(2013·高考福建卷)The“Chinese Dream”is ________ dream to improve people’s well?being and ________ dream of harmony，peace and development.

A．the; a? B．a; a

C．a; the? D．the; the

(2013·高考江西卷)Animals are obviously________lower form of life than________man.

A．a；/? B．the；the

C．a；the? D．/；/

(2013·高考新课标全国卷Ⅱ)Four and? ________ half hours of discussion took us up to midnight，and? ________ break for cheese，chocolate and tea with sugar.

A．a；a??? B．the；the

C．不填；the??? D．a；不填

(2013·高考浙江卷)People develop ________ preference for a particular style of learning at ________ early age and these preferences affect learning.

A．a；an?? B．a；不填

C．不填；the?? D．the；an

(2013·高考新课标全国卷Ⅰ)The sunlight is white and blinding，________hard?edged shadows on the ground.

A．being thrown　　　B．throwing

C．to throw? D．to be thrown

(2013·高考新课标全国卷Ⅱ)I got to the office earlier that day，________the 7∶30 train from Paddington.

A．caught?? B．to have caught

C．to catch??? D．having caught

(2013·高考北京卷)________the course very difficult，she decided to move to a lower level.

A．Find? B．Finding

C．To find? D．Found

(2013·高考重庆卷)When I was little，my mother used to sit by my bed，________me stories till I fell asleep.

A．having told? B．telling

C．told? D．to tell

(2013·高考山东卷)________ at the cafeteria before，Tina didn’t want to eat there again.

A．Having eaten?? B．To eat

C．Eat?? D．Eating

(2013·高考山东卷)I stopped the car ________ a short break as I was feeling tired.

A．take? B．taking

C．to take?? D．taken