"Hotel workers suspect that the fire was ignited by a cigarette and that a guestmay have thrown the cigarette into a bush from the pool deck."The modalauxiliary verb phrase"may have thrown”in the sentence expresses______.
A: high possibility in the past
B: low possibility in the present
C: high possibility in the present
D: low possibility in the past
A: high possibility in the past
B: low possibility in the present
C: high possibility in the present
D: low possibility in the past
D
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- Which of these followings are notions? A: Present time, past time, and future time B: Certainty and possibility C: Agent and instrument; D: Relationship between people and objects
- We use “————” to refer to weak possibility in the present and future.
- The authorities should have been____to the possibility of invasion .
- The aphotic zone (bottom of the ocean) will have ____ and ____ while the photic zone (surface of the ocean) will have ____ and ____. A: low temperature, low salinity; high temperature, high salinity B: low temperature, high salinity; high temperature, low salinity C: high temperature, high salinity; low temperature, low salinity D: high temperature, low salinity; low temperature, high salinity E: both have equal temperature and salinity
- I have not _______the possibility of his turning up so soon.
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There is a possibility that he has arrived this morning. => There is a possibility ____ this morning
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The growing______of the company is reflected in the high price of its shares. A: development B: probability C: potential D: possibility
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We have changed the ___ of the washing powder. A: formula B: process C: possibility D: method
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They have the capabiliy to complete the task in aweek. A: possibility B: competence C: courage D: mixture
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They have the capability to complete the task in a week. A: possibility B: competence C: courage D: mixture