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单项选择:
( )1.When Linda was a child,her mother always let her have ______ bed.
A.the breakfast in B.the breakfast in the C.breakfast in D.breakfast in the ( ) 2.Beyond ______ stars the astronaut saw nothing but ______ space.
A.the,不填B.不填,the C.不填,不填D.the,the
( ) 3.Alexander Graham Bell invented ________ telephone in 1876.
A.不填B.a C.the D.one
( ) 4.After watching ____ TV,she played _____ violin for an hour.
A.不填,不填B.the,the C.the,不填D.不填,the
( ) 5.Many people are still in ____ habit of writing silly things in ____ public places.A.the,the B.不填,不填C.the,不填D.不填,the
( ) 6.Paper money was in ____ use in China when Marco Polo visited the country in ____ thirteenth century.
A.the,不填B.the,the C.不填,the D.不填,不填
( ) 7.Have you seen ______ pen? I left it here this morning.
Is it ____ black one? I think I saw it somewhere.
A.a,the B.the,the C.the,a D.a, a
( ) 8.She is _____ newcomer to ____ chemistry but she has already made some important discoveries.
A.the,the B.the,不填C.a,不填D.a,the
( ) 9.Many people agree that ___ knowledge of English is a must in ____ international trade today.A.a,不填B.the,an C.the,the D.不填,the
( ) 10.______ usually go to church every Sunday.
A.The Brown B. A Brown C.Browns D.The Browns
( ) 11.The train is running fifty miles ______.
A.an hour B.one hour C.the hour D. a hour
( ) 12.___ earth we live on is bigger than___ moon.
A.The,a B.The,the C.An,a D.An,the
( ) 13.—What’s the matter with you ?
—I caught ___ bad cold and had to stay in ___bed.
A.a,/B.a,the C.a,a D.the,the
( ) 14.—Do you know ___ lady in blue?
—Yes.She is a teacher of a university.
A.the B.a C.an D./
( ) 15.—Where’s ___ nearest supermarket?
—It’s over there,just around the corner.
A.a B.an C.the D./
( ) 16.The young man will work in ___ school as a maths teacher.
A.the B.a C.an D./
( ) 17.Most of the representatives think that ______ the meeting was very successful.A.on whole of B.on a whole C.on the whole D.on the whole that
( ) 18.The investigators found that more should be done for ______ in India.
A.those poor B. a poor C.poor D.the poor
( ) 19.He grabbed me ______ and pulled me onto the bus.
A. a arm B.an arm C.the arm D.by the arm
( ) 20.“How did you pay the workers?”
“As a rule,they are paid ______.”
A.by an your B.by the hour C.by a hour D.by hours
( )21.What _____ exciting football match!Our team beat Tom’s team at last.A.a B.an C.the D./
( ) 22.In the United States,Father’s Day falls on _____ third Sunday in _____ June.
A.the,不填B.the,a C.不填,the D.a,不填
( ) 23.I have two dogs.______ black one is two years old and ______ yellow one is three years old.A.A,a B.The,a C.The,the D.A.the
( ) 24.______ new bridge has been built over ______ Huangpu River.
A.The,a B.A,/C.A,the D.An,an
( ) 25.-What colour is ______ orange?
-It’s _____ orange.
A.an,an B.an,the C.an,/D./,an
巩固题:
( ) 1.______recent report stated that the number of Spanish speakers in the U.S .would be higher than the number of English speaker by_____ year 2090.
A. A, the
B. A, /
C. The ,/
D. The, a
( ) 2.If you go by ______train ,you can have quite a comfortable journey ,but make sure you get
_____fast one.
A. /, /
B./, a
C. the, a
D./,/
( ) 3. It is often said that ____teachers have _______very easy life.
A /,/ B. /,a C. the,/ D. the, a
( ) 4.I can’t remember when exactly the Robinsons left _____city ,I only remember it was ______ Monday.。
A. the , the
B. a ,the
C. a, a
D. the, a
( ) 5.If you grow up in ______large family ,you are more likely to develop _____ability to get on well with ______others .
A. /,an the
B. a, the ,/
C. the ,an ,the
D. a, the ,the
( ) 6.Mrs ,Taylor has ___8-year-old daughter who has _____gift for painting –she has won two national prizes.
A. a, a
B. an ,the
C. an ,a
D. th
( )7.Afetr dinner he gave Mr. Richardson ________ride to ________CapitalAirport.
A .the, a B. a the C. /, a D. /, the
( )8.On May 5,2005,at ___World Table Tennis Championship ,Kong Ling hui and WangHao won the gold medal in men’s with ____score of 4:1.
A. a ,a
B. / the
C. a ,/
D. the ,a
( )9.I knew ______John Lennon ,but not ____famous one.
A. /,a
B. a ,the
C. /,the
D. the, a
( )10.The book tells ____life story of John Smith ,who left _______school and worked for
a newspaper at the age of 16.
A. the, the
B. a , the
C. the./
D. a,/
( )11.When you come here for your holiday next time, don’t go to _____hotel ; I can find you
______bed in my flat.
A. the ,a
B. the,/
C. a ,the
D. a,/
( )12.If you buy more than ten, they will knock20pence off________.
A. a price
B. price
C. the price
D. prices
( )13.____on-going division between English –speaking Canadians and French-speaking Canadians is _______major concern of the country.
A. The ,/
B. The ,a
C. An ,the
D. An,/
( )14.When he left _____college ,he got a job as ______reporter in a newspaper office .
A. /, a B /, the C .a the D .the, the
( )15The most important thing about cotton in history is ___part that it played in ____Industrial Revolution.
A. /,/
B. the,/
C. the , the
D. a ,the
( )16.While he was investigating ways t improve the telescope Newton made _______discovery which completely changed ____ man’s understanding of color.
A. a ,/
B. a ,the
C. /, the
D. the ,a
( )17.It is ___world of wonders, _____world where anything can happen.
A. a. the
B. a, a
C. the, a
D. /,/
( )18.The Wilsons live in ______A-shaped house near the coast . It is _______17th century cottage. A. the, / B. an, the C. /, the D. an ,a
( )19.Tom owns ______larger collection of ______books than any other student in our class.
A. the ,/
B. a,/
C. a ,the
D. /, the
( )20.For a long time they walked without saying ___word .Jim was the first t break _____silence. A. the, a B. a ,the C. a ,/ D. the,/
( )21.There was ____time _____I hated t go to school.
A. a ,that
B. a ,when
C. the ,that
D. the ,when
( )22.When you finish reading the book ,you will have ______better understanding of ______life., A. a, the B. the .a C. /,the D.a,/
( )23.I earn 10dollars ____hours as ____supermarket cashier on Saturday.
A. a, an
B. the ,a
C. an ,a D . an ,the
( )24The sign reads “in ease of___fire ,break the glass and push _____red button”
A. /,a
B. /,the
C. the ,the
D. a ,a
( )25.I don’t l ike talking on ______telephone ; I prefer writing ____letter.
A. a, the
B. the./
C. the ,the
D. A ,/
( )26.Jumping out of ____airplane at ten thousand feet is quite _____exciting experience.
A. /, the
B. /, an
C. an. an
D. the, the
( )27.One way to understand thousands of new words in gain _____good knowledge of basic word formation.
A. / B the C. a D. one