30. The education of ______ young is always ______ hot and serious topic. 　　 A. 不填, 不填　　 B. the, a　　　 C. 不填, the　　 D. the, 不填 31. I often have conversations with John over ______ telephone, while keep in touch with Tom by ______ letter. 　　 A. 不填；the　　　 B. 不填；a　　　 C. the；不填　　 D. the; a 32. -John has put forward _______ most challenging question for us to answer. 　　 -Yes, it really is. I have never heard _______ harder one. 　　 A. the; 不填　　　 B. 不填; the　　　 C. the; the　　　 D. a; a 33. “What about ______ school?” “It is as good, as anybody can see, _____ school as No 1 Middle School Attached to Hunan Normal University.” 　　 A. a; the　　 B. the; a　　　 C. a; a　　　 D. the; the 34. The market for ______ used computers is getting larger and larger as______ years go on. 　　 A. 不填, 不填　　　 B. the, 不填 　　 C. the, the　　　　 D. 不填, the 35. “Charley Oakley, ______ NBA All-star, hasn’t missed ______ game in the past three years.” “I can hardly believe it.” 　　 A. an; the　　　 B. a; the　　　 C. the; a　　　 D. an; a

29. He is neither______ European, nor______ American. He is from______ Australia.

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

21. Since tasting the excitement of _____ big city life, she never wants to live in _____ country again. 　 A. the, the　　 B. 不填，不填　　 C. the, 不填　　 D. 不填，the 22. The operation is _____ success and the patient is now out of _____ danger.　 　 A. a, the　　 B. a, 不填　　 C. 不填, the　　 D. 不填，不填 23. As _____ writer, he was _____ complete failure. 　 A. a, a　　 B. a, the　　　 C. 不填，不填　　　 D. a, 不填 24. How strange! These years my birthday always falls _____. 　 A. on the Sunday　B. on a Sunday 　 C. on Sunday　　　　 D. at a Sunday 25. This is _____ best kind of _____ pen you can get here. 　 A. the, the　　 B. the, a　　 C. the, 不填　　 D. a, the 26. As is known to us all, _____ tiger is in _____ danger of becoming extinct. 　 A. the, a　　 B. the, 不填　　 C. a, 不填　　 D. 不填, the 27. He spent too much time talking on ______ phone while we were all busy at _____ work. 　 A. the, 不填　　 B. a, 不填　　 C. 不填, 不填　　 D. the, the 28. As _______ unemployment is very high at the moment, it’s very difficult for people to find _______ work. 　 A. the, 不填　　　 B.不填，不填　　 C. the, a　　 D. an, the

19．As far as I know, they spent _______ winter of 1999 in _______ UK.

　 　 A．the… the　　 　 B．/…/　　 　 C．the… /　 　 D． /… the

20 This is _________ best kind of _________ pen you can get here.

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

18．-What about ____ book?

　　 -It’s too difficult ____ book for beginners.

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

17. _____ quality of patience goes a long way toward your goal of creating _____ more peaceful and loving self.

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

16. Historically, _____ main material for making tables has been wood, but _____ metal and stone have also been used.

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

15. At midnight they reached _____ small village _____ east of _____ Everwhite mountain.

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

14. When it comes to bringing up children, some people say _____ discipline produces _____ happy, well-behaved child.

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

13. ---- Is _____ manager and _____ engineer to attend the meeting this afternoon?

　 ---- I have no idea.

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