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, 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.
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6.Mrs Taylor has ___8-year-old daughter who has _____gift for painting –she has won two national prizes.
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7.Afetr dinner he gave Mr. Richardson ________ride to ________Capital Airport.
A .the, a B. A,the C. /, a D. /, the
8.On May 5,2005,at ___World Table Tennis Championship ,Kong Ling hui and Wang Hao 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.
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10.The book tells ____life story of John Smith ,who left _______school and worked for a newspaper at the age of 16.
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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 knock 20 pence 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 .
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15.The 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 to improve the telescope Newton made _______discovery which completely changed ____ man's understanding of color.
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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.
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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 to break _____silence.
A. the, a B. a ,the C. a ,/ D. the,/

1．A report 可数名词， a recent report 一份近来的报告，是泛指；第二个空填the表特指示2090年。
2．B. by train 乘火车，by 在接交通工具时，一般不接冠词，如by bike , by ship ; 根据句意第二个空应该是泛指。
3．B． teachers 此处用名词复数表泛指，指一切老师；have a …… life 相当于live/lead a……life 过一种……样的生活.
4．D. leave the city离开这座城市。a Monday 某一个星期一，表泛指。
5. B. a large family一个大家庭；the ability此处表泛指“与别人相处好的能力”；others其他人表泛指。
6．C. have a gift for .....有做……的天赋，相当于have a talent for。
7. B. give sb. a ride 让某人搭车，此处ride 是可数名词，表示“搭车”。
8. D. the World Table Tennis Championship是专有名词，由普通名词构成的专有名词，一般前面要加the；with a score of......比分是……
9.B. a John Lennon一个叫做John Lennon的人，表泛指。

10. C leave school 毕业。
11．A. go to the hotel 去旅店；a bed 此处表泛指，“一个地方”。
12．C. the price 此处表特指，“原价”。
13．B.此句的意思是：在讲英语的加拿大人和讲法语的加拿大人之间的那种逐渐增长的分歧是这个国家一个主要担心的问题。第一个空用the 表特指；第二个空用a表泛指，泛指主要是担心问题中的一个。
14.A. leave college 大学毕业。
15.C.the part 特指在工业革命避所起的作用；the Industrial Revolution工业革命。
16.A. make a discovery有了一个发现；man’s understanding of color人类对于颜色的理解，在物主代词，名词所有格前，一般不用加冠词，man 用单数形式，前面不加冠词，可以表示“人类”。
17 B. a world of wonders 一个充满奇迹的世界；第二个空a world 是前面的同位语，因此还依然用a表泛指。
18.D.第一个空填an 表泛指类别。“一个A字型的小屋里”根据句意第二个句子应是对上文an shaped house 起同位语的用，进一步解释说明，所以还用a表泛指类别。
19.B. a large collection of ...... 一个较大的……收集，books为复数，用在此处表泛指。
20.B.saying a word ,此处a word 指“一个字”；the silence 表特指此时此刻的“沉默”。