专题二《冠词》.doc

课时训练42冠词一、用a/an，the，或/填空1On the way home, _ sky grew dark, and _ cold rain began to fall.答案the; a2When my sister left _ college, she got a job as _ reporter in a newspaper office.答案/; a3Its said John will be in a job paying over $ 60,000 _ year.Right, he will also get paid by _ week.答案a; the4Some experts say _ birthrate, after the onechild policy is relaxed, can see _ modest increase in future.答案the; a5Lilys birthday is on _ Monday next month, but I dont remember _ date clearly.答案a; the6If you want to study in foreign countries, _ good knowledge of the culture is regarded as _ must for you to have happily.答案a; a7_ shortage of water gives us _ warning that protecting our environment is of great importance.答案The; a8One summer night in 1900, _ reporter appeared at the door of Thomas Laboratory and asked for _ interview.答案a; an9My friend Lucy is leaving. I will do her _ favor and drive her to _ airport.答案a; the10My daughter had _ great love of everything in _ universe when she was young.答案a; the11The medical reform in that country proved to be _ failure, but as we know, success often comes after _ failure.答案a；/12Have you listened to _ weather forecast, Linda?Yes. It says that there will be _ heavy rain this weekend.答案the; a13Many cities issued a warning of _ air pollution for PM 2.5 readings, which became _ concern of all the people.答案/; a14The education of _ young is always _ hot and serious topic.答案the; a15Edward is _ professor at Stanford University, and today he is going to give us _ lecture on _ nature of human beings.答案a; a; the16A child, if brought up in _ large family, is more likely to develop _ ability to share with others.答案a; the17David, _ headmaster of our school, was elected by voting and the other leaders were chosen in _ same way as him.答案/; the18Living in _ ever increasingly fastpaced world, we must take _ advantage of every opportunity to develop.答案the；/19In communication, a smile is usually _ strong sign of _ friendly and open attitude.答案a；a20A university is _ place where you can learn to be wise, learn to be confident and learn to make _ difference.答案a; a二、请改正下列句子中的冠词错误。1I know you dont like music very much. But what do you think of music in the film we saw yesterday?答案第二个music前加the2After dinner he gave Mr. Richardson the ride to the airport.答案the ride改为a ride3I grew up on a farm in Idaho, but I did not want to become farmer.答案become后加a4All the students in our class made a progress by studying harder this term.答案a progress去掉a5One way to understand thousands of words is to gain the good knowledge of basic word formation.答案the改为a6A bullet hit the soldier and he was wounded in a leg.答案in a leg改为in the leg7I dont like talking on telephone; I prefer writing letters.答案在telephone前加the8In my opinion, youd better go to the restaurant where you had a lunch and look for your lost wallet.答案a lunch去掉a9Lincoln said that living must finish the work of those dead.答案在living前加the10For the boy in Minnesota, signing names and taking photos with fans is just part of a normal day.答案the改为a11He paid half a normal price for this watch.答案a改为the12Susan, the university student from Europe, teaches me art in her spare time.答案the university student改为a university student13I got a bad toothache yesterday, which kept me awake a whole night.答案a whole night改为the whole night14The sign reads “In case of the fire, break the glass and push the red button. ”答案the fire去掉the15It is not rare in 90s that people in their fifties are going to university for further education.答案in 90s改为in the 90s三、高考原题单项填空1They chose Tom to be _ captain of the team because they knew he was _ smart leader.A. a; the B. the; theC. the; a D. a; a答案C解析考查冠词。句意为：他们选Tom当队长，因为他们知道他是一位精明的领导者。第一空captain被“the team”修饰，表示特指，所以用定冠词the；第二空表示泛指，所以用不定冠词a。故选C项。2Life is like _ ocean: Only _ strongwilled can reach the other shore.A. an; the B. the; aC. the; / D. /; a答案A解析考查冠词辨析。句意为：生活就像一片海洋：只有意志坚强的人才能到达彼岸。根据题干大意可知，句中的“ocean”不是具体的哪个海洋，而是表示泛指，又因为其开头音素是元音音素，所以用不定冠词an；句中的“strongwilled”是形容词，但在本句中作主语，故其前需用定冠词the，“the形容词”表示某一类人。故选A。3. _ village where I was born has grown into _ town.A. The; a B. A; theC. The; the D. A; a答案A解析考查冠词的用法。句意为：我出生的那个村庄已经发展成了一个镇。第一空用定冠词the，特指“我”出生的村庄；第二空用不定冠词a，表泛指。故A项正确。4I cant tell you _ way to the Wilsons because we dont have _ Wilson here in the village.A. the; a B. a; /C. a; the D. the; /答案A解析考查冠词的用法。句意为：我无法告诉你去Wilson家的路，因为在我们村子没有一个叫Wilson的人。第一空“way”被“to the Wilsons”修饰，表示特指，所以用定冠词the；第二空表示泛指，意为“一个名叫Wilson的人”，所以用不定冠词a。故选A项。5The paper is due next month, and I am working seven days _ week, often long into _ night.A. a; the B. the; /C. a; a D. /; the答案A解析考查冠词的用法。句意为：下个月要交论文了，我现在每个星期学习七天，经常都要学习到深夜。“week”是泛指，所以第一空用不定冠词a，表示“每个，每”的含义，相当于per；into the night是固定用法，意为“入夜，深夜”，所以第二空用定冠词the。故选A项。6The parents were shocked by _ news that their son needed _ operation on his knee.A. a; / B. the; /C. the; an D. a; an答案C解析考查冠词用法。句意为：父母听到孩子需要做膝盖手术的消息震惊了。第一空后news是特指孩子需要动膝盖手术的消息，所以用定冠词the，排除A、D选项；第二空处单数可数名词不能单独使用，必须与冠词连用，此处泛指一次手术，operation第一个字母为元音音素，其前用不定冠词an。故答案选C。7. Four and _ half hours of discussion took us up to midnight, and _ break for cheese，chocolate and tea with sugar.A. a; a B. the; theC. /; the D. a; /答案A解析考查冠词。句意为：我们讨论了四个半小时直到半夜，然后休息了一会儿，吃了点奶酪、巧克力，喝了些加了糖的茶。英语中半小时可以用“a half hour”或“half an hour”来表示；同时break此处是“休息，小憩”的意思，是可数名词，如have/take a break，意为“休息一会儿”。故选A。8It was _ cold winter night and the moon was shining brightly across _ night sky.A. /; a B. a; theC. the; a D. the; /答案B解析考查冠词。句意为：那是一个寒冷的冬夜，皎洁的月光照亮了夜空。a cold winter night表泛指，意为“一个寒冷的冬夜”；sky意为“天空”，此处特指，前面需加定冠词the，故答案选B。9People develop _ preference for a particular style of learning at _ early age and these preferences affect learning.A. a; an B. a; /C. /; the D. the; an答案A解析考查冠词。第一空preference表示“一种倾向性的喜好”，用不定冠词a表示“一个，一种”的概念，同时have/develop a preference for sth.也可以看作是固定词组，表示“偏好，喜爱”；而第二空at an early age是固定词组，意为“在年纪很小的时候”。故选A项。10The “Chinese Dream” is _ dream to improve peoples wellbeing and _ dream of harmony, peace and development.A. the; a B. a; aC. a; the D. the; the答案B解析考查冠词。句意为：“中国梦”是提高人们幸福感的梦想，是和谐、和平和发展的梦想。第一空和第二空都是抽象名词具体化的用法，表示泛指，其前均应用不定冠词a。故答案选B。11Animals are obviously _ lower form of life than _ man.A. a; / B. the; theC. a; the D. /; /答案A解析考查冠词。句意为：与人类相比，动物显然是一种较低层次的生命形式。第一空表示“一种较低的形式”，是泛指，应用不定冠词a；第二空man泛指“人类”，其前不加冠词。故答案选A。12Marco Polo is said to have sailed on _ Pacific Ocean on his way to Java in _ thirteenth century.A. the; a B. a; / C. /；the D. the; the答案D解析考查冠词用法。句意为：据说13世纪时，马可波罗在去爪哇的途中曾在太平洋上航行过。第一空，定冠词the常用在表示世界上独一无二的事物前，the Pacific Ocean意为“太平洋”；第二空，根据序数词“thirteenth”可知，其前应用定冠词the，故D项正确。13The development of industry has been _ gradual process throughout _ human existence, from stone tools to modern technology.A. /; the B. the; aC. a; / D. a; a答案C解析考查冠词。第一空a gradual process表示“一个渐进的过程”，应用不定冠词a；第二空human existence表示“人类的存在”，是泛指的概念，所以用零冠词。故选C项。易错点：该题第二空部分考生可能错选the，但要注意the表示确切的状况，而零冠词则表示泛指的状况。14Being able to afford _ drink would be _ comfort in those tough times.A. the; the B. a; aC. a; / D. /; a答案B解析考查冠词。drink为动词转化而来的名词，所以用不定冠词a；comfort在这里表示的是一件具体的事情，属于典型的抽象名词具体化，所以也应用不定冠词a。句意为：在那些艰难的岁月里，能够买得起一杯饮料是一件令人安慰的事情。15We are said to be living in _ Information Age, _ time of new discoveries and great changes.A. an; the B. /; theC. /; a D. the; a答案D解析考查冠词用法。当提到信息时代，知识爆炸时代时，都是特指某段时期，故用定冠词；第二空是泛指一个的时期，应用不定冠词。故正确答案选D。16Carl is studying _ food science at college and hopes to open up _ meat processing factory of his own one day.A. /; a B. /; theC. the; a D. the; the答案A解析考查冠词用法。food science是科目名称，在英语中科目名称前不加冠词；factory是可数名词，此处泛指“一家肉类加工厂”，所以用不定冠词a，故选A项。17The Smiths dont usually like staying at _ hotels, but last summer they spent a few days at a very nice hotel by _ sea.A. /; a B. the; theC. /; the D. the; a答案C解析考查冠词。句意为：Smith一家通常不喜欢住宾馆。但是，去年夏天他们在海边一家漂亮的宾馆里住了好几天。表泛指的复数名词前不加冠词，staying at hotels意为“住宾馆”；by the sea意为“在海边”。故选C。by sea意为“乘船”，不符合语境。18As is known to all，_ Peoples Republic of China is _ biggest developing country in the world.A. the; / B. /; theC. the; the D. /; /答案C解析考查冠词用法。第一空特指中华人民共和国，即the Peoples Republic of China；第二空形容词最高级biggest之前用定冠词the，故C项正确。19Its said John will be in a job paying over $ 60 000 _ year.Right, he will also get paid by _ week.A. the; the B. a; theC. the; a D. a; a答案B解析考查冠词。根据题意可知，第一空表示“每、每一”的概念，所以用不定冠词a；第二空by the week是固定用法，表示“以周计算”的概念，所以用定冠词the。故选B。20In communication, a smile is usually _ strong sign of a friendly and _ open attitude.A. the; / B. a; anC. a; / D. the; an答案C解析考查冠词。sign为可数名词的单数形式，在此处表泛指，用不定冠词a；而可数名词attitude前已经使用冠词a，因此与friendly并列的形容词open前不再使用冠词。句意为：在交流中，微笑通常是态度友好的标志。21As he reached _ front door, Jack saw _ strange sight.A. the; / B. a; theC. /; a D. the; a答案D解析考查冠词用法。the front door特指前门，a strange sight意为“一番奇怪的景象”，故选D项。22Its _ good feeling for people to admire the S