t you enter the office? They are waiting for you.
— The door ________ open, no matter how hard I pushed.

A．won’t

B．can’t

C．mustn’t

D．needn’t