Question

There is a saying, yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery. But today is ___ gift. That is why it’s called ___present.

A．/; /

B．the; a

C．/; a

D．a; the

Answer 1

D

考察冠词用法。根据题意，有一个说法，昨天是历史，明天是一个谜。但是今天是一个礼物。这里是泛指，用不定冠词。那就是他为何被称作今天的原因。这里的present是特指，故用定冠词，选D。