12．It is said that ________ wool produced in Australia is of ________ high quality.
A．/；/ B．the；/ C．the；a D．the；the 答案 B
解析 考查冠词用法。句意为：据说澳大利亚产的羊毛质量很好。“produced in Australia”是后置定语，所以前一个空格处用the表示特指；后一个空格处是“be of＋抽象名词”结构，名词前不用冠词。
13.I’m your cousin，John.You don’t have to go to ________ hotel.I can find you ________ bed in my apartment.
A./；a B.a；the C.the；a D.the；the
答案 C
解析 句中的hotel应该是对话双方都知道的特定的；而bed在句中应该表泛指，故选C。
14．When you grow up in________ large family，you are more likely to develop________ ability to get on well with others. A．the；the C．a；a 答案 D
解析 考查冠词的用法。句意为：如果你是在一个大家庭里长大，你就越有可能有与别人相处好的能力。第一个空考查不定冠词a表示泛指的用法，a large family“一个大家庭”；第二个空考查定冠词the表示特指的用法，to get on well with others作ability的定语，特指这种能力。
15．—I hear that there was a terrible crash in the subway in Shanghai the other day.
—Yes，________news came as________ shock to all of us. A．the；the C．the；a 答案 C
解析 考查冠词的用法。第一空表特指；第二空属于抽象名词具体化，a shock意为：一件令人震惊的事。
B．a；/ D．/；a B．the；a D．a；the
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