高中英语冠词的用法辨析试题

—Have you heard that 13 Chinese sailors were killed in Thailand on Oct 5 ?
—Yes ,        news came as        shock to me .

A．the ; a

B．the ; the

C．a ; a

D．a ; the

Tom is ____  younger of the two newcomers. To be honest, I have never seen _____cleverer one.

A．/,/

B．a, the

C．the, a

D．/,a

The visitors here are greatly impressed by the fact that_______ people from all walks of life are working hard for_____ new Binhai.

A．不填; a

B．不填;the

C．the; a

D．the; the

－Good evening, Mr. Green. I’m sorry to bother you. But it’s the fourth of December today.
－Oh, Mrs. Baxter, _______ rent! I’m sorry it’s late. I’ll write you ______ check right now.

A．the; the

B．a; a

C．a; the

D．the; a

Nowadays it is difficult for people to find ________ work everywhere because ________ economic situation is very serious.

A．不填；an

B．a; the

C．不填; the

D．a; 不填;

It's no such ____ long distance from here to ____ supermarket. We can walk there.

A．a; the

B．the; a

C．/; the

D．/; a

We don’t need to do ___ extra work this evening. The day’s work was almost at ____ end now.

A．/ ; an

B．an; an

C．the; the

D．the; /

Unfortunately, ____ stone hit him on ______ head and he got injured．

A．the; a

B．a; 不填

C．a; the

D．the ; the

Susan, ______ university student from Europe, teaches me ______ art in her spare time.  

A．an; 不填

B．a; the

C．a; 不填

D．an; the

Ted couldn’t remember the exact date of the hurricane, but he knew it was _____ Sunday morning because everybody was at _____ church.

A．不填；the

B．the; 不填

C．不填；a

D．a; 不填

Beginning college is exciting: many of us can be easily excited by ___ details of running ______ well-balanced life.   

A．/; the

B．the; a

C．/;a

D．the; /

Tommy is ____ only child in the family, so his parents make ____ fuss of him.

A．an, \

B．\ , the

C．\ , a

D．the , a

Don’t touch _______ live wire, or you will get _______ shock．

A．the; the

B．the; a

C．不填; a

D．不填；不填

-- I bought the dress at _____ normal price.
-- Well, it’s a _____ bargain.

A．the half; a

B．half the ; a

C．a half ;the

D．half; 不填

--- An explosion at nuclear power plant in Japan caused several workers injured.
--- Yes, _________  news came as ________ shock to us all.

A．the;the

B．/;/

C．/;a

D．the;a