高考英语中冠词的常考考点解析

高考英语中冠词的常考考点解析(Analysisoftheexamination

pointsforarticlesincollegeentranceEnglish)

AnanalysisoftheexaminationpointsofarticlesinCollege

Englishexamination

Collegeentranceexaminationandarticles

Thearticleisoverthecollegeentranceexamknowledgepoints,

mainlyintheindividualchoiceandproofreadingproblem.

Althoughonlytwocategories,atotalofthree(theindefinite

articleandthedefinitearticlea,anthe),buttherulesare

verycomplicated,hasbeenletcandidatesfeelveryheadache.

Aclassofpropositionsinrecentyearsthecollegeentrance

examinationtheexaminationquestionsandarticlesrelated

sitesareanalyzedbriefly,inordertohelpyoutounderstand

andmasterthetestarticles.

Needtoexplainis:inrecentyearsinthecollegeentrance

examinationquestions,articlesrarelytestaseparate

examinationpoint,usuallyisaquestiontwoempty,involving

twotestsites.Throughoutthecalendaryearcollegeentrance

examinationquestions,articles,testsitesaremainly

concentratedinthefollowingcontent:

First,checktheindefinitearticle"a/an"forindividualor

generaluse

1.....HaveyouseenpenIleftitherethis

morning.

The......IsitblackIthinkIonesawitsome

where.(NMET97)

A.a,the,B.the,the,C.the,a,D.a,a

Answer:D.thisquestionexaminesindefinitearticles,which

indicategeneralusage,.Penandblack

Oneisthe"general“arehere,forthisclassofunspecified

"a".TheerrorproneAmainlyisnotrecognizedbythe

respondentaskedconfirmationisnotablack,isnot

specificallyablackpen.

2.Jumpingoutofairplaneattenthousandfeetis

quite

excitingexperence.(NMET2002)

A./;theB./;an

C.an;anD.the;the

Answer:thisquestionintheanalysisofC.airplanefor

istheres,whichusetheindefinitearticlean,saidinageneral

category(aplaneratherthanother.Experience)here

“experiences"isacountablenoun,sothefirsttousean,

meaning"anexcitingthecalendar”.

3.Sheisnewcomertochemistrybutshe

hadalready

Made,some,important,discoveries.(NMET94)

A.the,the,B.the,/C.a,/D.a,the

Answer:C.analysisthisc.theindefinitearticlerefersto

acategoryoneandsubjectnounwithoutarticleusage."Itis

anovicetouse"a+"singularcountablenouns"astoexclude

Acategory,B.,subjectname,ballgames,chesstermis

generallynotanC.

Twotesttheuseofdefinitearticletheinrelationtoa

particularpersonorthing

4.Manypeoplearestillinhabitofwritingsillythingsin

publicplaces.(NMET93)

A.the,the,B./,/C.the,/D./,the

Analysis:C.thisquestionexaminesthedefinitearticleto

indicate"specially"andthezeroarticleexpresses"refers

generally"theuse,.Habitafterhastheattributetomodify,

explainedisakindof"specific“thecustom,mustusethe

definitearticlethe.,inthissentencepluralnounpublic

Placesreferstothecategory,isageneralterm,generally

referstothepluralnounwithoutthe,sobeforethepublic

withoutthe,suchas,People,tend,to,think,boys,are

Clevererthangirls

5.Thecakesaredelicious.He"dliketohavethirdonebecause

Secondoneisrathertoosmall.(Shanghaispring

2002)

A.a;aB.the;theC.a;theD.the;a

ThebasicusageofthetestanswersC.articles:indefinite

articlea/an"referstothe"definite"referstosaid."first

refersto"onemore”,referstotheindefinitearticleand

ordinalcollocation,“onesaid,onceagain,another“meaning;

secondemptycontainingspecifiedmeaning,referstothesecond

piecesofcakeheeat.""

6.Mr.Smith,theresaman"atfrontdoorwhosayshehas

Newsforyouofgreatimportance.(NMET2001

Beijing,Anhui,inspring)

A.the,/B.the,the,C./,/D./,the

Answer:A.analysisofthisproblemistoexaminethedefinite

articleandcannotbesaidtousethenumberofnounarticles.

The“frontdoor"referstotheuseofdefinitearticlethe;

message(News)“thetable"categories”(thatbringyounot

somethingelse),anuncountablenouncategorywithoutany

articles,sobeforenewswithoutanyarticles.

7.InHangzhouMr.Greenwassostruckbybeautyof

Nature,that,he,stayed,for,another,night.(Shanghai,91)

A./,/B./,the,C.the,/D.the,the

Analysis:theanswerC.thisquestionalsoexaminesthe

definitearticleandzeroarticlesaidespeciallyreferstothe

usageof.Beautyis"toexpress"thebeautyofnature,sothe

formertodefinitearticlethe;nature"nature“referstothe

externalthings,isanuncountablenoun,

Thereisnoarticlebeforeit

Three,examinetheuseofindefinitearticlesanddefinite

articlesinfixedcollocation

8Idlikeinformationaboutthemanagementofyour

Hotel,please.

......Well,youcouldhavewordwiththemanager.Hemightbe

Helpful.(NMET95)

A.some,a,B.an,some,C.some,some,D.an,a

Answer:A.thisquestionexaminestheuseofuncountablenouns,

theuseofthearticlebefore,andtheuseoffixedphrasesfor

indefinitearticles."Talktosomeone”.Thefixedcollocation

is"have,a,word,with”

SbInformation'7isanuncountablenoun,whichrefersto

"some"and"indefinitearticle”,sotheansweris"A."

9.AliceisfoundofplayingpianowhileHenryisinterestedin

Listeningtomusic.(NMET89)

A./,the,B./,/C.the,/D.the,the

Answer:C.thisquestionexaminesthespecialuseofthearticle

infrontoftheinstrument.Addthearticle"the"beforethe

instrument;"music"isanuncountablenoun.Whenitcomesto

thecategory"music”,thereisnoarticlebeforeit

10.AfterwatchingTVsheplayed,

violinforan

Hour.(NMET91)

A.///B.the;theC.the;/D./;the

Answer:D.watchTVisanidiom,andagain,"goto"(be

(in)school/hospital/bed/seaandsoonsomehabitual

expressionsthatindicatethebehaviorofactions;nounsdonot

usearticles.Play,the

Violinbelongstoart,musicalinstruments,usuallywiththe

definitearticlethe.

Four,examinesthezeroarticle(namelyomitsthearticle)to

indicatethegeneraldescriptionanditshabitualuse

11.Mostanimalshavelittleconnectionwithanimalsof

Differentkindunlesstheykillthemforfood.

(NMET2000)

A.the,a,B./,a,C.the,the,D./,the

Analysis:answerB.thisquestionexaminesthezeroarticle

“general"and"indefinitearticle"indicating"category“usage.

First,emptyanimalsherebelongstogeneralreference,its

formerdoesnotusearticle;animals,of,a

Differentkindhereusestheindefinitearticlea,whichmeans

“onekind“ofdifferentkindsofanimals(notspecific)

12.PapermoneywasinuseinChinawhenMarcoRolla

visitedthe

Countryinthirteenthcentury.(NMET99)

A.the,/B,the,the,C./,the,D./,/

Answer:C.thequestionistotesttheindefinitearticle's

customarycollocationandordinalnumber,beforethedefinite

articleexpressesthespecificuse,.In,useistheidiom,this

kinddoesnotusethearticletheidiomaticlanguagetobevery

many,forexample:in,hospital,in

Nature,in,size,in,area,at,work,at,dinner,etc..Before

ordinalnumbersaddthe,butgenerallyreferto"atonetime”,

useindefinitewords'a",suchas:"asecond”

Time,a,third,time,etc.

13......Where"sJack”

......Ithinkhesstillinbedbuthemightjust

bein

bathroom.(MET92)

A./,/B.the,the,C.the,/D./,the

Analysis:answerD.thisquestionistotestzeroarticle,habit

collocationanddefinitearticle,themeans"specific”

usage,.Inbedashabitcollocation,andalsolike:by,hand,

in

Sightandsoon."Inthebathroom"isknowntobothsides,“in

particular,thebathroom,withthedefinitearticlethe.,such

as:in,the,classroom,under,the,treeandsoon

14.Hisdaughterisalwaysshyinandsheneverdarestomake

a

Speechto(ShanghaiSpring2001).

A.the,public,public

B.public,the,public

C.the,public,the,public

D.public,public

Answer:B.thisquestionexaminesthezeroarticle,thecustom

collocationaswellasthedefinitearticleexpresses“onekind

ofperson"theuse,.Inpublicisthefixedphrase,“publicly,

publicly”;the

Public,“fromthepublic,“meansagroupofpeople

Five,examinetheuseofthearticleindenotingcategorynouns

15.AlexanderGrahamBellinventedtelephonein(MET91)1876.

A./B.aC.theD.one

AnswerC.:thisquestionexaminestheuseofnounsinthe

articlethatrepresentscategories.Countablenounsdenote

categoriesinthreeforms:

1)usethepluralformwithoutthearticle,andfocusonthe

category"mostofthem“toillustratecategories,suchas:

Horses,are,useful.

2)indefinitearticlesareusedwithsingularnouns,with

emphasison"anyoneofthem."toillustratecategories,such

as:A,horse,is,useful.

3)definitearticlesareusedinconjunctionwithsingular

nouns,withemphasison"specific,ratherthan"categories,

suchas"The,horse,is”

Useful,(focuson“horse,notox,tigerorother")focuseson

“phone,notlight,TVorsomethingelse”,soaddthe.

16.Thewarmthofsweaterwillofcoursebedetermined

bythesort

Ofwoolused.(NMET2001)

A.the,the,B.the,/C./,the,D./,/

Analysis:theanswerB.sentence"sweater"sweateriscountable,

saidthetypesofclothing,tablethreespecies:asweater,the,

sweater

Andsweaters,sotheoptionC,D.phrasethesortcanbeexcluded

Ofmodifiernoun"wool","wool”,referstothegeneral

reference,itsformerdoesnotaddarticle.Thisquestion,many

candidatesmistakenlyselectedAreasonisthattheythinkwool

finitedefinitewordusedmodified,tablespecific.Infact,

hereusedmodifiedthe

Sort,of,wool,ratherthanmodifiedwool,andthe,wool,used,

suchasmodifiedthe,sorts,cannotbeunderstoodas“thetype

ofwoolused”,butshouldbeunderstoodas“thewoolused.”

Six,toexaminetheuseofindefinitearticlesinconcrete

abstractnouns

17.ManypeopleagreethatknowledgeofEnglishisamust

________________in

InternationalTradetoday.(NMET96)

A.a,/B.the,the,C.the,an,D./,the

Answer:A.analysisthisC.abstractnounspecificthe

indefinitearticleandanuncountnounreferstowithoutthe

usageof.Tradearticlesisanuncountablenounreferstothe

categorywithoutanyarticles,excludingB,C,D.knowledgeis

anabstractnoun,suchasknowledgereferstothespecific

“knowledge"or"aknowledgeofthemaster"andtheindefinite

articlea.

Knowledge,of,English,Englishknowledge.Abstractnounsare

embodiedasconcreteexpressionsofacertaincharacteristic,

state,behavior,oftenappearingas“a/an+adj.+abstractnoun”.

Again,a

Brightfuture,brightfuture,havea,good,time,receiveawarm

welcomeiswarmlywelcomed,agreat

Help,to,somebody,yeah...Bighelp,a,waste,of,time,

wastingtime,make,an,apology,apologies,etc.

18.Onewaytounderstandthousandsofnewwordsistogaingood

Knowledge,of,basic,word,information.(Shanghai,2002)

A./B.theC.aD.one

AnswerC.:thisquestionisalsoanexaminationoftheuseof

indefinitearticleswhenabstractnounsareembodied.Here

knowledgereferstothespecific"alearning7"or"agraspof

knowledge”,andcanbeusedwithindefinitearticles

The19.Oh.Johnyougaveus(MET90)!

A.Howapleasantsurprise

B.Howpleasantsurprise

C.Whatapleasantsurprise

D.Whatpleasantsurprise

Analysis:answerC.thisquestionisalsoanexaminationof

abstractnounswhentheindefiniteuseofthearticle,.Surprise

isabstractnouns,uncountable.Butherehasbeenfully

materializedandchangedintocountablenouns.Apleasantin

thetitle

Surprisemeans"anexcitingsurprise''.Butabstractnouns

denotepeopleandthingsthathavecertaincharacteristics,

States,emotions,emotions,andthisabstractnounhasbecome

acountablenoun

Seven,examinetheuseofthearticleatthecomparativelevel

20.Boris,has,brain.,In,fact,I,doubt,whether,anyone,in,,

the,class,has

________________IQ.(NMET2002)

A.ahighB.ahigher

C.thehigherD.thehighest

Answer:B.analysisthisc.theindefinitearticleissaid

beforeusage.ThisisreferstotheBorisandthewholeclass

classmateIQ(IQ)comparison,sothattheapplicationof

comparativedegree,excludingA,D.Borishasamind,Idoubt

whetherthereisoneclasshigherthanhisIQ,sothereshould

beno"apersonrefersto"class,“notspecified”,isbefore

theapplicationoftheindefinitearticleA.actuallysentence

bydoubt

Whetherandahigherareusedtogether.Expressthehighest

meaning,meaningBorisisthehighestIQ

21......If,you,don,t,like,the,red,one,take,the,blue,

one

......Ok,butdoyouhavesizeinblueThisone

“sabittight

One.(NMET93)

A.a,bit,B.a,bigger,C.the,big,D.the,bigger

Answer:B.analysisthisc.theindefinitearticleissaid

beforeusage.Isayitreferstoisalittlesmall,askedwhether

(thanthisone)alittle(size)ofthe"bluecoat”,isnot

specifictothatone,but"general”,sodoarticlesa,the

“Bigger"means"somewherebetweenthetwo."…"Notalready.

22.If,the,manager,had,