Question

—I find it very difficult to read ________ novel you lent me last week.
—Yes.It's necessary to have ________ good knowledge of history.

A．the；/

B．a；/

C．the；a

D．a；a

Answer 1

C

第一空特指对方上周所借给“我”的小说，故应填定冠词；但考生可能以为第二空后面是抽象名词，为不可数名词，不填冠词，于是错选A。然而，此处knowledge之前应用不定冠词，have a good knowledge of意为“对……很了解”，是固定搭配，故正确答案为C。