1 . The workers are paid by ________ hour, but Mr. Li, ________ manager of the company promises to increase their incomes.

A．the; /

B．/; the

C．the; a

D．/; a

2 . ______ old lady watching flowers in the garden is ________ artist.

A．An; an

B．The; a

C．The; an

D．An; the

3 . It’s cloudy tonight. We can’t see _____moon.

A．the

B．an

C．x

D．a

4 . He put me on ______ spot a bit because he invited me right in front of his mum and I didn’t particularly want to go. (用适当的词填空)

5 . 下面每个句子都只有一处语言错误。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），并在其下面写出该词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下面划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
1. He held out his hand to help her on her feet.
2. Someone grabbed him by his collar, and he thought they were going to help him up.
3. These experiments justify changed the normal method of work.
4. She made some purchase from the shopping mall.
5. The problem is due to discipline, or, more precise, the lack of discipline, in schools.
6. Man’s ability to reason sets him apart to other animals.
7. The purpose of the program is promote an open exchange of ideas and information.
8. This is just a small taste of what is in store with you in this exhibition .
9. For young people, there is a plenty of time to change bad habits.
10. It is necessary of you to memorize more words in the process of learning a language.

6 . Tom took ________ place of our headteacher in ________ first few days of the last term.

A．the; the

B．/; a

C．/; the

D．the; a

7 . It is well-known that ________ year 2020 saw many developments in ________ science and technology, with those in the field of space science being particularly notable.

A．/; /

B．/; the

C．the; the

D．the; /

8 . —Tom,I'll invite you to have ________ lunch after playing ________ violin.
—Thank you.

A．a; the

B．the; the

C．a；不填

D．不填；the

9 . Many people gave away much money to ________ poor after the earthquake in Nepal.

A．the

B．a

C．an

D．不填

10 . The government is to throw ________ light on the new policy aimed at helping ________ unemployed on TV tomorrow.

A．the; an

B．/; /

C．a; the

D．/; the