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[分析]由待译内容“肯定”二字判断选择语气最强的情态助动词must,对过去事实的肯定推测“肯定/一定做过……”,用must have done;如果是表达否定推测,用can’t have done。 [答案]

can’t have been cleaned [例2] Some psychologists claim that people

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_______________(出门在外时可能会感到孤独).[2006.12]

[分析]①may/might表示“可能”可以互换使用,并无时间上的差异,只是用

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might在口气上比用may更加不甚肯定,从而比较婉转。can表示“可能”,多数情况用于否定句和疑问句。②注意alone(独自;单独)和lonely(孤独;孤寂)的辨析。

[答案]may/might feel lonely when they are away from home

[例3] I can’t boot my

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computer now. Something_______________(一定出了毛病)with its operation

system.[2008.6]

[分析]①表肯定的猜测多使用情态助动词“must”。②“出毛病”是常用词组,

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