Modals Test 5

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence.

1) It’s a long journey and there may not be any restaurants on the way. You _________________ something before you leave.

2) I knew that Marcus didn’t have much money, but he has just bought a new car. He________________ the money from someone.

3) _______________ I get some plates while you are cutting the cake?

4) We _______________ anything tonight. We _______________ the leftovers from yesterday’s dinner party.

5) Mike couldn’t attend university because he _______________ his family when his father died.

6) Petroleum deposits can occur almost anywhere — they _______________ under deserts, under fertile land, or even under the sea.

7) Using the latest and most expensive technology, including nuclear batteries, space scientists _______________ to the furthest reaches of our solar system now.

8) Now remember, when you are in the race, you _______________ to run too fast in the first few laps because you will need plenty of energy for the final sprint.

9) There are some sounds that are out of the range of the human ear but which dogs _______________.

10) My sister _______________ a German teacher because her German was fluent, but she decided to become an accountant instead.

11) You _______________ me at work. The boss was really angry because he had warned me before about personal calls.

12) Sally _______________ Italian like a native, but since she moved to Indiana, she has forgotten most of it.

13) While there seem to be plenty of unexploited petroleum reserves, some experts worry that there _______________ enough to carry us through the next century.

14) Today no one can imagine what a battle at sea was like in the days of sail. It _______________ both an impressive and a frightening sight.

15) When we went to Japan, we _______________ anything for ourselves because our Japanese hosts took care of everything.

16) A: I hear a noise coming from the kitchen.

     B: My greedy brother _______________ for something to eat.

17) A: Did you know that classes were cancelled yesterday because the heating in the building failed?

     B: No, but I _______________ anyway because I was in bed all day with flu.

18) I know I _______________ for a job, but there are so few jobs for a person of my abilities that it is discouraging.

19) I _______________ the same computer program when I worked at a bank, so it _______________ easy for me to adjust to this new job.

20) He _______________ as carefully as he claimed he was. Why did he bump into the lamp post then?