1. I often have conversations with John over _____ telephone, while keeping in touch with Tom by ______ letter.

A. 不填；the    B. 不填；a     C. the；不填              D. the; a

2. "What about ________ school?" "It is as good, as anybody can see, _____ school as No 1 Middle School Attached to Hunan Normal University."

A. a; the        B. the; a         C. a; a                  D. the; the

3. The market for _____ used computers is getting larger and larger as _______ years go on.

A. 不填, 不填     B. the, 不填     C. the, the          D. 不填, the

4. "Charley Oakley, ______ NBA All-star, hasn't missed ______ game in the past three years." "I can hardly believe it."

A. an; the          B. a; the       C. the; a         D. an; a

5. In the market, vegetables are sold by _______ kilogram, I mean, by _______ weight. 

A. the; 不填       B.不填; 不填    C. the; the         D.不填；the

6. We are glad to see there is _______ good relationship between ______ teachers and students nowadays.

   A. /; /          B. a; /          C. the; the           D. /; the

7. In order to keep a good shape, Mrs. Flower is on _____ diet and takes Yoga as ______ regular exercise. 

   A. a; the           B. the; a       C. a; a        D. the; the 

8. You are so kind-hearted ______ man that you always give me a hand when I am in ______ danger. 

   A. a; a            B. a; /              C. /; the            D. the; the   

9. The six Chinese astronauts on ______ board will spend ten days in _____ space.

    A. the; /      B. the; a   C. /; the         D. /; /

10. David has gained ________ rich experience, and failing his driving test was also      _______ experience for him.

     A. /; /           B. a; an          C. /; an        D. a; /

11. _______ typist and ______ secretary is enough for such a small office as ours.

   A. A; /         B. A; a       C. /; the       D. A; the

12. This island is round in _______ shape, while that one is in ______ shape of a heart.

    A. /; the         B. the; /              C. the; a         D. a; the

13. ---Mary told me her children were left in ______ charge of a neighbour.

   ---No, her mother was in ________ charge of the children.

     A. the; the       B. the; /       C../; the          D. /; /

14. ---What did your father give you for your birthday?

   --- ______ most practical electronic dictionary. I like it though it's not very expensive.

     A. The          B. A       C. /        D. An

15. The microphone made _______ big difference to the performance and the party turned out to be _______ success.

   A. a; a              B. a; the          C. the; /        D. the; the

16. Most of us agree that _______ knowledge of English is ______ must when traveling abroad.

    A. /; /        B. a; /          C. a; a               D./; a

17. ---Will Jack take ______ possession of the company?

   ---No. It will remain in ______ possession of his father.

   A. the; the      B. the; /            C. /; the            D. /; /

18. My brother is a boy of ________ few words, but he comes to ______ life as soon as we start talking about football and football stars.

   A. a; /         B. /; /          C. /; the       D. a; the

19. "The golden week" is believed to be ______ time for us to relax, but making good use of _______ time is not easy.

    A. a; a         B. a; the                C. the; /           D. the; a

20. _______ second hat doesn't fit me, either. Could I look at _______ third one?

    A. A; a         B. The; the          C. A; the          D. The; a

21. 22. It is important to maintain _____ positive attitude, even if you are faced with ____ failure.

    A. a; the         B. the; /           C. /; a            D. a; /

22. National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, as _________ name suggests, is a memorial built in memory _______ of Dr. Sun Yat-sen.    

A. a; /           B. the; the    C. /; the         D. the; /

23. Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly _________ Atlantic Ocean alone, and she had set _______ record of flying time, fifty-six minutes.    

A. the; a         B. /; the    C. the; the         D. /; a

24. After many soldiers died on the battlefield, ________ living decided to take on _______ unfinished cause.    

A. the; the         B. a; the     C. /; an            D. the; an

25. It's _______ wonder that he ever reached Paris, because he set off with only ______ $5 in his pocket.

    A. a; a        B. /; /       C. a; /         D. /; the

26. ---I really like __________variety the shop offers.

   ---So do I. As far as l know, it offers _______ wide variety of toys at present. 

    A. the; a             B. a; a         C. a; the            C. /;a

27. 2. Allow me to introduce Professor Smith, ______ head of the history department in our university. He is ______ most popular teacher.

   A. a; the              B. /; a             C. a; a           D. a; /

28. The villager said he was scared to _______ death and some people got into ______ panic when a hurricane struck the village.

   A. the; a      B. the;