The number of people in the party _____fifty, but a number of them ____ absent for different reasons.
| A．were; was | B．was; was |
| C．was; were | D．were; were |
---Mum，would you please buy me an MP5 player?
---If you can help do some housework the whole vacation，you ________have one as a reward.
| A．must |
| B．need |
| C．would |
| D．shall |
________a little earlier this morning！I missed the bus by only a minute and waited half an hour for another.
| A．If I had got up |
| B．If I got up |
| C．If only I had got up |
| D．If only I got up |
Do you know Herbie？I'm always running into him；he________live nearby.
| A．would |
| B．need |
| C．must |
| D．should |
---I didn't apologize to him for being unable to inform him of the change in the plan.
---But you________.
| A．ought to have |
| B．have to |
| C．should |
| D．must have |
Your cousin is said ________a new computer programme recently，but do you know when he will finish it?
| A．to design |
| B．to be designing |
| C．to have been designing |
| D．to have designed |