14. ------I hear as many as 50 children were killed in the accident.

------Yes, _____news came as _____ shock to me.

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

15. -----Are you used to our food here?

------More or less, but ______knife and _______fork is still a problem.

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

16. Karl Marx first discovered ______political theory known as _______communism.

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

17. _____library building in our school was completed in _____May of 1998, not in_______April, 1997.

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

18. ------What do you think of ______ president?

-------I didn’t care for him at first, but after ______ time I got to like him.

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

19. ------ He sent ______word that you shall go to his office after class.

------I know. And ______word has come that you are the next person he wants to see.

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

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