Question

After she considered the problem, she got a tall box to stand ________.

A． on

B．up

C．a(chǎn)bove

D．by

Answer 1

A

不定式“to stand + 介詞”作定語修飾a tall box,其中被修飾詞在邏輯意義上是不及物動詞，只有加上吊尾介詞，句子意思才完整。吊尾介詞往往由于受到漢語的影響而缺少，吊尾介詞使用的場合有：
（1）定語從句中，先行詞被一個不及物動詞所修飾，不及物動詞后要接介詞，先行詞被“動詞 + 介詞”組成的短語動詞所修飾，介詞常在句尾。
He is the man I just spoke to.
(2)what、whose、who、whatever等引導的賓語從句，賓語從句出現(xiàn)吊尾介詞。
I can’t imagine what it is like.
(3) 強調(diào)句型，特殊疑問句中由于被強調(diào)部分和疑問詞位置變更，常出現(xiàn)吊尾介詞。
It was the poor boy that we gave the books to.
What for? Where to? Who with?
(4)不及物動詞的不定式修飾表“涉及對象、場合、工具、方式、材料”等意義的名詞時常帶吊尾介詞。
a room to live in, a bench to sit on
There is nothing to worry about.
She is a good girl to work with.
(5)某些形容詞后接不定式或“動詞 + 介詞”型短語，動詞的不定式形式表“反射”，常用吊尾介詞。
①fit、easy、hard、comfortable、difficult、heavy等形容詞后。
②The river is good to swim in.
The box is too heavy to carry.
③be worth doing sth.,be worthy of being done / to be done, want/
require / need doing