（2006黄冈质检模拟）Dog barking is not unpleasant noise but an auspice（吉祥）of fortune in ______ ears of Chinese, especially in the coming Year of ______ Dog in the Chinese lunar calendar.
A.a; aB./; aC./; theD.the; the在线课程D
解析：
句意：狗叫在中国人听来不是令人不悦的噪音，而是吉祥的象征，尤其是在即将来临的中国农历狗年。ears在本句中表特指需用定冠词。