问题
选择题
The boy didn't come to ________ life and the method to start his breathing ended up as ________ failure.
A．/；the
B．the；/
C．a；a
D．/；a
答案
答案：D
考查冠词的用法。句意：男孩没能苏醒过来，让他恢复呼吸的方法以失败告终。come to life“开始动起来”，life前不用冠词；failure在这里是抽象名词具体化，表示“失败的人或事”，前面应用不定冠词。
答案 D