________ theme of the Shanghai Expo is “Better city, better life”． It will send _____ message to people around the world to care about the places where they live．

—It’s said that John will be in a job paying over $60,000 ______ year.
—Right, he will also get paid by ______ week.

Many lifestyle patterns do such     great harm to health that they actually speed up      weakening of the human body.

It is really _____ useful dictionary and _____ dictionary every one of us needs．

______ world’s largest retailer, Wal-Mart, has opened its _____ third store in Beijing, which means the firm now has 52 stores in China.

Thank you for sending us ______ fresh vegetables of many kinds. You have done us _____ great service.
A./; a   B. the; a   C. /;/   D the; /

—Which of the two poems do you like most?
—        shorter one, of course. I think it’s really         most interesting one.

First impressions are the most lasting. After all, you never get ______ second chance to make ______ first impression.

At ______ end of the meeting, our headmaster encouraged all of us to go to ______ college.

When she left ________ college, she got a job as ________ reporter in a newspaper office．