1411] The government provides food and clothes _____ orphans.

[译文] 政府向孤儿提供食物和衣物。

　 A. by 　 B. at

　 C. with 　 D. for

[答案及简析] D。 provide sth. for sb. = provide sb. with sth.

1410] This plan is ____ perfect. Any opinions or suggestions are welcome.

[译文] 计划还不够完美，任何建议和看法都欢迎。

　 A. quite 　 B. no

　 C. far from 　 D. too

[答案及简析] C。 far from 远非。

1409] Raining hard, _____?

[译文] 雨下得很大，是吗？

　 A. doesn’t 　 B. does it

　 C. is it 　 D. isn’t it

[答案及简析] D。 省略句。Raining hard = it is raining hard,故反意疑问句要it。

1408] The price of apples is about four yuan per kg _____ average.

[译文] 苹果的价格平均大约四元钱一公斤。

　 A. on 　 B. at

　 C. in 　 D. from

[答案及简析] A。 on the average 一般说来，平均起来。

1407] It’s a great pity that he _____ so proud.

[译文] 真遗憾，他这样的骄傲。

　 A. is 　 B. was

　 C. should be 　 D. being

[答案及简析] C。 It is a pity that 后面的从句如果表示惊讶和意想不到时，要用虚拟语气。

1406] He took _____ deep breath and ____ the sea.

[译文] 他深深地吸了一口气然后潜入水中。

　 A. / ; dived into 　 B. a; dive into

　 C. the; dives into 　 D. a; dived into

[答案及简析] D。 take a deep breath 深吸一口气；dive into the sea潜入水中。

1405] He is a strong man. He has _____ frinds.

[译文] 他为人怪癖，很少有朋友。

　 A. a few 　 B. little

　 C. a little 　 D. few

[答案及简析] D。 解此题的关键在前句中的strong"怪癖"，故有后面的选择。

1404] ----- have you ever been to Beijing? ----- No, but I wish I _____.

[译文] --你去过北京吗？　　　--没有，但我希望我去过。

　 A. have 　 B. will

　 C. do 　 D. had

[答案及简析] D。 wish 后面的从句要用虚拟语气。

1403] The cloth sells ____ the yard.

[译文] 这布是按码计算的。

　 A. at 　 B. by

　 C. by 　 D. on

[答案及简析] B。 by the yard按码计算。

1402] A lot of questions have _____ at the meeting.

[译文] 许多问题在会议上被提了出来。

　 A. come to 　 B. come round

　 C. come up 　 D. come out

[答案及简析] C。 come to 谈及，涉及；come round 改变主意；come up 出现；被提出来；come out结果是。