高中英语冠词的用法辨析单选题

--How do you pay the waitress?  ---As a rule, they are paid ____.

A．by hour

B．by the hour

C．by an hour

D．by hours

___ is different from that of the 19^th century.

A．New York of the 18^th century	B．The New York of the 18^th century
C．The New York of 18^th century	D．New York of 18^th century

Our manager goes to work ___.

A．in car

B．on car

C．by a car

D．in a car

This is ___ very dictionary I want to buy.

A．the

B．a

C．an

D．/

He has got used to sleeping in ___ daytime and working at ___ night.
A. /….the    B  the…./     C.the…the      D.the….a

Write ___ “s” here and write ____ “h” there, please.

A．a….a

B．an….a

C．a…an

D．an…..an

They stole the goods in the store and were put ____.

A．in a prison

B．in prison

C．at prison

D．in the prison

The British commander tried to make Nathan Hale ___, but he failed.

A．turn a traitor

B．turn the traitor

C．turn traitor

D．turn traitors

____she is !

A．How nice a girl

B．How nice girl

C．What nice a girl

D．What nice girl

It is ___ to be late.

A．too good a chance	B．too a good chance
C．too good chance	D．too good chances

Great men never give up ___ difficulty.

A．in a face of

B．in face of the

C．in the face of

D．in the face of the

It is ____ great pleasure for me to be praised in public.

A．/

B．a

C．an

D．the

They elected Lincoln ___ president of the United States.

A．a

B．an

C．the

D．/

She is very good at playing ___ piano and now she is teaching ___ piano at a music school.

A．the….the

B．/…the

C．the…./

D．/…./

The children put on ___ one-act play last Saturday.___ play amused everyone of us.

A．an…..An

B．a….An

C．an…The

D．a….The