Today the canal is still being used. Ships can be seen moving on ______ water no

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Today the canal is still being used. Ships can be seen moving on ______ water now and then. But it is no longer ______ busy water highway.

A．a, the

B．the, /

C．/, a

D．the, a

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解析

试题分析：句意：今天这条运河仍在被使用，时而可看见许多船只在这个水域通过，但是已不像以前那样是那么繁忙的水路了。这里第一空特指前面提到的运河水域，故用定冠词。第二空表示泛指，因为不同于以前了。故选D。
点评：本题难度适中。冠词是高中学生必须掌握的知识点，虽然在初中就提到冠词，由于冠词的用法太多，做题时必须根据不同的语境来确定用哪一个冠词。冠词在固定短语中的考查也是近几年的热点。
即学即练：We went right round to the west coast by sea instead of driving across continent.
　A. the; the B.不填;the C. the; 不填 D.不填;不填
解析：B。by sea意为“经海路”；by the sea意为“在海边”；表示大陆、大洋等的名词前通常要加定冠词。

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Don’t stand out in ____ cold or you’ll catch ____ cold.

A．the, a

B．the, the

C．a, a

D．a, the

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It will make ______big difference if this experiment becomes ______ success.

A．a; a

B．a; the

C．/; /

D．a; /

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We can never expect________bluer sky unless we create________less polluted world.

A．a; a　　　

B．a; the

C．the; a

D．the; the

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I like to have some coffee and ____piece of bread in ____cafe where I usually go．

A．a；the

B．不填；the

C．a；不填

D．不填；a

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Many lifestyle patterns do such ______ great harm to health that they actually speed up ______ weakening of the human body.

A．a ; /

B．/ ; the

C．a ; the

D．/ ;

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