单项填空(冠词)

1、单项填空（冠词）,返回目录,疑难档案,零冠词、定冠词、不定冠词在一些类似表达中的用法比较： 1) by hand；by the hand by hand表示“用手工、用人力，不是用机械”； by the hand是表示“动作作用于手上”。 All the work had to be done by hand. I led the child by the hand. 2）cold；a cold cold 作名词用可表示“感冒”，与动词catch或 take连用时，可用不定冠词或零冠词。如：Youll take (a) cold if you go out without a coat.,冠

2、词,返回目录,疑难档案,但如果cold前有形容词修饰时，则不能省a。如： I have caught a bad cold. 我得了重感冒。 但cold与动词have连用时，前面必须有不定冠词。如： He has a cold. I have a slight cold. 3）bed；the bed；a bed bed前用零冠词，常用于go to bed（上床睡觉），be (lie/stay)in bed（卧床因病或在睡觉）这类表达中。如：He is used to going to bed early. She is (lies/stays) in bed with a cold.,返回目录

3、,疑难档案,bed前用定冠词或不定冠词则是表示床的本身。如： She was lying comfortably in the soft bed.（注意这时bed前有定语修饰） There was a double bed in the room. 在make the bed这一表达中，前面必须有定冠词，表示“铺床（准备睡觉）”。如：He went to make the bed. 4）sleep；a sleep 在go to sleep这一表达中，sleep前用零冠词，表示“入睡”。如：As I was reading I went to sleep. 在have a sleep这一表达中，

4、sleep前面必须有不定冠词，表示,冠 词,返回目录,疑难档案,“睡一段时间”。如： Ill go upstairs and have a sleep. sleep 是抽象名词，但前面如有定语修饰时，须用不定冠词。如： Hibernation is more than sleep. It is a very deep sleep. 5）train；a train；the train train与介词by连用，前用零冠词，表示乘“火车”这一交通工具。如：We will go to Beijing by train. train前面如有定语修饰时，表示特定的一次列车，前面须用定冠词。如：We wi

5、ll go to Beijing by the 10:00 train. train前也常用不定冠词，表示类别。如： He likes travel in a train. ,冠 词,返回目录,疑难档案,具有train上述用法的还有其他一些表交通工具的名词，如： bus, car, ship, plane, bicycle等。 6）hospital；the hospital hospital前用零冠词，表示“在医院就医；治疗”这一概念，常见的表达有：in hospital, send sb. to hospital 等。 hospital前用定冠词时通常表示医院本身这一环境，可针对在医院工作的

6、人员或去医院看望病人的人而言。如： Tom was sent to hospital and the next day his friends went to the hospital to see him.,冠 词,返回目录,疑难档案,名词school, church, prison 等也具有hospital 的这一用法特点。 如所指的是具体的场合，则属于普通名词，前面用冠词进行限定；如表示在这些场所所进行的相应的活动时，这样的名词则抽象化，前面不用冠词。如：at school （在校读书），go to school（上学读书）， in prison （坐牢），throw sb. into

7、prison（将某人关进监狱）等。 但应注意cinema , theatre 前却通常要用定冠词。如： Some people very often go to the theatre but they very seldom go to the cinema. 7）a number of；the number of,冠 词,a number of表示“一些；许多（some；many）”，与后面的名词一起构成短语作主语时，谓语动词为复数形式；the number of表示“的数目”，作主语时谓语动词为单数形式。 A number of books have been given to the

8、library. 送了一些书给图书馆。 The number of books in this library has reached as many as 100,000. 图书馆藏书已达100,000册。 8）the most；a most the most后接形容词，构成形容词最高级。如：,This is the most interesting book I have ever read. a most后接“形容词单数可数名词”时，most为程度副词，表示“非常”，意义上类似于very。 This is a most interesting book.这是一本非常有趣的书。 9）the

9、 second (third)；a second (third) 序数词前用定冠词时，强调顺序的排列。如： I live on the second floor. 序数词前用不定冠词时，表示“又一；再一”（another），其“顺序”的语气很弱。如： Although he had failed three times, he didnt give up.,He stood up again and tried a fourth time.尽管他失败了三次，但他没有放弃，又站起来，再次尝试。 10）two (three) of us (them)；the two (three) of us (

10、them) two of us表示“我们中两人”；the two of us表示“我们两人”。如：Three of us will take part in the sports meet. 我们中有三人将参加运动会。（“us”不止三人） The three of us will take part in the sports meet. 我们三人将参加运动会。（“us”由三人组成） 11）a thing；the thing ,a thing表示泛指的一样东西或一件事；the thing可表示“最合适的东西；意中物”。如： A tin-opener is a useful thing to h

11、ave in a kitchen. 开听器是厨房里的有用之物。 A holiday by the sea is the thing for you. 到海边度假对你正合适。 The house is just the thing. 这房子正合适。,1. In the United States,road trip vacations where the car journey is_ part of the fun are popular with college students,who like to explore _ country on wheels. A.不填；the B.a；a

12、C.不填；不填 D.the；the,【解析】名词part前可省略不定冠词a；country为特指，用定冠词the。,A,【答案】,2. Continuing effort in learning will contribute greatly to _ success.No matter how old you are，education is still _ must.,A.a；the B.不填；the C.the；the D.不填；a,返回目录,【解析】此处success作抽象名词；a must表示“必须要做的事”。,D,【答案】,3. After _ quick breakfast in

13、 the restaurant,Peter set about the task of finding a room where he could live for _ next few months. A.不填；a B.a；the C.a；a D.a；不填,【解析】名词breakfast, lunch, supper前面通常不用冠词，但其前面有定语修饰时可加冠词，如 a wonderful lunch。the next few表示特指的“随后几个”,B,【答案】,6. A successful businessman is _ one who has made_ mistakes befor

14、e and has learned from them. A.不填；不填 B. a；不填 C. the；不填 D. a；the ,【解析】one可表示泛指的一个人（a person），前面无形容词,返回目录,考点预测,修饰时不用a;复数名词mistakes在句中表泛指，前面也不必用冠词。,A,【答案】,7. We lived in _ wooden house at the foot of the mountain,which was _ 18th century building. A.不填；the B.a；an C.a；不填 D.the；a,【解析】根据句意，a wooden house一

15、栋木屋； an 18th century building一栋18世纪的房子，都是指类别。,B,【答案】,冠 词,9. All the work must be done by _ hand and the workers will be paid by _ hour. A.the；the B.不填；the C.the；不填 D.不填；不填,【解析】 by hand为固定词组，表示“用手工；靠人力”；by the hour表示“按钟点”，也为一固定词组。,B,【答案】,13. You wont find _ word “blid” in an English dictionary becaus

16、e there is no such _ word.,A.the；不填 B.the；a C.a；a D.不填；,【解析】应注意no such后接单数可数名词时该名前不可用不定冠词a，因为no和a是不可同时用来限定一个单数可数名词的。又如：There is no such man in this office.,A,【答案】,16. The company hires a large number of _ schools graduates to benefit from their knowledge and _ research. A.the；不填 B.不填；不填 C.不填；the D.t

17、he；the,【解析】公司雇佣的是特指的这个学校的(the schools) 毕业生，故第一空用定冠词the；research既可作可数名词又可作不可数名词，在这里它和knowledge并列，都由their修饰，故research前不需加任何冠词。,A,【答案】,17. The report said a bus went out of _ control on a highway _ south of the city and rushed into a river. A.the ；the B.不填；the C.the ；不填 D.不填；不填,【解析】 “out of control”为固定

18、说法，意思为“失控”；south of the city是方位副词短语，在句中作地点状语，不用冠词。,D,【答案】,19. Students studying abroad want to have _ taste of_ different life,and learn about the world. A.the；a B.a；a C.a；the D.the；the ,【解析】 have a taste of表示“领略；尝一尝”；名词life表示某种方式的生活时作可数名词，如：a hard life;a good life;a busy life,B,【答案】,21. Come along.

19、Theres _ room for another _ few people in the back of the bus. A.a；a B.the；a C.不填；不填 D.不填；a,【解析】 room在此处表示“空间”，为不可数名词，前不用冠词；another few people表示“另加的几个人”，few前面已有another限定，不能再用a。,C,【答案】,23. Early in _ morning _ word came that Mr.Black had been elected _ president of the company.,A.the；a；不填 B.the；不填；不填 C.不填；a；the D.不填；不填；the,【解析】 “Early in the morning”是固定说法；“word”意义为“消息”时是不可数名词，其前面不用冠词； “preside