(2013·江西，19)Marco Polo is said to have sailed on ________ Pacific Ocean on his way to Java in ________ thirteenth century.

A．the；a B．a；/ C．/； the D．the；the

 

D

【解析】考查冠詞。第一空指獨一無二的事物用the；第二空為固定短語，表示在多少世紀(jì)“in the －th century”，需加定冠詞。故答案為D。

 

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