冠词讲义 高中版

第二章 冠词 （帮助说明名词所指的对象）

一．不定冠词 （元音发音用an, 辅音发音用a ）

___ useful book ___ university ___ MP5 ___ hour ____ umbrella

___ unusual experience There is _____ “h ” in the word “honesty ”.

短语中有定冠词和无定冠词的区别

1.sit at table 吃饭 sit at the table 在桌旁

2.in possession of 拥有 in the possession of 为…所有

3.be of age 成年 be of an age 同龄

4.take advice 征求意见 take the advice 听从劝告

5.be in charge of 负责 be in the charge of 由…负责

6.by day 在白天 by the day 按日计算

7.in sight of 能看见 in the sight of 据… 的见解

8.by sea 乘船 by the sea 在海边

9.He is still in office 他仍然在执政 He is still in the office 他仍然在办公室里

10.It is out of question那是毫无疑问的 It is out of the question 那根本是不可的

11.a third time 又一次 the third time 第三次

12.in hospital 生病住院 in the hospital 在医院里

13.on earth 究竟 on the earth 在地球上

14.for a moment 一会儿 for the moment 目前, 暂时

15.two of us 我们当中的两个 the two of us 我们两个人（记住这里指总共有两个人）

16. take place 发生 take the place of 代替

17. in open 公开 in the open air 在户外

18. on watch 值班 on the watch 留神

19. in future 从今以后 in the future 将来

20. in place of 代替 in the place of 在…的地方

综合练习

1. His grandparents were born in ___Qing Dynasty, while he was born in ____1920s.

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

2. Dalian is ___most beautiful tourist city and I believe I’ll come for ___second time.

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

3. In the United States, Father’s Day falls on ____third Sunday in ____June.

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

4. Peter likes playing ___basketball, but he doesn’t like ____basketball I bought for him on his birthday. A. the, the B./, / C. /, the D. the, /

5. I like ___color of your skirt. It is ____good match for your shoes.

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

6. A bullet hit the soldier and he was wounded in ____leg.

A. a B. his C. one D. the

7. David comes from _____European country and he is ____honest boy.

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

8. Mike was elected____chairman of the students’ union and it was ___honor for him.

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

9. ___ came that Mary had ___with Tom and both of them were very angry.

A. A word, a word B. The word, a word C. Words, words D. word, words

10. Reading is ____good habit. Stick to it, and you’ll make____ progress.

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

11. Hiking is ____great fun. You will get close to ____nature and take exercises.

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

12. Is there ____Miss Smith in the office? Here is ____package for her.

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

13. Sue could play ___ piano at the age of four.

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

14. If you go by ____train, you can have quite a comfortable journey, but make sure you get ____fast one.

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

15. Hu Jintao, ___Chairman of China attended ____ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of Macao’s return to the motherland on December 20, 2009.

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

16. Although he was in ___ trouble, the great man would never lose ___ heart.

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

易错题

1. Since tasting the excitement of _____ big city life, she never wants to live in _____ country again.

A. the, the B. 不填，不填 C. the, 不填 D. 不填，the

2. The operation is _____ success and the patient is now out of _____ danger.

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

3. As _____ writer, he was _____ complete failure.

A. a, a B. a, the C. 不填，不填 D. a, 不填

4. How strange! These years my birthday always falls _____.

A. on the Sunday B. on a Sunday C. on Sunday D. at a Sunday

5. This is _____ best kind of _____ pen you can get here.

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

6. As is known to us all, _____ tiger is in _____ danger of becoming extinct.

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

7. He spent too much time talking on ___ phone while we were all busy at ____ work.

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

8. As _______ unemployment is very high at the moment, it’s very difficult for people to find _______ work.

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

9. Apartments in cities can be quite high. Renters are paying up to $1,000 per month for _______ bedroom apartment.

A. one a B. the one C. one D. a one

10. The education of ______ young is always ______ hot and serious topic.

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

11. I often have conversations with John over ______ telephone, while keep in touch with Tom by ______ letter.

A. 不填；the B. 不填；a C. the；不填 D. the; a

12. —John has put forward _______ most challenging question for us to answer. —Yes, it really is. I have never heard _______ harder one.

A. the; 不填 B. 不填; the C. the; the D. a; a

13. ―What about ______ school?‖ ―It is as good, as anybody can see, _____ school as No 1 Middle School Attached to Hunan Normal University.‖

A. a; the B. the; a C. a; a D. the; the

14. The market for ___ used computers is getting larger and larger as____ years go on.

A. 不填, 不填 B. the, 不填 C. the, the D. 不填, the

15. ―Charley Oakley, ______ NBA All-star, hasn’t missed ______ game in the past three years.‖ ―I can hardly believe it.‖

A. an; the B. a; the C. the; a D. an; a

16. In the market, vegetables are sold by _____ kilogram, I mean, by______ weight.

A. the; 不填 B. 不填; 不填 C. the; the D. 不填；the

17. Many people agree that ______ knowledge of English is a must in _______ international trade today.

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

18. The cakes are delicious. I’d like to have _______ third one as _______ second one I ate was too small. A. the, the B. a, the C. the, a D. a, a

19. ________ England of those years was _______ England in peace.

A. 不填, 不填 B. The, an C. The, 不填 D. 不填, an

20. — Did you happen to see _______ black and _______ white cat?

— Are they missing? I told you to take care of them.

A. a; 不填 B. the; 不填 C. the; the D. a; the

【2013福建】21. The ―Chinese Dream‖ is ______ dream to improve people’s well-being and ______ dream of harmony, peace and development.

A. the; a B. a; a C. a; the D. the; the

【2013江西】32.

A. a ; / Animals are obviously ____ lower form of life than _____ man. B. the ; the C. a ; the D. / ; /

【2013山东】22. It was ______ cold winter night and the moon was shining brightly across ____ night sky.

A. 不填；a B. a; the C. the; a D. the; 不填

【2013陕西】19. Marco Polo is said to have sailed on Pacific Ocean on his A. the; a B. a; / C. /; the D. the; the

【2013新课标II 卷】13.Four and half hours of discussion took us up to midnight, A. a; a B. the; the C. 不填；the D. a;不填

【2013新课标】31. India attained independence in 1947, after long struggle.

A. 不填;a B. the; a C. an;不填 D. an; the

【2013浙江】15. People develop ______ preference for a particular style of learning at ______ early age and these preferences affect learning.

A. a; an B. a; 不填 C. 不填; the D. the; an

【2013重庆】32. The parents were shocked by news that their son needed operation on his knee.

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

1. 选D ，big city life 表泛指，其前不用冠词；country 表示―农村‖时，其前习惯上要用定冠词。

2. 选B ，success 在此指―成功的事‖，为可数名词；out of danger（脱离危险）为习语，其中不用冠词。

3. 选A ，其中的 failure 在此指―失败的人‖，为可数名词。

4. 选B ，Sunday 前用不定冠词，表示―某一个‖。

5. 选C ，kind of 后的名词通常不用冠词。

6. 选B ，当概括事物的种类时，用定冠词，不用不定冠词；另外in danger of 是短语，不用冠词。

7. 选 A 。on the phone 和 at work 均为习语，其中一个带冠词，一个不带冠词。

8. 选 B 。unemployment 和 work 均为不可数名词，表示一般意义时其前不用冠词。

9. 选 D 。a one bedroom apartment 意为―一套只带一间卧室的套房‖。

10. 选B 。the young 意为―年轻人‖，定冠词用于某些形容词前表示一类人或事物；第二空填不定冠词修饰名词 topic 。

11. 选 A 。over [on] the telephone 为习语，意为―通过电话‖；若用 by telephone 则不用冠词，类似地，by letter（通过信件）也不用冠词。

12. 选D 。第一空后的most 不是构成最高级，而是表示―很‖、―十分‖，故其前用a ；第二空也填a ，该句为 I have never heard a harder one than this one 的省略。

13. 选B 。第一空填the ，表特指；第二空填a ，表泛指，as good a school as No. Middle School Attached to Hunan Normal University 意为―与湖南师大附中一样好的一所中学‖。

14. 选A 。used computers 与 years 均为复数名词表示泛指意思，其前不用冠词。

15. 选D 。NBA 中的 N 读音为 [en]，即前面一个音为元音，故填an 不填a ；第二空填

a 表泛指，泛指任何一场比赛。

16. 选A 。介词by 表示―以…计‖时，若后接单数可数名词，其前要用定冠词，如：by the week 按周，按星期 / by the ton 按吨 / by the yard 按码 / by the meter 按米；若后接抽象名词，则通常不用冠词，如：by volume 按体积 / by weight 按重量。

17. 选B 。knowledge 虽为不可数名词，但其前却可用不定冠词，表示某种程度的知识，有类似some 的意思；第二空不填冠词，是因为trade 为不可数名词，表示泛指时不用冠词。

18. 选B 。序数词前通常用定冠词，表示特指（如第一空）；有时也用不定冠词，表示原有数量上的增加（如第一空）。

19. 选B 。原则上说，专有名词前不用冠词，但在些特殊情况下也可用冠词。此题第一空填定冠词，表特指，即指―那时的英国‖；第二空填不定冠词，表示具有某种特征。

20. 选C 。Are they missing? 中的代词they 是一个很重要的信息词，它表明上文中的 _______ black and _______ white cat 是两只猫而不是一只猫，所以C 。the black and white cat 可视为 the black cat and the white cat 之省略。若选A ，则表示―一只黑白相间的猫‖。

【2013福建】根据句意，中国梦是一个…的梦和一个…的梦，可知，两空都用不定冠词a ，答案选B 。

【2013江西】第一空表示―一种生命的形式‖；第二空man 表―人类‖，不用冠词。故答案选A 。

【2013山东】第一空―一个寒冷的冬夜‖，应用不定冠词a ；第二空―夜空‖，指独一无二的事物用定冠词the 。故答案为B 。

【2013陕西】第一空指独一无二的事物用the ；第二空为固定短语，表示在多少世纪―in the –th century‖，需加定冠词。故答案为D 。

【2013新课标II 卷】第一空表示―四个半‖应用four and a half；短语a break表示―休息一会儿‖，故答案选A 。

【2013新课标I 卷】第一空―获得独立‖，independence 为抽象名词，前不加冠词；第二空―在一个长期的斗争之后‖，用不定冠词a 。故选A 。

【2013浙江】短语a preference for…对…的偏好；at an early age在年纪很小时，故均填不定冠词。A

【2013重庆】第一空news 后带有that 引导的同位语从句，故应该特指；第二空译为―他们的儿子需要做一个手术‖，使用不定冠词。C