Question

18. There is no easy walk to     freedom

anywhere, and many of us will have to pass

through   valley of the shadow of death

again and again before we reach the mountaintop

of our desires.

A. /; the    B. the; the

C.  /; /    D.  the; I

Answer 1

18. A考査冠词的用法。句意：任何地方都不会容易通向自由，许多人将不得不一次又一次经过死亡阴影的山谷才能到达我们欲望的山顶。第一空不填冠词，freedom是抽象名词；第二空填the，特指死亡阴影的山谷，所以选A。