1291] My brother is ugly, _____ most of his classmates like him.

[译文] 我弟弟长得丑，但大部分的同学喜欢他。

　 A. then 　 B. instead

　 C. however 　 D. but

[答案及简析] D。 表示转折。

1290] It’s _____ to see all the children look fine at school.

[译文] 看到孩子们在学校很健康，使人高兴。

　 A. pleased 　 B. pleasant

　 C. happily 　 D. well

[答案及简析] B。 be pleasant使人感到愉快的，一般是物做主语；be pleased一般是人作主语。

1289] He’s got _____ in his pocket.

[译文] 他身上有很多零钱。

　 A. changes 　 B. a change

　 C. lots of changes 　 D. a lot of change

[答案及简析] D。 chang 表示零钞，小钱时是不可数名词。

1288] My dictionary _____. I have looked for it everywhere, but still _____ it.

[译文] 我的词典丢了，到处找也没找到。

　 A. has lost; don’t find 　 B. is missing; don’t find

　 C. has lost; haven’t found 　 D. is missing; haven’t found

[答案及简析] D。 be missing = be lost表示丢失了的状态。

1287] It looks _____ it is going to rain.

[译文] 看起来好像要下雨了。

　 A. that 　 B. as if

　 C. as 　 D. like

[答案及简析] B。 as if 好像。

1286] If we work with a strong will, we can overcome any difficulty, _____ great it is.

[译文] 如果我们带着强烈的意愿去工作，我们就能克服任何困难，无论困难有多大。

　 A. what 　 B. how

　 C. however 　 D. whatever

[答案及简析] C。 修饰形容词只能用however同时它引导一个让步状语从句。

1285] She has _____ little schooling that she can’t teach _____ little children.

[译文] 她没受多少学校教育，故不能教她的小孩。

　 A. so; so 　 B. such; such

　 C. such; so 　 D. so; such

[答案及简析] D。 当名词前有little, few等表示数量的词修饰，用so而不用such。

1284] Would you please do me a ______?

[译文] 请你帮我一个忙？

　 A. help 　 B. hand

　 C. favor 　 D. note

[答案及简析] C。 do sb. a favor 帮某人的忙。

1283] Would you please do _____ the room first?

[译文] 请你把房间先整理一下！

　 A. up 　 B. for

　 C. by 　 D. on

[答案及简析] A。 do up 整理，包扎，捆，打扮，梳头等。

1282] _____ they’ll go to the Summer Palace ____ the weather.

[译文] 他们是否去颐和园得看天气。

　 A. If; depends on 　 B. Whether; depends upon

　 C. Whether; depended on 　 D. If; depended upon

[答案及简析] B。 if 在句首不能引导主语从句，只能用whether。