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第1章 专题2 冠词
1.(2011·全国卷,16)As he reached ________ front door, Jack saw ________ strange sight.
A.the; 不填 B.a; the
C.不填;a D.the; a
答案:D。句意:当杰克到达前门的时候,他看到了一幕奇怪的景象。第一个空表特指,用定冠词the; a strange sight一幕奇怪的景象。
2.(2011·重庆卷,26)In communication, a smile is usually ________ strong sign of a friendly and ________ open attitude.
A.the; / B.a; an
C.a; / D.the; an
答案:C。本题考查冠词的用法。句意:在交流中,微笑通常是一个友好和开放态度的强烈象征。friendly与open是并列的,故open前可不加冠词。因此排除B、D两项。此处表示泛指一个“象征、符号”,故C项正确。
3.(2011·四川卷,18)Dr.Peter Spence,________ headmaster of the school,told us,“________ fifth of pupils here go on to study at Oxford and Cambridge.”
A.不填;A B.不填;The
C.the;The D.a;A
答案:A。本题考查冠词。句意:彼得·斯宾塞博士,本校的校长,告诉我们,“我们五分之一的学生要去牛津和剑桥大学继续学业”。首先,如果官衔称呼做同位语,不需要冠词,而 a fifth 同one fifth,表示五分之一。
4.(2011·新课标卷,33)It is generally accepted that ______ boy must learn to stand up and fight like ______ man.
A.a;a B.a;the
C.the;the D.a;不填
答案:A。本题考查冠词的用法。句意:普遍认为男孩子要学会担当,要像男人一样地战斗。此处这两个空都是表示类别,可数名词前加a,表示“一类”。
5.(2011·山东卷,21)Take your time—it's just________short distance from here to________restaurant.
A.不填;the B. a; the
C. the; a D.不填;a
答案:B。本题考查冠词的用法。句意:别着急,从这儿到饭店距离很短。由第二空可知,此处指两人都知道的饭店,故用定冠词。所以排除C、D两项。distance为可数名词,且在just之后,因此要用不定冠词。
6.(2011·浙江卷,2)Experts think that ________ recently discovered painting may be ________ Picasso.
A.the; 不填 B.a; the
C.a; 不填 D.the; a
答案:D。考查冠词应用。句意:专家们认为最近发现的那幅画可能是一幅毕加索的手笔。显然空一用定冠词the表示特指;空二不定冠词a(n)用于专有名词前表示具备该名词特征的一个人或事物。
7.(2011·江西卷,22)—It's 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; the
C.the; a D.a; a
答案:B。本题考查冠词的用法。句意:——据说约翰一年的工作薪水将超过六万美元。——是的,他的报酬还按周计算。第一空是泛指,意为“一年,每年”,故用不定冠词;by the week按周计算,属习惯用法。又如:by the hour 按小时计算。
8.(2011·陕西,13)As is known to all,________People's Republic of China is ________biggest developing country in the world.
A. the ;不填 B. 不填 ;the
C. the ;the D. 不填;不填
答案:C。考查冠词应用。句意:众所周知,中华人们共和国是世界上最大的发展中国家。由普通名词组合而成的专有名词要加定冠词,所以空一用the;空二the用于最高级前。
9.(2010·重庆卷)Everything comes with ______ price;there is no such ______ thing as a free lunch in the world.
A.a;a B.the;/
C.the;a D.a;/
答案:D。考查冠词。题干中price为可数名词,其前用不定冠词a表示泛指;no such thing相当于not such a thing。
10. (2010·辽宁卷)There are over 58,000 rocky objects in ______ space,about 900 of which could fall down onto ______ earth.
A.the;the B.不填;the
C.the;不填 D.a;the
答案:B。考查冠词。第一空不填冠词,in space“在太空”,为固定用法;因earth为独一无二的名词,其前必须用定冠词the。故选B项。
11.(2010·北京卷)First impressions are the most lasting.After all,you never get ______ second chance to make ______ first impression.
A.a;the B.the;the
C.a;a D.the;a
答案:C。考查冠词。第一空用不定冠词a,a second chance表示“再一次机会”;第二空用a表示泛指的概念。
12.(2010·山东卷)If we sit near ______ front of the bus,we'll have ______ better view.
A.不填;the B.不填;a
C.the;a D.the;the
答案:C。考查冠词。由句意可知,坐在汽车的前面,指的是汽车内的前面,所以应该用the front of;第二空表泛指,所以要用不定冠词a。句意:(乘车时)如果我们坐在汽车的前而,就会看到更好的风景。
13.(2010·江苏卷)The visitors here are greatly impressed by the fact that______people from all walks of life are working hard for______new Jiangsu.
A.不填;a B.不填;the
C.the;a D.the;the
答案:A。考查冠词的用法。句意:这里的游客被各行各业的人努力建设一个崭新的江苏的事实深深感动了。前一个空,people本身是集合名词,一般不与冠词连用;后一个空指的是一个崭新的江苏省,是泛指。
14.(2010·浙江卷)Many lifestyle patterns do such______great harm to health that they actually speed up______weakening of the human body.
A.a;/ B./;the
C.a;the D./;/
答案:B。考查冠词。第一空是do harm to是固定词组,表示“对……有伤害”,harm为不可数名词,故用零冠词;第二空用定冠词特指人体的衰弱。所以这里选B项。
15.(2009·陕西卷)What ______ pity that you couldn't be there to receive ______ prize!
A. a;a B. the ; a
C. a ; the D. the; the
答案:C。考查冠词。第一空所填冠词与上下文构成固定句型what a pity that ...,用不定冠词a;第二空后名词表示特指,用定冠词the,选C。
16.(2009·浙江卷)I don't understand what the engineer means, but I've got ______ rough idea of ______ project plan.
A. the; a B. 不填; the
C. the;不填 D. a; the
答案:D。考查的冠词。前一句泛指一种想法,后一句特指那项计划。
17.(2009·重庆卷)Washing machines made by China have won ______ worldwide attention and Haier has become ______ popular name.
A. a; the B. /;a
C. /;the D. the; a
答案:B。考查冠词。attention是抽象名词,前面不用冠词。name指“名声”,是可数名词单数形式,前面必须加上a。
18.(2009·北京卷)The biggest whale is ______ blue whale, which grows to be about 29 meters long—the height of ______ 9-story building.
A. the; the B. a; a
C. a; the D. the; a
答案:D。考查冠词的用法。第一空“蓝鲸”为一种动物的种类,故用定冠词the;而第二空“一座九层高的楼”并无特指,故应选择不定冠词a。
19.(2009·全国卷)What I need is ______ book that contains ______ ABC of oil painting.
A. a;不填 B. the; 不填
C. the; an D. a; the
答案:D。考查冠词用法。a表示泛指,the表示特指。句意:我需要的是一本包含油画基础知识的书。
20.(2009·四川卷)In order to find ______ better job, he decided to study ______ second foreign language.
A. the; a B. a; a
C. the; the D. a; the
答案:B。考查冠词。第一空泛指一个更好点的工作,故用不定冠词a;第二空中a+序数词表“再一;又一”。故B项正确。
21.(2009·全国卷Ⅰ)Let's go to ______ cinema—that'll take your mind off the problem for ______ while.
A. the; the B. the; a
C. a; the D. a; a
答案:B。考查冠词用法。此题两个空都考查了固定表达。句意:让我们去看电影吧,这样就可以让你暂时不考虑这个问题。go to the cinema“去看电影”;for a while“暂时”。故B项正确。
22.(2009·江西卷)Some people fear that ______ air pollution may bring about changes in ______ weather around the world.
A. /; the B. the; /
C. an; the D. the; a
答案:A。考查冠词的用法。大气污染即air pollution ,其前无需加冠词;而weather后有定语修饰,故应在其前加上定冠词the。
23.(2011·德阳三诊,2)Finally the climbers got to________ place which had never been visited by ________ men.
A.a; 不填 B.a; the
C.不填; the D.the; the
答案:A。考查冠词。第一空place是可数名词单数,此空表泛指,选不定冠词;第二空men是复数,此空也是表泛指,所以不加冠词。
24.(2011·辽宁网上诊断联考,23)The person in ________ charge of the program was at ________ complete loss when the incident happened.
A. 不填;不填 B.
C. the; 不填 D. the; a
答案:B。 in charge of固定短语“负责任”;at a loss 固定短语:“茫然不知所措”。
25.(2011·莆田适应性练习,21)My summer camp isn't ________ good fun, but it is ________ real learning experience for me.
A. a; / B. the; a
C. /; a D. a; the
答案:C。考查冠词。句意:我参加的夏令营一点都不好玩,但是对我来说确是一次真正的学习经历。第一空fun是不可数名词,此处表泛指,所以不加冠词;第二空experience在此处是可数名词,意思是“经历”,表泛指,所以用不定冠词。
26.(2011·龙岩一级校联盟联考,21)On April 24th, 2011, Hu Jintao, ________ chairman of the P.R.C., and other state leaders attended Tsinghua centennial (百年的) celebration at ________ Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
A./;/ B./;the
C.the; the D.the; /
答案:B。考查冠词。第一空chairman是表示职务、头衔的名词,在充当句子的主语补足语、宾语补足语或者同位语时,应该不加冠词;第二空是由普通名词构成的专有名词,应该用定冠词。
27.(2011·丰台二模,21)She studied ________ medicine before she became ________ writer.
A.the; the B.the; a
C.不填; a D.不填; the
答案:C。考查冠词。句意:成为作家前她学的是医学。第一空medicine是物质名词,所以不加冠词;第二空writer是可数名词,此处表泛指,所以加不定冠词。
28.(2011·西安第三次质检,11) Early in ________morning word came that Mr. Black had been elected ________president of the company.
A. a;不填 B. the;不填
C. a; the D. 不填;the
答案:B。考查冠词。in the morning是固定短语,意为“早上”;第二空president是表示职务、头衔的名词,在充当句子的主语补足语、宾语补足语或者同位语时,应该不加冠词。
29.(2011·淮安第四次调考,21)Japan has been trying to bring its nuclear crisis under ________ control, but ________ spread of radiation has raised concerns about the safety of the nuclear energy.
A. a; the B. the; /
C. /; the D. a; /
答案:C。考查冠词。句意:日本一直尽力把核危机控制住,但是核放射的蔓延已经引起了对于核能安全的关注。第一空under control是固定短语,意为“被控制”;第二空表特指,特指日本核放射的蔓延。
30.(2011·宜宾适应性测试,1)Most scientists seem to agree that ________ certain limit should be set on________ consumption(消费) of cars to ease air pollution.
A.a; the B./; the
C.the; / D.the; the
答案:A。考查冠词。第一空a certain=some;第二空加定冠词表特指。句意:许多科学家倾向于同意为了减轻空气污染,应该对汽车消费设定一些限制。
31.(2011·海淀期中,25)—How about ________ party?
—Cool! It was really ________ great fun! Pity you weren't there.
A.a; a B.the; a
C.the; / D.a; /
答案:C。考查冠词。句意:——那次聚会怎么样?——好极了!确实很有意思,可惜你没有参加。由语境中动词的过去式和答句中的“可惜你当时不在场”可知谈论的是已经举行过的那次聚会,故第一空为特指,用定冠词the;第二空后的名词fun为不可数名词,不用不定冠词。故答案为C。
32.(2011·东城练习二,34)Opening the door, Mrs. Summers found ________ family of ________ cats shut in the bathroom.
A.a;不填 B.a; the
C.the; 不填 D.the; the
答案:A。考查冠词。句意:一推开浴室的门,Summers夫人就发现一群猫被关在里面。a family of“一家子,一群”。cats在这没有定语限制,表泛指。易错选B。误把shut in the bathroom看作定语。
33.(2011·西城二模,21)Have you got these jeans in ________ larger size? This pair is a bit too small around ________ waist.
A.a; the B./; the
C.the; / D.a; a
答案:A。考查冠词。句意:这种牛仔裤有没有号码稍大一点的?这一条腰围有点小。第一空in a larger size为表示泛指的习惯搭配;第二空表身体某一部位的名词前用定冠词。故选A。易错选D。没有意识到表示身体的某一部位的名词前需用定冠词而误选。
34.(2011·天津十二区县联考一,2)—Would you mind giving your advice on how to improve our business management?
—If you make ________ most of the modern equipment, there will be ________ rise in production.
A.不填;不填 B.the; a
C.不填;a D.the;不填
答案:B。考查冠词用法。句意:——你介意就怎样改进我们的企业管理发表一下你的看法吗?——如果你充分利用现代化设施, 产量将会提高。第一空处考查固定搭配,make the most/best of“充分利用”;第二空处为习惯搭配,rise指 (金额、数量、强度或工资的)增加:a rise in the price of meat/the value of the dollar/the average temperature肉类价格的上涨/美元的升值/平均温度的升高。易错选C。是对“充分利用make full use of=make the best/most of”这一短语识记错误造成的误选。
35.(2011·重庆二诊,23)—Who would have expected that a story about an 11yearold boy wizard would turn into ________ multibillion dollar business?
—That's ________ magic of the Harry Potter series.
A./; the B.a; the
C.a; / D.the; /
答案:B。考查冠词。句意:——谁会想到一个11岁的小男巫会变成一个数十亿美元资产企业的故事呢?——那是《哈利·波特》的魔法系列作品。第一空后的business为可数名词且为泛指,故需在空格处加不定冠词a;第二空特指《哈利·波特》魔法系列作品,故需用定冠词the,选B。易错选C。没有意识到第二空为特指而误选。
36.(2011·东北三省四市联考,21)________ 2010 Shanghai World Expo was ________ honor for all of the Asians.
A.The; the B.不填; an
C.The; an D.不填; the
答案:C。考查冠词。句意:2010上海世博会是一件值得所有亚洲人光荣的事。上海世博会是由普通名词构成的专有名词,故前加定冠词,honor在此为可数名词,意为“一件光荣的事”故其前加不定冠词。如:He is an honor (光荣的人)to our school.他是我们学校的光荣。易错选A。受honor后for all of the Asians的影响,认为是特指而误选。
37.(2011·东北三校二模,21)Beijing and ________ European Union agreed on Tuesday to set up ________ working group to promote hightech sales to China.
A./;a B.the; the
C.the; a D./; the
答案:C。考查冠词。句意:北京和欧洲联盟在周二同意建立一个工作组,目的是促进高科技产品在中国的销售。the European Union欧洲联盟,专有名词,需加定冠词the。working group工作组,此处表泛指,又是可数名词,故加a。易错选A。由普通名词转化成的专有名词,应该加the。又如:the Great Wall长城。
38.(2011·沈阳二模,1)Cooking calls for ________ patience and time but it is ________ enjoyable experience.
A.a; the B.不填;an
C.the; an D.a; 不填
答案:B。考查冠词。句意:烹调需要耐心和时间,但这是一种有趣的体验。call for“需要,要求”;enjoyable“快乐的,有乐趣的,有趣的,愉快的”。第一空后的名词patience为不可数名词且为泛指,故用零冠词;第二空后的experience在此意为“体验,经历”为可数名词的单数,故其前需加不定冠词,又因形容词enjoyable是以元音音素开头的词,故需用不定冠词an。
39.(2011·石家庄二模,8)—Excuse me, sir. You can't enter ________ office without ________ permission.
—But the manager is expecting me.
A.the; a B.an; the
C.the; 不填 D.不填;不填
答案:C。考查冠词。句意:——打扰一下,先生,没有经过允许,您不能进入这间办公室。——但是经理在等着我。第一空特指那间办公室,用定冠词the;第二空处的without permission“没有允许”为固定搭配。
40.(2011·济南4月模拟,26)He wants to see ________ much stronger China within ________ rest of his life.
A./; a B.a; /
C.the; a D.a; the
答案:D。考查冠词。句意:他希望在他的余生能够看到一个更强大的中国。第一空表示泛指“一个更强大的中国”;第二空表示特指“生命中剩余的时间”,另外the rest of为固定短语。
41.(2011·济南一模,26)She removed ________ hat she was wearing and tried on ________ black silk one.
A.a; a B.the; the
C.the; a D.a; the
答案:C。考查冠词。句意:她摘下她正戴着的帽子,试戴了一下一顶黑色的丝绸帽。第一空特指她当时正在戴着的帽子,故用定冠词the;第二空泛指一顶黑色的帽子,形容词black是以辅音音素开头的词,故用不定冠词a,答案为C。
42.(2011·江南十校联考,21)—Excuse me, are you Amy, from Class 2, Grade 1?
—Sorry, I'm not ________ Amy from Class 2, Grade 1 but from Class 1, Grade 2. There are two Amys in my school.
A.a B.an
C./ D.the
答案:D。考查冠词。句意:——打扰一下,你是来自一年级二班的Amy吗?——对不起,不是,我是二年级一班的Amy,我校有两个Amy。语境“我不是你所说的那个来自一年级二班的Amy”为特指,故用定冠词the,选D。
43.(2011·皖南八校第三次联考,21)—Oh, ________ air is so bad. Shall I open the windows to let in ________ fresh air?
—Ok, thank you.
A.the; any B./; any
C.the; some D./; some
答案:C。考查冠词和不定代词。句意:——噢,空气很糟糕。我可以把窗户打开让一些新鲜空气进入吗?——好的,谢谢。第一空特指说话双方都知道的空气,故用定冠词the;第二空指“一些新鲜空气”,而且有“表示建议,请求并期望得到肯定回答”之意,故用some。易错选D。认为air为不可数名词且第一空为泛指而误选D。
44.(2011·南京二模,21)What disappointed ________ Chinese most is that the national football team was kicked out of the Asian Cup ________ second time, with four points from three matches.
A.the; a B.不填;a
C.the; the D.不填;the
答案:A。考查冠词。句意:最令国人失望的是国家足球队以三赛四分的成绩再次在亚洲杯中被淘汰出局。the Chinese“中国人(民)”;a second time“又一次,再一次”。易错选C。认为第二空处意为“第二次”而误选。
45.(2011·杭州质检二,1)It was ________ very rare find and the archaeologist who made ________ discovery said it was like unearthly a Mona Lisa.
A.a; the B.the; the
C.the; a D.a; a
答案:A。考查冠词。句意:这是一个很罕见的发现,那位发现这一奇观的考古学家说,它就像神秘的蒙娜丽莎。unearthly非尘世的,怪异的,神秘的。第一空后的名词find(发现,发现物)为可数名词,此处为泛指一个发现,故用不定冠词a;第二空特指这位考古学家的这一发现,需用定冠词the。故答案为A。
46.(2011·江西九校联考,21)It's ________ good feeling for people to admire the Shanghai World Expo that gives them ________ pleasure.
A.不填;a B.a; 不填
C.the; a D.a; the
答案:B。句意:上海世博会给人们带来了快乐,欣赏世博会是一种美好的感受。有些抽象名词,如knowledge, success, command, feeling等,前面有“a/an+形容词”修饰时,抽象名词就为含有具体意思的名词了,如:a knowlege of某种知识/某方面的知识;a success一个成功的人/一件成功的事等。pleasure意为“愉快、快乐”,为不可数名词。
47.(2011·桂林一模,22)As is known to all, ________ opening ceremony of the 16th Asian Games held on November 12th in Guangzhou was ________ great success.
A.不填;a B.the; a
C.the; 不填 D.a; 不填
答案:B。考查冠词。句意:正如我们大家都知道的,11月12日在广州举行的第16届亚运会开幕式是一次很成功的开幕式。第一空特指第16届亚运会开幕式,故用定冠词the;第二空是抽象名词具体化,a success在此意为:一次成功的开幕式。故选B。
48.(2011·西安八校联考,11)Xi'an,________ city of natural beauty will host ________International Horticultural (园艺) Exposition in 2011.
A.a; the B.an; a
C.the; a D.an; a
答案:A。考查冠词。句意:西安,一座拥有自然美的城市,将要主办2011年国际园艺博览会。第一空为泛指,a city of natural beauty作Xi'an的同位语;第二空特指2011年国际园艺博览会,故需用定冠词。
49.(2011·乌鲁木齐二诊,32)If we do not deal with ________ problem caused by air pollution, our planet may no longer be ________ healthy place for us.
A.a; the B.a; a
C.the; a D.the; the
答案:C。考查冠词。句意:如果我们不处理由空气污染造成的问题,我们这个星球对我们来说可能不再是一个健康的地方。第一空特指由空气污染引起的问题,用定冠词the;第二空泛指一个地方,用不定冠词a,选C。
50.(2011·成都三诊,2)________ freezing snow, which is still heavy, will come to ________ end this weekend.
A./; an B.The; /
C.The; an D.An; the
答案:C。考查冠词。句意:这场仍然下得很大的寒冷的雪将会持续到本周末。第一空为特指,后跟定语从句限定,特指这场大雪;第二空为固定搭配,come to an end“终止,结束,告终”。
51.(2011·昆明质检,1)—How about ________ job you were offered last week?
—Not so bad, but I ran into difficulties at the very beginning.
A.the B.an
C.a D.不填
答案:A。考查冠词。句意:——上周你得到的那份工作怎样?——还可以,不过在开始的时候我遇到了困难。从job后的定语you were offered last week可知这份工作是特指的,故用定冠词,选A。
52.(2011·杭州二中五月热身考,1)—What do you think about ________ blue dress in the shop window?
—Oh, it's fantastic! It will make ________ perfect birthday present.
A. a; a B. the; a
C. a; the D. the; the
答案:B。考查冠词。句意:——你认为橱窗里的那件蓝色衣服怎么样?——很好!它会是一件完美的生日礼物。由句意可知,第一空为特指;第二空为泛指。
53.(2011·南开中学5月月考,23)The royal wedding of William, ________ Britain's prince, and Kate, ________ ordinary girl, draws the worldwide attention.
A. /; an B. /; the
C. the; the D. a; the
答案:A。考查冠词。句意:英国王子威廉和普通女孩凯特的皇室婚礼吸引了全世界人的眼球。第一空不加冠词,因为prince前已经有Britain's的限定;第二空应该加不定冠词表示泛指。
54.(2011·元济高中压轴,2)Of the two brothers, Bill is ________ younger one, and he is a quiet boy, ________ that most adults like very much.
A. a; one B. a; the one
C. the; one D. the; the one
答案:C。考查冠词。句意:比尔是两兄弟中较年轻的一个,他是个安静的男孩,一个大多数人都很喜欢的男孩。第一空the +比较级表示“两者中较……的一个”;第二空one用作a quiet boy的同位语。
55.(2011·盐城中学二模,21)Well, that's enough. ________ price will be beyond my reach.
A. The higher B. A highest
C. The highest
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