刘守君

【知识梳理】

冠词是放在名词前面,帮助说明名词含义的虚词。汉语译作“冠词”非常形象:冠词之于名词犹如冠之于禽。冠词是英语词性中最小的一类,只有三个,分成不定冠词(a; an)和定冠词(the)两种。

一、定冠词的用法

二、不定冠词的用法

三、零冠词的用法

【灵活运用】

一、单句填空按照下面句子结构的语法性, 在空格处填入a、an或/。

1. The Wilsons live in ______ A-shaped house near the coast. It is ______ 17th century cottage.

2. For a long time they walked without saying ______ word. Jim was the first to break ______ silence.

3. When he left ______ college,he got a job as ______ reporter in a newspaper office.

4. When you come here for your holiday next time, dont go to ______ hotel; I can find you ______ bed in my flat.

5. —Hey, Mr. Smith, you are wanted on ______ phone?

—Who is calling?

—______ Mr. Green. I dont know who he is.

6. —Will you be on ______ holiday soon?

—Well, Im too busy to take ______ holiday now. ______ manager has me work day and night. Ill be able to take one two months from now.

7. —What about ______ speech?

—It was too tiring, you know, ______ speech for me.

8. It is said that dictionaries on ______ popular science are in ______ short supply.

9. —This is ______ film Ive told you about several times.

—Its great. Ive never seen ______ more moving one.

10. Beyond ______ stars, the astronaut saw nothing but ______ space.

二、句子运用将下列句子翻译成英语,注意冠词的用法。

1. 电话是Alexander Grander Bell于1876年发明的。

2. 伦敦是英国的首都。

3. 英国人见面经常谈论天气。

4. 辛勤工作一周之后去看电影是很大的乐趣。

5. 众所周知,老虎正处于灭绝的危险之中。

6. 爱丽丝爱好弹钢琴,而亨利对听音乐感兴趣。

7. 长江是中国最长的河流。

8. 他于1995年春天参军。

9. 那位白发女士在会上讲英语。

10. 昨天他们选Tom为他们班的班长。

三、篇章运用阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入a、an或 /。

It is___1___New Years Eve. As___2___hands of___3 ___clock move towards___4 ___midnight___5___old year is slowly dying; in___6___few minutes ___7___New Year will be born. It is___8___ time for looking back, or else looking forward. We look back over all that has happened during___9___past year, to ourselves, to our country and to ___10___ world. We look forward with ___11___hope to___12___New Year that is just beginning, hoping that it will bring ___13___ health and happiness to those we love, and ___14___ peace to all___15___mankind.

In___16 ___ Scotland___17___last day of___18___year is___19___ most important holiday of___20___winter, more important even than ___21___ Christmas. On___22___New Years Eve ___23___friends and neighbours go about from house to house drinking to ___24___ health of each other and wishing each other___25___ good luck. On___26___New Years Day all ___27___ shops and___28___ factories are closed and no work is done. Families meet together for___29 ___ big meal and___30 ___family party.

In___31___ England New Years Day is not___32___holiday. But on New Years Eve___33___ most people sit up till after___34___ midnight to see___35___New Year in or else they go to ___36 ___parties and dances. Most of ___37___ big London hotels have___38___New Years Eve dance. Thousands of people come to___39___Trafalgar Square to listen to___40___unique sound of___41___Big Bens famous chimes(钟声). The big event for New Years Eve 2009 is ___42___a free fireworks display at___43___ London Eye on ___44___South Bank, the light of which makes it seem like___45___daylight.

参考答案

一、单句填空

1. an; a。两空均表示某类事物中的一个,用不定冠词。因A-shaped是元音开头,第一空填“an”;seventeenth是辅音开头,第二空填“a”。

2. a; the。word作话语讲时是可数名词,without saying a word表示“一句话也没有说”;silence特指,用定冠词。

3. /; a。leave college为固定用法,意思是“毕业”;reporter是表示职业身份的可数名词,第一次提到,用不定冠词a表示“一个”。

4. the; a。前者特指这次住的旅馆,用定冠词;后者泛指某类事物中的一个,用不定冠词。句意:下次别再去那旅馆住了,我可以给你找一张床。

5. the; A。“sb. is wanted on the phone”意为“某人在电话里被叫”;“a Mr. Green”指某个格林先生,不确定究竟是哪一位。

6. /; a; The。be on holiday是固定词组,意为“在休假”;the manager则特指“我的经理”。

7. the; a。根据It was too tiring 可推断第一个speech是双方都明白的,用定冠词。后面的speech则指具体的一次讲演。

8. /; /。popular science是一门学科,无须冠词;in short supply是固定配搭。

9. the; a。film后面的定语从句限制了这是一部特指的电影,而后面的a more moving one则指的是“更令人感动的一部电影”,是泛指。

10. the; /。指天空中的物体名词前用定冠词,但本句中space指“整个空间”,不加冠词。

二、句子翻译

1. The telephone was invented by Alexander Grander Bell in 1876.

2. London is the capital of England.

3. British people often talk about the weather to each other.

4. It is a great pleasure to go to the cinema after a weeks hard work.

5. As is known to all, the tiger is in danger of dying out.

6. Alice is fond of playing the piano while Henry is interested in listening to music.

7. The Changjiang River is the longest river in China.

8. He joined the army in the spring of 1995.

9. The old lady with white hair spoke English well at the meeting.

10. Yesterday they chose Tom monitor of their class.

三、篇章运用

1. /2. the3. the4. /5. the6. a7. the8. the9.日the10. the11. / 12. the13. / 14. /15. /16. /17. the18. the19. the20. / 21. / 22. / 23. /24. the25. /26. /27. / 28. /29. a30. a31. / 32. a33. /34. /35. the36. / 37. the38. a39. the40. the 41. / 42.43. the44. the45. /

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