He hurt his leg climbing the mountain; otherwise, he _____ the meeting.A．will at

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He hurt his leg climbing the mountain; otherwise, he _____ the meeting.

A．will attend

B．had attended

C．would have attended

D．would attend

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解析

考查虚拟语气。从otherwise“否则；要不然”可知事实上他没有参加会议，因此要用情态动词加完成时来表示对过去动作的虚拟，与过去的实际情况相反。

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Sir, you ______ be sitting in this waiting room. It is for women and children only.

A．oughtn’t to

B．can’t

C．won’t

D．needn’t

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I _____ have written to him because he phoned me shortly afterwards.

A．ought to

B．must

C．couldn’t

D．needn’t

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You _____ pay too much attention to your reading skill, as it is so important.

A．cannot

B．should

C．must

D．needn’t

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As is natural, a man as old as he ______ be very forgetful.

A．can

B．must

C．should

D．would

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—The poor people lived near the highway.

—_____ very noisy.

A．It must have been

B．They must be

C．That might be

D．There must be

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