21st Century is ______ a newspaper; it helps us know a lot about the world.

A. more than          B. no more than        C. not more than       D. no less than

The old man lives in the _______ island_______, but he doesn’t feel ______.

 A. lonely, alone, lonely        B. alone, lonely, lonely

 C. lonely, lonely, alone        D. alone, alone, lonely

They believe that there is __________ in the world.

A. no such a car            B. no such car     C. not such cars     D. not such car

---- This is ________ picture I told you about.

 ---- I see. Isn’t it _________ beautiful one?

A. a; a                   B. the; a                C. the; the                    D. a; the

Although it seemed to be _____ painful experience, he still found it ____ fun.

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

---- What ________ great fun it would be if we could light candles to celebrate his birthday!

---- Forget it! The teacher in ________ charge of our dorm won’t be happy to see that.

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

Nanjing, ______ old capital of the six dynasties, is becoming ______ beautiful city.

      A. a…a     B. the…the     C. the…a     D. an…the

---- Did you have ________ fun at the party?

   ---- Yes. It’s ________ shame that you missed it.

       A. a; a                          B. /; /                           C. /; a                          D. a; /

--- You have been on tour for a week in our city during May Day. What do you think about it?

--- Oh, what _________ different Yancheng! It isn’t _________ I saw last.

A. /; the one                        B. a; the one                 C. a; one                      D. /; one

Every national flag gives _____ country it represents ____ unique identity.

       A. a; an   B. the; a  C. the; an       D. a; a