The poet and _________ artist is going to give us a talk this afternoon.   

A. a                   B. an                         C. the                        D. \

He made up _________excuse to the teacher that he needed to look after his sick mother. Soon it turned out to be _________ failure.

   A. a; a                B. an; /              C. a; /             D. an; a

---I heard that more than 500 people were killed in ten days during that Cholera outbreak.

   ---Yes, ______ news came as ______ shock to us.

    A. the; /             B. the; a                     C. /; a                       D. /; /

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

——What do you think of Yuan Longping?     

——____ man of ____ great achievement.

A. The; /       B. / ; /        C. A; the         D. A; /

The medical reform in that country turns out to be ______ failure, but as we know, success often comes after ______ failure.

   A. a; the                    B. a; 不填                C. a; a                     D. 不填; 不填

Much to ________ surprise of the students, the concert which was held once a year turned out to be ________ complete failure.

    A. /; a                            B. the; a                          C. the; /                     D. /; /

Going on a trip into ______ space must be quite ______ exciting experience.

A. / ; the                       B. the; a                 C. the; an                 D. / ; an

This book tells ____life story of John Smith, who left ____ school and worked for a newspaper at the age of 16.

A. the; the;    B. a; the      C. the; /    D. a; /

Will computers take ________ place of humanbeings? As_______ matter of fact, it is still _______question.

A. /, the, a      B.   The, a, the      C.  the, a, a       D.   /, a,  the