练习（一）、冠  词

1. In America, ____ car is ____ popular means of transportation（交通设施）.

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

2. ---- What happened?         ---- They left in such ____ hurry that they forgot to lock ____ door.

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

3. There were two small rooms in the house, ____ smaller of which served as ____ kitchen.

       A. a, the                B. the, a                C. the, the             D. a, a

4. I ordered ____ book some time ago. ____ book has arrived.

       A. a, The               B. the, A                C. a, A                  D. /, The

5. Mr Smith is ____ European and his wife is ____ American.

       A. an, an               B. a, a                   C. a, an                 D. an, a

6. Lesson 10 is ____ most difficult lesson, but it isn’t ____ most difficult lesson in Book One.

       A. a, a                   B. a, the                C. the, the             D. the, a

7. My sister works in a factory. She goes home once ____ month.  A. a  B. an       C. the      D. every

8. He was absent because he had caught ____.

       A. heavy a cold      B. the heavy cold    C. a heavy cold     D. heavy cold

9. ____ water is ____ liquid.         A. The, a        B. A, a            C. /, /             D. /, a

10. In winter ____ people often hang up wet clothes near ____ fire.

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

11. He has tried twice, and the captain asks him to have ____ third try.

       A. a                      B. the                    C. another             D. other

12. He was a top student in the class, he often got ____ in English.

       A. first                  B. a first                C. second                     D. the second

13. ____ horse is ____ useful animal.          A. The, the     B. The, a        C. The, an      D. /, a

14. Tom left Shanghai in ____.

       A. the summer 1995      B. summer 1995     C. 1995 the summer      D. the summer of 1995

15. ____ children here live ____ most happy life.        A. The, the     B. The, a  C. The, /      D. /, the

16. The soldier died during ____ World War I.            A. the      B. the first      C. /         D. a

17. In ____ Marx began to learn Russian.

       A. a 1870                     B. 1870s                C. the year of 1870        D. the 1870s

18. Alice is ____ of the two girls.         A. taller          B. the tall        C. more tall     D. the taller

19. ---- Can your sister play ____?              ---- No, but she can play ____.

       A. the tennis, the piano   B. tennis, piano      C. the tennis, piano        D. tennis, the piano

20. The introduction is always in ____ of a book.             

A. front                 B. the front            C. a front                    D. instead

21. She touched her daughter gently ____ shoulder.

       A. in her                B. on her               C. in the                D. on the

22. Both ____ wounded and ____ sick were sent to safety.

       A. /, /                    B. the, the              C. /, the                 D. the, /

23. ____ doctors and ____ nurses should care for their patients.

       A. The, the            B. /, /                    C. The, /               D. /, the

24. Tell us the story as ____ Mother told you.           A. a        B. the      C. an       D. /

25. Do you know how long ____ has lived on the earth?   

A. man                  B. the man             C. a man               D. men

26. The man was once thrown into ____ prison for robbing the bank.        A. a  B. an   C. the    D./

27. ____ Mount Tai is in the east of China.          A. A        B. The     C. /         D. That

28. I like ____ history. I am studying ____ history of China.

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

29. He wrote a letter ____ pencil.         A. with           B. in               C. in a            D. use a

30. On October 1, the Chinese people celebrated ____ with new achievements and victories.

       A. National Day      B. the National Day        C. our National Day       D. a National Day