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解析 考查冠词。第一空,drink前应用不定冠词,表示“一杯饮料”;第二空,comfort前面加不定冠词,表示“一个给人安慰的物品”,所以两个空都要用不定冠词。 答案 a;a
1.I don't think the experiment is ________ failure.At least we have gained ________ experience for future.
解析 failure意为“失败的事”,表示抽象名词具体化,故第一个空填不定冠词a;experience意为“经验”,是不可数名词,故前面不填冠词。 答案 a;不填
2.Italy is ________ most attractive European country and how I wish I would go there for________ second time.
解析 考查冠词的用法。第一个空后的most不是构成最高级,而是“非常,很,十分”的意思,因此前面用不定冠词,a most attractive European country意为“一个非常迷人的欧洲国家”;第二个空表示“又一,再一”,所以序数词前应用不定冠词。 答案 a;a
3.I don't know who invented ________ telephone,but it's really ________ most wonderful invention.
解析 the telephone特指电话这类事物;a most wonderful invention意为“一项非常奇妙的发明”。 答案 the;a
4.George couldn't remember when he first met Mr.Anderson,but he was sure
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it was ________ Sunday because everybody was at ________ church.
解析 一个星期天表述为a Sunday,be at church意为“在做礼拜”,不用冠词。 答案 a;不填
不定冠词的用法
泛指单数和首提,某个/每个/又一个; 物质名词具体化,相同还是抽象词; 三餐四季有修饰,感叹句中有名单。
①泛指的单数可数名词前和首次提到的单数可数名词前; ②表示又一个,某一个(a second;a certain...)
③具体化的物质名词和抽象名词前(a success,a surprise...) ④有修饰词的三餐和四季前(a wonderful supper,a warm winter) ⑤感叹句中有单数可数名词。(How lovely a girl!) 定冠词的用法
【典例5】 As is known to all,________ People's Republic of China is ________ biggest developing country in the world.(2011?陕西)
解析 句意:众所周知,中华人民共和国是世界上最大的发展中国家。考查冠词。People's Republic of China“中华人民共和国”是由普通名词构成的专有名词,前面通常用定冠词;第二空后是形容词的最高级形式,故用定冠词。 答案 the;the
【典例6】 —I am so sorry to have come late for the meeting.
—It is not your fault.With ________ rush-hour traffic and ________ heavy rain,it is no wonder you were late.
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解析 由句意可知,traffic和rain均为特指,故应加定冠词。 答案 the;the
【典例7】 What I need is ______ book that contains ________ ABC of oil painting.
解析 句意:我所需要的是一本含有油画基础知识的书。第一个空表泛指,应用不定冠词;第二个空后有of oil painting修饰,表特指,应用定冠词。 答案 a;the
【典例8】 The biggest whale is ________ blue whale,which grows to be about 29 meters long—the height of ________ 9-story building.
解析 the blue whale特指“蓝鲸”这类动物;第二个空表泛指,a 9-story building意为“一座9层高的大楼”。 答案 the;a
5.Obama has been elected ________ first black President of the United States,and the international society expects to have ________ new USA under his leadership.
解析 第一个空表示顺序,所以序数词first前应填定冠词the,第二个空表示地点的专有名词USA前有形容词new修饰,故用不定冠词来限定。 答案 the;a
6.________ China's growth is not ________ threat to others.On ________ contrary,it will bring more opportunities to the world.
解析 句意:中国的发展不是对别的国家的一个威胁。相反,它会给世界带来更多的机遇。China(中国)属于专有名词,故与零冠词连用;threat(对别人构成威
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7.Last Sunday,we took ________ guided walk around by ________ signs of the famous town.
解析 take a walk为习惯用法,故第一空用不定冠词;第二空特指那个著名城镇里的指示牌,故用定冠词。 答案 a;the
8.Eggs are sold by ________ dozen while the meat is charged by ________ weight.
解析 第一个空表示“by+the+计量单位名词”;第二个空为固定短语by weight意为“按重量”。句意:鸡蛋按打出售,而肉按重量出售。 答案 the;不填
定冠词的用法(口诀) 特指双熟悉,上文已提及; 世上独无二,序数最高级; 某些专有名,习语和乐器。
①特指某些人或事物;②谈话双方都熟悉的人或事物;③上文已经提到的人或事物;④世界上独一无二的事物前;⑤序数词、形容词的最高级前;⑥某些专有名词前;⑦一些习惯短语(如in the day等)中和西洋乐器名词前(如:play the piano) 零冠词的用法
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