1 . Our National Day is on ________ first day in ________ October.

A．a; the

B．the; a

C．the; /

D．a; /

2 . Do you know _________ Amazon River in South America is _________ second longest river in the world?

A．the; the

B．the; a

C．/; a

D．/; the

3 . Two Chinese astronauts headed outside the nation’s Tiangong space station on February 9, 2023 for   ________ seven-hour-long spacewalk, ________ first of the ongoing Shenzhou 15 mission.

A．a; the

B．the; the

C．a; a

D．the; a

4 . In one experiment, Wang Yaping used a Bing Dwen Dwen toy, ______ popular mascot of ________Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, to display how objects fly in weightless environment.

A．a; the

B．the; /

C．a; /

D．the; the

5 . 这位诗人偏爱乡间那悠闲的生活节奏。(prefer)(汉译英)

6 . He was on ________ phone when I paid ________ visit to him yesterday.

A．the; a

B．the; the

C．不填; the

D．the; 不填

7 . ---Annette has been complaining about_____ traffic keeping her awake at night.
---Yes, there is ________ heavy traffic on the road near the residential community.

A．/; /

B．/; the

C．a; the

D．the; /