解析:awesome"极好的,令人敬畏的";stubborn"固执的,顽固的";merciful"仁慈的,宽大为怀的";evident"明显的"。句意:她有时会倔得像头骡子,因此竭力说服她加入到我们当中没有意义。显然,stubborn符合题意。

答案:B

10.In our school,every student has free 　　　 to the library.

A.right B.chance

C.access D.use

解析:access to sth./sb."(使用某物或者接近某人的)机会或权力,(接近或进入某地的)方式,通路"。

答案:C

11.He was busy writing a story,only 　　　 once in a while to smoke a cigarette.

A.to stop B.stopping

C.to have stopped D.having stopped

解析:句子主语he是stop表示的动作的执行者,表示在写小说的时候偶尔停下来抽烟,表示伴随情况。

答案:B

12.-Dad,several days ago you said you would buy me a new bicycle.

-Yes,it's my 　　　 if you do better in your exam.

A.idea B.reality

C.promise D.fact

解析:promise用作名词,意为"诺言"。

答案:C

13.The old man put on his glasses 　　　 see better.

A.for the purpose B.in order that

C.so as D.in order to

解析:此处后面是短语而非句子,故排除B项;for the purpose of+n./v.-ing,故排除A项;C项应为so as to。

答案:D

14.The two world wars 　　　 a shadow over the people all over the world.

A.cast B.casted

C.have casted D.would cast

解析:句意:两次世界大战给全世界人民投下了阴影。两次世界大战早已过去,两次世界大战的阴影应该已经留下了,故排除D项;另外,cast的过去式和过去分词与原形相同。

答案:A

15.Though the research project 　　　 has cost much and still needs much more,it will play an important part in agriculture and industry in the long run.

A.being constructed B.constructing

C.constructed D.to be constructed

解析:根据下文信息"已经耗费很多,并还需要更多资金"可知,该研究项目正在建设之中,而且是construct所表示动作的承受者,所以要用现在分词的被动式作后置定语,表示正在进行着的被动动作。