二、用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每词限用一次，每空限填一词。

9. The box is ___________. I can carry it.

10. The discovery is of great ___________ to him in his study.

11. I made a few ___________ about how we could spend the afternoon.

12. Our teacher often ___________ him for his courage.

13. It must be very ___________ for you to tell her about the accident.

14. When we meet our teachers, we are supposed to ___________ them politely.

15. You'll be punished if you don't ___________ well at school.

Keys: empty; value; suggestions; praises; painful; greet; behave

三、单项选择。

16. I'm sleepy.I prefer __A__ at home to going out for a walk.(2013，徐州)

A. sleeping     B. to sleep     C. slept     D. sleep

【解析】考查固定句型的用法。prefer doing sth.to doing sth.意为“比起做某事，更喜欢做某事”。故选A。

17. Most students like the teachers __B__ understand them well.(2013，滨州)

A. which     B. who      C. where     D. when

【解析】考查定语从句的引导词。先行词是teachers指的是人，并且引导词在从句中作主语，故选B。

18. —In a text message, 88 means Bye­bye.

—And another example is F2F __A__ stands for face to face.(2014，黄冈)

A. that      B. who      C. whom     D. it

【解析】本题考查定语从句的引导词。先行词是F2F，指物，且引导词在定语从句中作主语，由此可知，that符合题意。故答案为A。

19. All of us went to the park __C__ Bob.He had to look after his sister.

A. besides     B. with      C. except     D. beside

【解析】考查介词的辨析。besides“除(某人/某物)之外(还有)”；with“和……一起”；except“除(某人/某物)之外”，表示所说的不包括在内；beside“在……旁边”。由句意“除Bob以外我们所有人都去公园了。他不得不照顾他的妹妹。”可知选C。

20. You were __C__ to close the windows.Why were you so careless? (2013，绵阳)

A. allowed     B. believed    C. supposed     D. caused

【解析】考查被动语态。be supposed to do sth.“被期望做某事”。由句意“你应该关上窗户。你为什么这么粗心呢？”可知选C。