Question

Much to ________ surprise of the students, the concert which was held once a yea

Much to ________ surprise of the students, the concert which was held once a year turned out to be ________ complete failure.
A. /; a
B. the; a
C. the; /
D. /; /

Answer 1

答案B
这题考查冠词的用法：Much to much surprise of…“使某人惊讶的是”，第二空填a，failure是抽象名词具体化，指一个完全失败的人或事，句意是：让学生惊讶的是一年一次举行的音乐会结果是完全失败。选B