1 . Christmas is _______ special holiday when _______ whole family are supposed to get together.

A．the; the

B．a; a

C．the; a

D．a; the

2 . Jane has lost weight by going on __________ diet and taking __________ exercise every day.

A．a；an

B．a；/

C．/；/

D．/；an

3 . As a young man, there was _______ time _______ I hated to go to school.

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

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

A．a; a

B．a; the

C．the; a

D．the; the

5 . It is _____third time that John has failed, but he still hopes to have_____ fourth try.

A．the; the

B．a; the

C．the; a

D．a; a

6 . 阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式(不多于3个单词)
There was a young flower in the desert     1    all was dry and sad looking... It was growing by itself,    2    (enjoy) every day and saying to the sun, "     3    shall I be grown up?" And the sun would say "Be    4    (patience) ! Each time I touch you, you grow a little." She was so pleased,     5    she would have a chance to bring beauty to this corner of sand. And this is all she wanted to do - bring a little bit of beauty to this world.
    6    one day the hunter came by and stepped on her. She was going to die and she felt so sad, not because she was    7    (die), but because she would     8    (ever) have a chance to bring a little bit of beauty to this corner of the desert.
The great spirit saw her, and was listening. - Indeed, he said... She should be living... So he reached down and touched her -- and gave her    9    second life.
Finally she grew up to be a beautiful flower. And this corner of the desert also became so beautiful because    10    the little flower.

7 . Wild animals have been overhunted, and as ____ result, some of them are among the animals in ______danger.

A．a; the

B．a; /

C．the; a

D．/ ; the

8 . Now ______ good many old people are also fond of playing games on ______ internet.

A．the; 不填

B．a; the

C．the; the

D．a; 不填

9 . ______ recent report stated that the number of Spanish speakers in the U.S. would be higher than the number of English speakers by ____ year 2090.

A．A; the	B．A; /
C．The; /	D．The; a

10 . -- What about _______ concert?
--Jay Chou’s concert? I didn’t go to it. To tell the truth, to buy _____ ticket of his is out of my reach at the moment.

A．the; the

B．the; a

C．a; a

D．a; the