Question

On that cold day, only_____handful of people were at the station, where I made__

On that cold day, only_____handful of people were at the station, where I made_____ acquaintance of Mr. Smith.
A. a; an
B. a; the
C. the; a
D. the; the

Answer 1

答案B
考查冠词用法。句意为“那天很冷，只有几个人在车站，我就是在那里结识了Smith先生。”a handful of…“少数的，少量的”，固定搭配；make the acquaintance of sb. Make one’s acquaintance“结识某人”。