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。本題考查冠詞。世界上獨(dú)一無二的事物前面要用定冠詞；序數(shù)詞的前面也要用定冠詞，因此可以鎖定答案是D。

【句意】據(jù)說十三世紀(jì)的時候，馬可波羅在去爪哇的路上在太平洋航行過。

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