Question

The poet and  ______pianist is going to give us a talk this afternoon.

  A. a   B. the     C. 不填     D. an

Answer 1

C

解析:

选C。当and 并列的是同一事物、同一人或同一概念时，其后面的名词前不用冠词。若在pianist前加the，则是指the poet 和the pianist 两个人，而题目中的the poet and pianist 是指一个人，即这个人即是诗人又是钢琴家。