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 . Inner Mongolia is one of ______ most beautiful places in ______ China.

A．the; the

B．a; /

C．a; the

D．the; /

3 . I got a dog yesterday as a birthday gift. ________ dog is very cute and I like it.

A．An

B．The

C．A

D．/

4 . It is ______ useful suggestion. I like it.

A．/

B．a

C．the

D．an

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

A．the

B．an

C．x

D．a

6 . As far as I know, most online shopping sites ask for________user name and passport before placing________order.

A．a; an	B．/; the
C．an; an	D．the; an

7 . Dialects in China have hit a bump in the road because mandarin is encouraged in daily life. In particular, ________ number of people speaking ________ Shanghai dialect is decreasing.

A．a ... /

B．the ... the

C．the ... /

D．a ... the

8 . Taylor said: “_________ child as she is, Kate should put forward _________ most difficult question for us to answer.”

A．/; the

B．a; the

C．/; a

D．the; a

9 . Jack was playing ________ guitar while I was playing ________ soccer.

A．a; /

B．the; /

C．/; the

D．/; a

10 . —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