1 . 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

2 . If my train is on ____ schedule, I will be home at   ____ midnight.

A．the ; the

B．\ ; the

C．a; \

D．\ ; \

3 . 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

4 . In the face of _____ failure, it is vital that we should keep up _____ good state of mind．

A．a; /

B．/; a

C．the; /

D．/; the

5 . Late in the afternoon, they arrived at ______ small village ______ north of the West Hill.

A．the, the

B．a, \

C．a, the

D．the, \

6 . Sophie dreams of walking in______ outer space like ______astronaut one day.

A．/; the

B．/; an

C．an; an

D．a; an

7 . Mr. White graduated from _____ Cambridge University with a degree in ____ physics.

A．the; a

B．a; a

C．a; the

D．/; /

8 . 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．/;/