一、基础练习
1. He takes___ active part in____ sports.
A. the; the       B. the;/      C. an;/          D./;the
2. The teacher came into the classroom, ______dictionary under_____ arm.
A. a; a           B. an; a      C. the; the      D./;/
3. A doctor told me to take ____medicine three times a day, stay in ___bed, then I would be better soon.
A. a; the         B. a; /       C. the; /        D. /; a
4. The southerners usually have _____rice for_____ lunch.
A. the；the       B. /; a       C. /; /          D. the;／
5. ______Einsteins did manage to send ______Einstein to a technical school.
A. /;/            B. An; an     C. The; /        D. The; an
6. ______snow is white. The snow that covers the top of the mountain is _____ beautiful sight.
A. The; the       B. /; /       C. /; a          D. /; the
7. We'll wait for you at the gate of ____school on _____National Day.
A. the; the       B. the；/     C. a; /          D. a; a
8. ______students in our school are mostly from_____ north．
A. The; /         B. The; a     C．/; the        D. The; the
9. The overseas Chinese have _____great love for______ their motherland.
A. a; the         B. an; /      C. the; /        D. a; /
10. We walked together ____arm in______ arm.
A. a; a           B. an; an     C. the; the      D. /; /
11. ____singer and _____dancer has accepted the invitation.
A. A; a           B. The; the   C. The; a        D. The; /
12. You can write a letter in _____ink or______ pencil.
A. /; a           B. /; /       C. a;/           D. an; a
13. They used to go swimming in the sea in ____summer, but during ___summer of 2004 they were too busy to go swimming at all.
A. the;/          B. /; the     C./;/            D. the; the
14. They had to work from morning till ____night in order to pay off ___ debts.
A. the; the       B. the;/      C./;the          D./;/
15. _____Yellow River is the pride of _____People's Republic off China.
A. The; a         B. A; a       C. The; the      D．/; the
16. All of ____sudden, we were caught in _____rain.
A. /; /          B. a; the         C. /;the        D. a; a
17. ___had been committed was not realized until later.
A. How serious a crime          B. How serious crime
C. How a serious crime          D. How crime serious
18.We have never seen ______man.
A. so handsome   B. so handsome a  C. a so handsome  D. so a handsome
19. You can hardly hope to succeed where _____ has failed.
A.  many greater man             B. a many greater man
C.  many a greater man           D. many greater a man
20. How did you pay the workers? As a rule, they were paid ______.
A. by an hour                    B. by hours
C. by a hour                     D. by the hour
21． It's ____great pleasure to go to ___cinema after a week's hard work.
A. a; the        B. the; a        C. a. a         D. the; the
22. As ____unemployment is very high at the moment, it's very difficult for people to find _____work.
A. the；/        B./;/            C. the; a       D. an; the
23. -Do you like your school life?
-It's hard to say. If there were no ____examinations, I should have ____much happier time at school.
A. an; a         B. /; a          C. a; the       D．/；/
24. A serious accident happened at ___crossroad, not far from _____New World Supermarket.
A. /;the         B. a; a          C. the;/        D. a; the
25. Mr. Smith told us that _____gold medal his son had got was considered ____great honor to the whole family.
A. the; /        B. a; a          C. the; a       D. a; the
26. _____computer is really _____most useful invention in the twentieth century.
A. The; a        B. The; /        C. A; /         D. /; a
27. All these changes will lead to _____stronger and powerful China, ____country that can surprise and enrich our planet.
A. a; a          B. a; the        C. the; a       D. the; the
28．-Really? Who will give _____lecture? What is it about?
-Professor Chen, ____president of Beijing University. About pollution.
A. the; a        B. the；/        C. a; the       D. a; /
29. -Hey, Mr. Smith, you are wanted on ______phone.
-who is calling?
- ____Mr. Green. I don't know who he is.
A. /; A          B. the;/         C. the; A       D. /; /
30. As is known to all,______ tiger is in ______danger of dying out.
A. a; a          B. the;/        C. a; /        D ．the; the

二、提高练习
1. Jumping out of ________ airplane at ten thousand feet is quite ________ exciting experience.  
A./; the　　        B./; an　        C.an; an　　        D.the; the
2. There’s ________ dictionary on ________ desk by your side.
A.a; the                B.a; a                C.the; a                        D.the; the
3. An accident happened at ________ crossroads a few meters away from ________ bank.    
A.a; a        B./; a        C./; the                D.the; /
4.The warmth of ________ sweater will of course be determined by the sort of ________ wool used.   
A.the; the        B.the; /                C./; the                D./; /
5.Mr.Li will give us ________ talk.________ talk will begin at 8:00.
A.a; The        B.the; A        C./; /　                D.a; A
6.The sun gives us ________ heat and ________ light.
A.the; the                        B.a; a                        C.a; the                                D./; /
7.—What do you need in dinner?     —I need ________.
A.a knife and a fork         B.a knife and fork C.the knife and fork        D.the knife and the fork
8.________ Mrs.Smith is waiting for you in your office.  A.The        B.A         C.One  D./
9.She’s on ________ People’s Daily.        A.the        B.an        C.a                D./
10._____ Einsteins could not pay for _____ advanced education that young Albert needed.     
A.The; the        B.A; a        C.An; the        D.The; an
11.She is ________ newcomer to ________ chemistry but she has already made some important discoveries.  
A.the; the        B.the; a           C.a; /        D.a; the
12.—Where is Jack?
—I think he is still in ________ bed，but he might be in ________ bathroom.
A./; /        B.the; the        C.the; /                D./; the
13.I don’t like talking on ________ telephone; I prefer writing ________ letters.
A.a; the                B.a; /        C.the; the        D.the; /
14.Many people are still in ________ habit of writing silly things in ________ public places.      
A.the; the        B./; /        C.the; /                D./; the
15.—If you don’t like the red coat，take the blue one.
—OK，but do you have ________ size in blue? This one is a bit tight for me.
A.a big                B.a bigger                C.the big                D.the bigger
16.I heard somebody playing ________ piano in ________ next room.
A.a; a                B.the; the                C.a; the                D.the; an
17.________ Pacific Ocean is ________ largest of all.
A.the; a        B./; the        C.the; the        D.a; /
18.Great changes have taken place in ________ 1990’s.
A./                B.a                C.the                D.an
19.Wouldn’t it be ____ wonderful world if all nations lived in _____ peace with one another?     
A.a; /        B.the; /          C.a; the        D.the; the
20.Alexander Graham Bell invented ________ telephone in 1876.
A./                B.a                C.the                D.one
21.In 1864，Lincoln was elected _____ President of ____ United States for the second time.     
A.the; the        B.a; a                C./; the                D./; /
22.John is ________ university student.       A./        B.any        C.a                D.an
23.The table is made of ____.  A.a wood  B.some wood         C.the wood         D.wood
24.We are going to learn ________ next week.
A.Twelfth Lesson        B.The Twelfth Lesson C.Twelve Lesson        D.The Twelve Lesson
25.—I’d like ________ information about the management of your hotel，please.
—Well，you could have ________ word with the manager. He might be helpful.
A.some; a                        B.an; some                C.some; some　         D.an; a
26.Paper money was in _______ use in China when Marco Polo visited the country in ______ thirteenth century.  
A.the; /                B.the; the        C./; the                D./; /
27.Most animals have little connection with ________ animals of ________ different kind unless they kill them for food.
A.the; a                        B./; a                        C.the; the                        D./; the
28.Alice is fond of playing _____ piano while Henry is interested in listening to _____ music.   
A./; the        B./; /        C.the; /                D.the; the
29.Oh，John.________ you gave us!
A.How a pleasant surprise                        B.How pleasant surprise
C.What a pleasant surprise                        D.What pleasant surprise
30.________ terrible weather we’ve been having these days!
A.How a                        B.What a                C.How                                D.What
31.Many people agree that _____ knowledge of English is a must in ____ international trade today.   
A.a; /                B.the; an                C.the; the        D./; the
32.Beyond ________ stars，the astronaut saw nothing but ________ space.
A.the; /                        B./; the                        C./; /                                D.the; the
33.—Have you seen ________ pen? I left it here this morning.
—Is it ________ black one? I think I saw it some where.
A.a; the                        B.the; the                C.a; a                                D.the; a
34.After watching ________ TV，she played ________ violin for an hour.
A./; /                                B.the; the                C.the; /                                D./; the
35.—Are you sure to help me find ________ bed for my new house?
—Sure，but not now. I’m heading for ________ bed and a good sleep.
A.a; /                                B.a; a                        C.the; a                                D.the; /
36.Charlie Chaplin was considered one of the greatest actors in ___ history of ___ cinema.
A./; /                                B.a; the                        C.the; the                        D.the; a
37.—What about ________ book?   —It’s too difficult ________ book.
A.a; a                                B.a; the                        C.the; the                        D.the; a
38.Towards ________ evening ________ cold rain began to fall.
A.an; the                        B.the; a                        C.the; /                                D./; a
39.She always plays ________ football after ________ school.
A.a; the                        B.the; the                C./; a                                D./; /
40._____ wheel is thought to be _____ invention of _____ first importance in human history.    
A.A; the; the        B.The; an; the        C.A; an; the                D.A; an; /
41.I felt someone patted me on ________ shoulder.    A.a                B.the        C.my        D./
42.—So you are running ________ restaurant?
—Yes，but I don’t want to make it ________ restaurant only for rich people.
A.the; /                B.the; the        C.a; the                D.a; a
43.Xi’an was ________ starting point of ________ world famous“Silk Road”.
A./;/                B.a; a                C.the; /                D.the; the
44.It is ten o’clock in the morning but he is still ________.
A.in the bed                B.at the bed                C.in bed                                D.on bed
45.More than half of ________ water used for drinking，washing and irrigating crops comes from under ________ ground.    
A.the; /        B./; the         C./; /        D.the; the
46.At noon we reached ________ small village ________ east of ________ Summer Palace.     
 A.the; the; the        B.a; /; the        C.a; the; the        D.a; /; /
47.The child had only ________ slight temperature，but the doctor regarded ________ illness as serious enough for ________ hospital treatment.
A./; /; the        B.a; /; /                C.a; the; /                D./; the; the
48.I had ________ lunch at a friend’s house yesterday.________ food was good.
A.the; /                B./; /                C.the; the                D./; The
49.—What is Jack going to do with all his money?
—He says he has always dreamed of taking ________ trip around ________ world.
A.a; the                B.the; the                C.a; /                D.a; a
50.Qingdao is ________ most beautiful city in summer.  A.the        B./         C.a                D.one
51.Just now you said you always got to work on _______ 8 o’clock train. But would _______ later train get you to work on time?  
A.a; a        B.a; the        C.the; the        D.the; a
52.The building was completed in ______ September of 1956 not in ______ October,1955.    
A./; the                B.the; the        C./;/        D.the; /
53.I would like to have _______ room，_______ window of which opens to _______ south.
A.a; the; a        B.a; the; the                C.a; /; /                D.a; the; /
54.There is _______ house in the picture.There is _______ old woman near _______ house.    
A.an; a; the  B.a; an; the                C.the; a; an                 D.a; the; an
55.________ Europe and ________ America are separated by ________ Atlantic Ocean.
A./; /; the        B.the; the; the        C./; /; /                D.the; the; /
56.There is ________“h” in the word“honest”.    A.a                B.the        C./                D.an
57.________ terrible life people in the small island lived at that time!
A.What                B.How                C.What a                D.How a
58.Father often says to me,“Be _____ honest boy today and _____ useful man tomorrow.”   
A.a; a        B.an; an        C.a; an                D.an; a
59.Things of ______ kind come together; people of _____ kind fall into _____ same group.   
A.the; the; the        B.a; a; the                 C.the; the; a        D.a; the; the
60.________ Suez Canal brought ________ east and ________ west closer.
A.The; the; the                B./; the; the                C.The; /; /        D./; /; /

参考答案
一、
1. C 2. D  3. C 4. C  5. C  6.C 7. B  8.D  9.D 10. D 11. D 12. B 13. B 14. C  15. C 
16. B  17. A  18.B  19. C  20.D  21. A  22.B  23. B  24.D 25. C 26.A  27.A 28.B 29. C 30.B
二、
1~5 CAABA        6~10 DBBAA                11~15 CDDCB                16~20 BCCAC
21~25 CCDBA                26~30 CBCCD                31~35 AACDA                36~40 CDDDB
41~45 BDDCD                46~50 BCDAC                51~55 DDBBA                56~60 DCDBA