2 . If you want to be ______ success, please remember that failure is the mother of ______ success.

A．the; a

B．/; a

C．a; /

D．the; the

3 . He spent too much time talking on _______ phone while we were all busy at _______ work.

A．the; /

B．a; /

C．/; /

D．the; the

4 . Sam has been appointed _____ manager of the engineering department to take _____ place of George.

A．/; /

B．the; /

C．the; the

D．/; the

5 . —Guess what? Tom has failed in the exam ____ second time.
—How come? He is ___ second to none in English in our class.

A．a; a	B．the; a
C．a; /	D．the; the

6 . Wouldn’t it be ____ wonderful world if all nations lived in ____ peace with one another?

A．a; /

B．the; /

C．a; the

D．the; the

7 . Despite the warm personal relations with Hu, Bush admitted that ___ differences remain between the two countries, which makes ____ dialogue imperative.

A．the; a

B．the; /

C．/; a

D．/;/

8 . Dr. Peter Spence, ____ headmaster of the school, told us, “____ fifth of pupils here go to study at Oxford and Cambridge.”

A．a; A

B．不填；The

C．the; The

D．不填; A

9 . What _______ pity that you must leave now! It is such _______ great fun to have dinner with you．

A．a; a

B．a; the

C．/; a

D．a; /

10 . 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．/ ; /