1. — Did you see             jacket on the playground just now?
— Is it  _________ new one and very cool?
      A. a; the          B. the; a        C. a; a        D. the; the
2. _______ enough evidence, the police gave up charging the man with murder. 
      A. Absent from            B. Rich in  
      C. Because of              D. In the absence of