2019年mpacc考试英语真题——冠词550

{01}In _______ gesture to help preserve history, the locals are repairing _______ large percentage of the historic sites steadily.

A.the; the

B.a; a

C.the; a

D./; the

解析：考查固定短语和冠词。句意“为了保护历史，当地居民正在修复一大批历史古迹。”in a gesture to do sth.“为了做某事”，是固定搭配；排除A、C；泛指一大批用a large percentage of...。故选B。
本题选B。

{02}The cakes are delicious . He’d like to have _____ third one because ____ second one is rather too small.
A  a ;a    B the ; the    C  a ; the     D the ; a
解析：略
本题选C。