Question

---- The news is spreading from mouth to mouth. ---- Yes, it’s become _____ talk of _____ town...

---- The news is spreading from mouth to mouth. ---- Yes, it’s become _____ talk of _____ town. A．a; a B．the; / C．the; the D．a; /

Answer 1

C

考查定冠词的惯用法。本题中的talk意思是“话柄；话题”，作此意时通常跟the连用，是不可数名词，talk作不可数名词时还可以表示“谣言；传闻”；第二空也是填the，the town意思是“镇民；市民”，是集体用法，类似用法还有the whole city, the whole class, the whole nation等。本句意思是“人们争相传送这消息，它已经成为市民们的话题”。