1 . The sportsman didn’t manage to break _____ record, but it was _____ good try.

A．a; the

B．the; a

C．a; 不填

D．the; 不填

2 . --I hear that there was a terrible crash in the subway in Shanghai the other day.
--Yes, _____ news came as _____ shock to all of us.

A．the; the

B．a; /

C．the; a

D．/; a

3 . —Have you seen ______ film before?
—Yes. I saw it on ______ Christmas Day, but I can’t remember the exact year.

A．the, a	B．a, the
C．a, a	D．the, the

4 . Though David talked about the origins of ______ universe, I didn’t think what he said made ______ sense.

A．the; /	B．the; a
C．/; /	D．/; a

5 . Dan Brown，_____ author of The Da Vinci Code， is _____ very famous American writer．

A．a;the	B．the;the
C．the;a	D．a;a

6 . Have you got these jeans in ________ larger size? This pair is a bit too small around ________ waist.

A．a; the	B．/; the
C．the; /	D．a; a

7 . Quancheng Square is one of _____ largest in China, _____ second to Tiananmen Square.

A．the; the

B．the: a

C．/; the

D．the; /

8 . —Where can we park        car?
—Don’t worry. There’s sure to be        parking lot nearby.

A．the; the	B．the; a
C．不填; a	D．不填; the

9 . The party last night was ______ success. We sang and danced until it came to ______ end at 12:00.

A．a; an

B．a; the

C．the; an

D．/; an

10 . This book tells _________ life story of John Smith, who left _________ school and worked for a newspaper at the age of 18.

A．the; the	B．a; the
C．the; /	D．a; /