request

在美国英语里，像 request, ask, insist, suggest, demand 这样的动词，要求其宾语从句的谓语动词使用现在时虚拟语气，而在英国英语里则要求使用 should + 动词原形或现在时虚拟语气（在正式语体里）：

1. I requested that he leave. (LDCE) 我要求他离开。

2. It is requested that a vote be taken. (UED) 人们要求进行投票。

3. I suggest (that) he apply for the job. (LEG) 我建议他申请这份工作。

4. They insisted that we not eat meat. (CGEL) 他们坚持我们不要吃肉。

5. The employees have demanded the manager resign. (CGEL) 雇员们要求经理辞职。

6. I have asked that this proposal be submitted to a special committee in Dublin. (Yeats) 我要求这项提议交给都伯林的一个特别委员会。

7. I asked that I (should) be allowed to see her. (LDCE) 我要求允许我去见她。

8. They demanded that the right to vote be given to every adult man. (Hazen) 他们要求给每个成年人以选举权。

属于此类用法的动词还有: agree, allow, arrange, command, decree, desire, intend, move, order, propose, recommend, require, resolve, urge 等等。

1. He asked that it ____ done right away. A. is B. be C. shall be D. must be (TOEFL)

2. “Was the housemaster strict?” “Yes. He requested that we ____ television on week nights.” A. not watch B. must not to watch C. not be watching D. have not watched (TOEFL)

3. The teacher $\$frac{\text{required}}{\text{A}} that $\$frac{\text{all}}{\text{B}} the students $\$frac{\text{are}}{\text{C}} polite to $\$frac{\text{others}}{\text{D}} . (TOEFL)

4. We strongly suggest that Smith is told about his physical condition as soon as possible. (全国研考)

5. I ____ that the meeting be closed at once. A. suppose B. propose C. believe D. think(TOEFL)

6. I recommend that you all are diligent if you want to pass the exam. (TOEFL)

7. I ____ that he be punished. A. desire B. suppose C. think D. believe(TOEFL)

8. They ____ that we take these steps. A. believe B. think C. suppose D. urge(TOEFL)

9. I ____ that she come here soon. A. suppose B. demand C. think D. believe(Nelson)

10. It was ordered ____ put in order. A. the classroom to be B. that the classroom be C. the classroom to D. that the classroom was(日本高考试题)

11. It is ____ that the meeting be closed. A. nice B. good C. useful D. resolved(TOEFL)

12. Many students urged that the library be kept open during the vacation. A. complained B. thought C. asked earnestly D. applied(TOEFL)

13. It is politely requested by the hotel management that radios ____ after 11 o'clock at night. A. were not played B. not to play C. not be played D. did not play(全国四级,96.1-28)