问题
选择题
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．/; /
答案
答案：B
考查冠词。句意“令学生们感到吃惊的是，这次举办的、一年一次的音乐会结果证明是一次彻底的失败。”the+名词+of...是固定搭配；指具体的失败时，failure是可数名词。故选B。