26. Shelly prepared carefully for her English examination so that she could be sure of passing it at her first ______.
A. term B. purpose C. attempt D. time
27. It’s hard to imagine a large city without policemen, but such was the ______ in London in the early 18th century.
A. situation B. condition C. affair D. matter
28. --- Look! I’ve bought ______ new pen. --- What ______ beautiful pen! It in particular seems nice.
A. the; a B. 不填; a C. a; a D. a; the
29. The need for an operation，especially an immediate operation， almost always comes as a ______ to the patient and his family.
A. result B. happiness C. disappointment D. shock
30. He left ______ with my secretary that he would call again in the afternoon. He said he would keep ______.
A. words; his words B. word; his word C. word; word D. the word; his words
31. --- My son is lost. Did you see a boy pass by here? --- I saw ______ boy hidden behind ______ tree over there. You may go and have a look.
A. a; the B. 不填； the C. a; 不填 D. a; a
32. Greenhouse phenomena would cause ______ rise in sea levels worldwide and change ______ weather on the earth.
A. a; the B. the; 不 填 C. a; 不填 D. 不填; the
33. These young people are now making an active ______ to beautify our city.
A. part B. effort C. decision D. plan
34. Susan, ______ university student from Europe, teaches me ______ art in her spare time.
A. an; 不填 B. a; the C. a; 不填 D. an; the
35. Apples are usually sold by ______weight, and eggs are sometimes sold by ______ dozen.
A. the; the B. 不填; a C. 不填; the D. the; a
36. He is always full of ______ as though he never knew tiredness.
A. strength B. energy C. force D. power
37. From the top of ______ Empire State Building, you could see up to ______ distance of 130 kilometers on a clear day.
A. the; the B. 不填; a C. an; the D. the; a
38. I got ______ bad toothache yesterday, which kept me awake ______ whole night.
A. a; the B. 不填; a C. the; a D. a; 不填
39. See what you have done! Don’t you have a ______ of right or wrong?
A. thought B. feeling C. sense D. Knowledge
40. Miss Smith is a friend of ______.
A. Mary’s mother’s B. the mother of Mary C. mother of Mary’s D. Mary’s of mother
41. --- Who did you spend last weekend with? --- ______.
A. Palmer’s B. The Palmers’ C. The Palmers D. The Palmer’s
42. ______ are very popular with people all over the world, but do you know who was it that invented ______ telephone?
A. The telephone; 不填 B. Telephone; a C. The telephones; the D. Telephones; the
43. --- Where did you two have your ______ examined? --- At the ______.
A. stomaches; doctor’s B. stomachs; doctor C. stomachs; doctor’s D. stomaches; doctors’
44. --- ______ news? --- No. No news is ______ good news.
A. Some; a B. No; the C. Any; 不填 D. What; 不填
45. Don’t you think it ______ surprise that a German cannot speak ______ German language?
A. 不填; the B. a; the C. a; 不填 D. 不填; the
46. Many drivers were praised for their excellent work at the meeting, including two ______ drivers, who had ______.
A. woman; a few white hairs B. women’s; white hair C. women; some white hairs D. woman’s; many white hairs
47. --- What would you like, sir? --- ______.
A. Two cups coffee B. Two cups of coffees C. Two coffees D. Two cup of coffees
48. --- John is very bright and studies very hard. --- It’s no ______ he always gets the first place in any examination.
A. doubt B. problem C. surprise D. Wonder
49. He wrote ______ song, which turned out to be rather popular with ______ young.
A. the; the B. a; 不 填 C. a; the D. the; 不填
50. For the sake of her daughter’s health, she decided to move to a warm ______.
A. weather B. temperature C. season D. climate