We went right round to the west coast by sea instead of driving across continent. A. the - the B. / - the C. the - / D. /

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We went right round to the west coast by __________ sea instead of driving across _________ continent.

A. the … the B. / … the C. the … / D. / … /

解析:

考点是：冠词。by sea是固定词组，用作状语，表示方式，意为“乘船”。类似词组还有by air (乘飞机)，by land (由陆路)。第二个空缺选the，表“特指”。

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