文档介绍：冠词:
冠词用在名词的前面,有定冠词“the”与不定冠词“a;an”之分。定冠词表示“确指”,译作“这(那)个”;不定冠词表示“泛指”,译作“一个”。
例题解析:
( ) _____ lady over there is _____ university teacher.
A) A, the B) The, an C) The, a D) The, the “over there”意为“那边的”,是后置定语,它表示前面名词“lady”(女士)是“确指”的说法,因此要加上定冠词“the”。后半句意为“一位大学教师”,是泛指的说法,因此要加上不定冠词“a”或“an”。由于“university”的读音起始于辅音“j”,因此要加定冠词“a”。所以本题答案应该选“C”。
1.( ) He prefers playing _____ piano to playing _____ hockey. A) the, the B) the, / C) / , / D) / , the “piano”意为“钢琴”,属于乐器,要求前面加定冠词“the”。后半句中“hockey”意为“曲棍球”,属于球类活动,要求不加任何冠词。所以本题答案应该选“B”。
2.( ) Mr. Black was made _____ manager of pany. A) / B) a C) an D) the
“manager”表示被选的职位,前面不应加任何冠词。所以本题答案应该选“A”。
此外,冠词还有许多特殊的用法:
1. 由普通名词组成的专有名词前,要加定冠词,如:the Great Wall
2. 在拼音名词前,一般不加任何冠词,如:Changfeng Park
3. 在江、河、湖、海前,即使是拼音名词,也要加定冠词“the”,如:the Dongting Lake
4. 一般用“单数名词加‘a’;复数名词不加‘the’”来表示“泛指”的意思。
习题训练:
( ) 1. There is _____ “u” in _____ word “uniform.”.
A) an, a B) an, the C) a, a D) a, the ( )
2. _____ sign here stands for _____ mistake.
A) A, a B) A, the C) The, a D) The, the
( ) 3. We made Joyce _____ monitor ____ her experience.
a, because B) the, because C) / , because of D) the , because of
( ) months ago Mr. Green wrote ____ article on Shanghai International Art Festival.
A) the B) an C) a D) /
( ) 5. Q: Is Mr. White _____ teacher of your school?
A: Yes. _____ teacher is from Australia.
A) a, A B) a, The C) the, The D) the, A ( ) 6. Paul is _____ European student. He likes to study _____ history of China.
A) a, the B) a, / C) an, the D) an, / ( ) 7. This is _____ honey. As we all know, _____ honey is sweet. A) / , the
B) / , / C) the, / D) the, the
( ) 8. They didn't catch the last train because of _____.
A) some heavy traffics B) any heavy traffic
C) heavy traffic D) a heavy traffic
( ) 9. It won't take long, it's only _____ walk.
A) ten-minutes B) ten minutes' C) ten minutes D) ten-minute's
二、名词:
名词表示人或物体的名称,有普通名词(park)、专有名词(Peter;Party)、集合名词(family, class, police)、缩写名词(SARS, CEO, W