1 . —Have you heard of the North Korea’s nuclear test?
—Yes，________news came as ________shock to me.

A．the；a

B．the；the

C．a；a

D．a；the

2 . 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

3 . ______ 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

4 . I don’t think the experiment is ______ failure. At least we have gained ______ experience for future success.

A．/ ; the

B．a ; the

C．a ; /

D．/ ; /

5 . The operation is _____ success and the patient is now out of _____ danger.

A．a, the

B．a, /

C．/, the

D．/，/

6 . As soon as __________ new film was released, it became __________ great hit in all big cinemas across the country.

A．a; the

B．the; a

C．the;/

D．a; a

7 . The biggest whale is ________ blue whale，which grows to be about 29 meters long—the height of ________ 9-story building.

A．the；the

B．a；a

C．a；the

D．the；a