It is great pity that the discovery of flight MH 370 still proves to be failure.A.不填,a B. the; the C. a; a D. a,不填题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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It is ____ great pity that the discovery of flight MH 370 still proves to be ____ failure.

A.不填；a B. the; the C. a; a D. a；不填

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试题分析：句意：马航MH370航班的搜索证明是失败的这真是遗憾的事情。第一空填a，pity这里是抽象名词具体化，第二空题a，这里的failure也是抽象名词具体化，所以选C。

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