2.C 该题考查冠词的用法。in the position of表“处于某一位置”，parent之后未加“-s”，故用a。

1. B。当概括事物的种类时，用定冠词，不用不定冠词；另外in danger of 是短语，不用冠词。

60．The most important thing about cotton in history is _____ part that it played in _____ Industrial Revolution. 　A．不填；不填　B．the；不填　　C． the; the 　D．a; the

1-5 BCCAA　　 6-10 CCCBD　 11-15 BABBB　 16-20 BCDAC

21-25 DBABC　 26-30 BABDB　 31-35 ADBAD　 36-40 ABBBC

41-45 DDCA　　 46-50 BDBDC　 51-55 BDDBD　 56-60 AAAAC

59．If you are looking for _____ good clothes shop, I think you can go to _____ Harrison’s. 　A．a; 不填　B．不填; the　C．a; the 　D．不填; 不填

58．It is believed that on December 21st, 1891, the first basketball game in _____ history was played．Then in 1936 in Berlin, it became _____ Olympic event. 　A．不填; an 　B．a; an 　C．the; the　D．不填; the

57．_____ new teaching building in our school was completed in _____ October of 2003, not in _____August. 　A．The; the; /　 　B．A; /; / 　C．A; the; the　 　D． The; /; /

56．Having received ________ training of the MS. Company, he was offered ________ important position in management.

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

55．Chicago is on ________ Lake Michigan. There is nothing in the world like ________ Chicago meat industry.

　A. the；the　　　　　　 B. 不填；不填

C. the；不填　　　　　 D. 不填；the

54．-What do you think of the manager of your company?

　　-Oh, he is ________ manager who’s pleasant to work with.

　It’s ________ pleasure to work with him.

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

53．Apples are usually sold by ________ weight and eggs are sometimes sold by ________ dozen.

　A. the; the　　　　　　 B. /;a

　C. /; the　　　　　　 D. the; a