Question

—What do you think of ______ boy that is talking with Mr. Li?

—Oh, that’s Lily’s cousin. He’s _____ honest and helpful boy. Everyone

likes him very much.

A. the; a    B. a; the    C. the; an    D. an; a

Answer

C

【解析】句意：——你觉得和李先生谈话的那个男孩怎么样？——哦，那是莉莉的表弟。他是一个诚实和乐于助人的男孩。每个人都非常喜欢他。考查冠词辨析题。a和an都是不定冠词，表泛指；a用于辅音音素开头的单词前，an用于元音音素开头的单词前。the是定冠词，表特指。问句是定语从句，that引导的从句做boy的定语，boy属于特指，需用定冠词the；honest是以元音音素开头，需用an。根据句意和语境，可知选C。