Question

The man making _____ living by cheating the public ended up in ______ prison.

A．a, the

B．不填，不填

C．a, 不填

D．不填, the

Answer 1

C

试题分析：句意:那个人考欺骗群众为生最终走进了监狱。这里是固定短语make a living by doing靠做什么而谋生；in prison指在服刑；in the prison在监狱里。根据句意故选C。
点评：本题难度适中。冠词是高考必考的内容，它不仅在单选还在完形和短文改错中经常要考的考点，提醒考生要掌握它们的用法及区别。这里是两个固定短语中的冠词的用法。
即学即练：Many people have come to realize that they should go on_____balanced diet and make_____room in their day for exercise.
　A. a; /              B. the; a            C. the; the                D. /; a
解析：A。a balanced diet泛指“一种平衡的饮食”；make room为固定搭配，意为“腾出空间”。