问题补充:
---- 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; /
答案:
A. a; a
B. the; /
(答案→)C. the; the
D. a; /
解析: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”。