1 . We hired our bikes from the rental place at the South Gate. My bike was old and shaky but did the job. It took us about 3 hours to go all ________ way around the Xi'an City Wall. （用适当的词填空）

2 . Unexpectedly，I'm face-to-face with the gorilla，who begins screaming at ________ top of her lungs. That makes her baby scream，and then a 400-pound male appears. （用适当的词填空）

4 . He is__________ failure as a businessman, but a success as an artist. （用适当的词填空）

5 . 周末我一般比平时晚起床一个小时。
On weekends I usually get up ____________ hour ____________ than usual.

6 . In the library, we found ______large atlas with good maps that showed details of world geography.

7 . I owed him ______ favour so I couldn’t say no. (用适当的词填空)

8 . A blog is ____________________ (一篇在线日记) where you write about something you’re interested in. (根据汉语提示完成句子)

9 . I caught _____ glimpse of the newspaper, from which I saw _____ report about the accident.

A．a; /

B．the; a

C．a; a

D．/; the

10 . ________ reading of all good books is like ________ conversation with the best men of past centuries.

A．The； the

B．A； a

C．A； the

D．The； a