In our class, when the bell rang and the teacher closed his book, it was a ______ for everyone to stand up.

A. signal        B. chance          C. mark            D. measure

The Wilsons live in ______A-shaped house near the coast . It is _______17^th century cottage.

the, /  B. an, the  C. /, the D. an ,a

All of _____ sudden, the passengers on _____ board let out screams, running upstairs like crazy.

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

John is ______ European but doesn’t know or speak ______English language at all.

A. an，a        B. a，the       C.  the ，an        D. a，不填

When you finish reading the book, you will have______ better understanding of ______ life. 　

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

How about taking __________ short break? I want to make __________ call.

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

The biggest whale is ___ blue whale, which grows to be about 29 meters long—the height of ____ 9-story building.

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

---- I' m surprised to hear that Sue and Paul have __   .

----So am I. They seemed very happy together when I last saw them.

A. broken up          B. finished up       C. divided up        D closed up

 _______ is our belief that improvements in health care will lead

to a stronger，more prosperous economy．

A．As    B．That    C．This D．It

_________ the right kind of training , these teenage soccer players may one day grew the international stars.

A. Giving     B. Having given     C. To give       D. Given