At present we are going through a hard time but I’m sure things will get better in the

问题补充：

At present we are going through a hard time, but I’m sure things will get better in the near future.

A. the; the

B. the; 不填

C. 不填; the

D. 不填; 不填

答案：

A. the; the

B. the; 不填

C. 不填; the

(答案→)D. 不填; 不填

解析：考查冠词。句意：目前我们要度过一段艰难时刻，但是我坚信在不久的将来情况会变得更好。前文为固定短语at present在目前，下文泛指任何事情，things复数名词，泛指不用冠词，故选D。