1 . When you finish reading the book, you will have __ better understanding of __ life.

A．a, the

B．the, a

C．/, the

D．a, /

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

A．the ; the

B．\ ; the

C．a; \

D．\ ; \

4 . George couldn’t remember when he first met Mr. Anderson, but he was sure it was _____ Sunday because everybody was at _____ church.

A．/; the	B．the; /
C．a; /	D．/; a

5 . 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

6 . Hiking is _________ great fun. You will get close to________ nature and take exercise at the same time.

A．a; the

B．/; /

C．/; the

D．a; /

7 . We all sighed with ________ relief when ________ plane finally landed safely.

A．a; /	B．/; the
C．a; a	D．a; the

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 . 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．/ ; /

10 . 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