冠 词
定义
冠词是一种虚词,不能在句子中作独立成分,要用在名词的前面,帮助说明名词所指的人或事物。它不能离开名词而单独存在,因此,可以说冠词就是名词的一种标志。在英语中,冠词分为不定冠词(a和an)和定冠词(the)两种:不定冠词一般用于单数名词前,表示泛指;定冠词既可修饰可数名词(单复数均可),又可修饰不可数名词,表示特指。
知识归类
不定冠词a(an)
用法 例子
1. a用在辅音音素前,an用在元音音素前。 This is a useful book. He is an honest boy.
2. 用于第一次提到的、表示人或物的可数的单数名词前,表示“一个”,相当于one。 Here is a map of the United States. I have a story book.
3. 用在可数的、单数形式的普通名词前,表示价格、速度、时间、频率等度量上的“每一”等。 An apple a day keeps the doctor away. We take computer lessons once a week.
4. 抽象名词在某些情况下可以与不定冠词连用,表示“一种、一场”等。 It’s a pleasure to have a chat with you.
5. 用在单数名词前,表示一类人或物中的任何一个。 The sun is a star. A knife is used for cutting.
6. 用在序数词前表示“又一、再一”等。 He copied the article a third time.
7. 用于固定短语中。 have a look, a lot of, have a good time, a little, a few
特例清单
1. 有些单词虽然是以辅音字母开头,但使用不定冠词an。如:hour和honest以辅音字母h开头,但h并不发音,因此用an。
2. 有些单词虽然是以元音字母开头,但使用不定冠词a。如:useful和university以元音字母u开头,但u发/ju:/音,故使用a。
3. 表示成套的东西时,两个并列的名词前只能用一个不定冠词。如:
a knife and fork一套刀叉
a table and chair 一套桌椅
4. 不可数名词前一般不用冠词,但如果具体化,表示一个具体的情况、动作或某一类事物时,可以用不定冠词a或an。如:
—Have a smoke 抽支烟吧?
—No, thanks. I gave up smoking long time ago. 不了,谢谢,我早戒了。
Tom started at a walk but soon broke into a run. 汤姆开始时步行,但一会儿就奔跑起来了。
【题组训练】
( ) 1. —Would you like____ new blue T-shirt, Mary
—Sorry,Mom. I prefer ______ orange one.
A. a; a B. a; an C. an; a D. an; an
( ) 2. —Have you seen the film Dad, Where Are We Going
—Yes. It’s ________ interesting one.
A. a B. an C. the D. /
( ) 3. Mrs. Smith has ______ 8-year-old daughter who has won two national painting prizes.
A. a B. an C. the D. /
( ) 4. I have ______ English dictionary and it helps me a lot.
A. a B.an C. the D./
( ) 5. We can live a better life if we create ________ less polluted world.
A. the B. an C. a D.不填
定冠词the
用法 例子
1. 用于谈话双方都清楚的名词前,表示特指。 Tom, come to the blackboard, please.
2. 用于再次被提到的名词前。 There is a book on the desk. The book is Tom’s.
3. 和一些名词连用,表示类别。 The light bulb was invented by Edison.
4. 用于被形容词、介词短语或定语从句修饰的名词前。 Hand me the new book, please.
5. 用于形容词的最高级或序数词前。 Tom is the tallest in our class.
6. 用在世界上独一无二的事物或乐器前。 the sun, the moon, play the piano
7. 用于姓氏的复数前表示“一家人”或“夫妇”。 The Turners are at breakfast table.
8. 与某些形容词连用表示一类人或事物。 The young should help the old.
9. 用于由普通名词构成的专有名词前。 the Great Wall, the United States
10. 用于一些固定短语中。 by the way, in the end
【题组训练】
( ) 6. The little girl began to play _____ violin at the age of five.
A. a B. the C.不填 D. an
( ) 7. —Can you play ______ guitar
—Sure. It’s a piece of cake for me.
A. a B.an C. the D. /
( ) 8. —What’s the matter with you
—I can’t remember where I parked _________ car.
A. a B.an C. the D. 不填
( ) 9. Beijing is one of _______ biggest cities in China.
A. a B.an C. the D. /
( ) 10. Mom,I like _______ green T-shirt. Could you buy it for me?
A. a B.an C. the D. 不填
不用冠词的情况 — 零冠词
用法 例子
1. 在专有名词或不可数名词前。 Paper is made of wood.
2. 名词前有指示代词、物主代词或不定代词作定语。 Go along this road. Every student likes English in our class.
3. 复数名词表示一类人或事物时。 My parents are teachers.
4. 在节日、日期、月份、季节前。 Today is Children’s Day. It’s hot in summer.
5. 在一日三餐、球类运动、学科的名词前。 He went to school without breakfast. Let’s play football after school.
6. 在某些固定短语中。 in bed, in hospital, on foot, at school
特例清单
1. 如果三餐名词之前有定语修饰时,可加不定冠词。如:
We had a wonderful lunch. 我们吃了一顿很好的午餐。
He gave me a good supper. 他请我吃了一顿丰盛的晚餐。
2. 如果特指某顿饭时,可加定冠词。如:
The supper was different from that one. 这顿饭和那顿饭不同。
How did you like the dinner they gave 你们觉得他们提供的饭怎么样?
3. 如果季节、月份或日期名词被一个限定词修饰时,前面可加定冠词。如:
He came to Beijing in the winter of 1999. 他是1999年冬天来北京的。
I bought the bike in the May of 2004. 这辆自行车是我2004年的5月份买的。
4. 由festival组成的中国特有的节日前要加定冠词the。如:the Spring Festival春节;the Lantern Festival 元宵节。
5. 某些短语中有无冠词the,意义会大不相同。如:
(1) go to school 去上学; go to the school 到(所指)的学校去
(2) at table 用餐,在吃饭; at the table 在桌边
(3) in hospital 生病住院; in the hospital 在医院里(并非生病住院)
(4) in front of 在……前面(范围之外); in the front of 在……前部(范围之内)
(5) by sea (=by ship) 乘船,走水路; by the sea 在海边
(6) in class 在上课; in the class 在班上
(7) in place of 替代; in the place of 在……地方
【题组训练】
( ) 11. —Would you like to come to my party this afternoon
—I’d like to,but my mother is ill in ____ hospital, I will go to____ hospital to see her.
A. 不填; a B. a; the C. the; the D. 不填; the
( ) 12. She likes playing _____ piano; her brother likes playing _____ basketball.
A. the; a B. a: the C. /; the D. the; /
( ) 13. The young man in a blue coat is my PE teacher. He often plays _________basketball with us.
A. the B. a C. / D. an
( ) 14. Lu Jailed, 14, from ______ Hangzhou Foreign Language School,won _________ first place in the CCTV Character Spelling Contest (中国汉字听写大会).
A. /; the B. a; the C. a; a D. /; a
( ) 15. Eric is not going to Nanjing by ______ plane. Instead,he is taking _________ train.
A. /; a B. a; / C. a; the D. the; a
基础训练
( ) 1. David is from _____ European country and he is _______ honest boy.
A. a; a B. a; an C. an; a D. an; an
( ) 2. Beijing is _____ capital of China and it is _____ city with many places of interest.
A. a; a B. a; the C. the; a D. the; the
( ) 3. —Would you like some dumplings for ______ supper
—But we just had dumplings on _______ Tuesday.
A. a; the B. the; a C. a; a D. /; /
( ) 4. —What was Professor Wang doing at this time yesterday
—She was giving her students ____ lesson on ____ history.
A. a; / B. a; an C. the; the D. the; a
( ) 5. _____Whites were watching TV when _____ telephone rang.
A. A; a B. A; the C. The; the D. /; a
( )6. —Why did you laugh just now
—Dad wanted to tell me ____ very funny story, but he forgot ____ end himself.
A. a; an B. an; the C. the; a D. a; the
( )7. —How was ______ dinner at Mike’s house
—It was great. Mike’s mum is ______wonderful cook.
A. a; the B. the; a C. the; the D. a; an
( ) 8. He has tried twice, and he is asked to have ______ third try.
A. the B. a C. an D. /
( ) 9. —Excuse me. Do you have any books about _____ moon
—Yes, they are on ______ shelf over there.
A. a; a B. a; the C. the; / D. the; the
( ) 10. I like playing ____ chess, while my brother is interested in listening to _____ music.
A. /; / B. the; the C. the; / D. a; the
( ) 11. There is _____ airport in our city, and it is _____ first one in our province.
A. a; the B. an; / C. a; / D. an; the
( ) 12. —There’s _____ ball on the ground. Would you please pass ______ ball to me
—With pleasure.
A. the; the B. the; a C. a; a D. a; the
( ) 13. We have raised a lot of money for _____ poor in our country.
A. an B. / C. a D. the
( ) 14. We usually go to ____ school on weekdays, and sometimes go to _____cinema at weekends.
A. /; the B. the; the C. the; / D. /; /
( ) 15. —How long does it take us to go to your hometown from here
—It takes you ______ hour or more to go to my hometown by _______ train.
A. an; a B. a; a C. an; / D. a; /
( ) 16. —Where are my shoes, Mum
—I’ve washed them for you. You have to wear _____ different pair.
A. the B. a C.an D./
( ) 17. —Look! There is ____ useful book on the desk.
— _____book must be Lucy’s. She left there just now.
A. a; The B. the; The C. an; The D. an; A
( ) 18. —Can Xie Xiaojun play _____ piano
—Yes. She can play a little. She has made _____ decision to learn to play more music.
A. the; the B. a; a C. a; an D. the; a
( ) 19. —I have got _____ A for my English Mummy.
—Oh, boy, you have really given me _______ pleasant surprise.
A. an; / B. an; a C. a; the D. a; /
( ) 20. —Many young people are interested in _____ secrets behind Liu Qian’s magic.
—Me, too. I think he has ______ creative mind.
A. /; a B. /; the C. the; a D. the; the
( ) 21. —What ______ bad weather it is today!
—Yes, _______weather makes me so sad.
A. a; a B. /; the C. an; the D. the; a
( ) 22. —You know, Yao Ming used to be ____ NBA player, but now he is ______ boss.
—No matter what he does, I like him very much.
A. a; an B. an; a C. a; a D. an; an
( ) 23. —How do you know Mr. Black is ______ officer, Mary
—From his clothes. He’s wearing _____ uniform today.
A. an; an B. an; a C. a; an D. a; a
( ) 24. Stop shouting in the classroom, little Michael. Don’t be ______ impolite boy!
A. a B. an C. the D. /
( ) 25. —Have you ever been to Taiwan
—Yes. It is _____ largest island in China. It’s ____ wonderful place to travel.
A. a; a B. the; a C. a; the D. the; the
提高训练
A. Multiple Choice
( ) 1. There is _______ house in the picture. There is ________old woman near______ house.
A. an; a; the B. a; an ; the C. the ; a; an D. a; the; an
( ) 2. Before ___ supper, I always play ____ chess.
A. the; the B. /; / C. /; the D. the; /
( ) 3. Alice is fond of playing ______ piano, but she doesn’t have ____ piano of her own.
A. the; a B. /; a C. a; the D. the; /
( ) 4. Beyond ____ stars, the astronaut saw nothing but _____space.
A. /;the B. the ; the C. /;/ D. the; /
( ) 5. ______ terrible weather we’ve been having these days!
A. How a B. What a C. How D. What
( ) 6. —Where is Jack
— I think he is still in ______ bed, but he might just be in ______bathroom.
A. /;/ B. the; the C. the;/ D. /; the
( ) 7. Many people are still in _____ habit of writing silly things in ______public places.
A. the ; / B. / ; the C. the ; the D. /; /
( ) 8. We always have ______rice for ______lunch.
A. /, / B. the, / C. /, a D. the, the
( ) 9. It took me ______ hour and _____ half to finish ______ work.
A. a, a, a B. an, a, a C. an, a, the D. an, a, /
( ) 10. I like music, but I don't like ____ music of that TV play.
A. a B. an C. the D. /
( ) 11. Chaffs is______ boy, but he can play the guitar very well.
A. an eight-years old B. a eight-year-old
C. a eight-years-old D. an eight-year-old
( ) 12. He hit his sister in ______ face.
A. the B. her C. / D. his
( ) 13. —Have you seen ______ book I left it here this morning.
—Is it ______ Chinese book I saw it.
A. a, the B. the, the C. the, a D. a, a
( ) 14. There's ______“u” and ______“s” in ______word “use”.
A. an, a, the B. a, an, × C. a, a, a D. a, an, the
( ) 15. —Who is ______better, Li Ping or Wang Dong
—Of the two boys, I think Li Ping is _____ better one.
A. the; the B. the; a C. /; / D. /; the
( ) 16. ____ film is so interesting that I want to see it for ___ second time.
A. A; a B. The; the C. A; the D. The; a
( ) 17. Richard Powers’ The Echo Maker, ____ novel set in ___ small town of Kearney, Nebraska, US, has won _____ 57th US National Book Award for fiction.
A. the; the; the B. a; a; the C. a; the; the D. a; the; /
( ) 18. —Where is my blue shirt
— It’s in _____ washing machine. You have to wear ____ different one.
A. a; a B. the; the C. the; a D. a; other
( ) 19. They sailed along __ Yellow River for two weeks before they arrived __ home.
A. /; / B. the; / C. the; the D. /; the
( ) 20. — Was _____ problem solved
—We were trying to think of _____way out,but it was impossible to find one.
A. a; the B. the;a C. the;/ D. a;a
( ) 21. It is known to all that ___ light travels faster than ___ sound.
A. /; / B. the; / C. the; the D. a; a
( ) 22. The education of _____ young has become _____ hot and serious topic in the present society.
A. the;/ B.a;the C./;the D. the;a
( ) 23. According to _____ World Health Organization,health care plans are needed in all big cities to prevent _______ spread of AIDS.
A. the; the B.the;/ C.a;a D/;the
( ) 24. We made Xiao Ming ______ monitor at the class meeting last Saturday. Since then, ten students have been looking after the old man by turns,including ______ monitor.
A. our;/ B. /;the C.the;the D.a;our
( ) 25. George couldn’t remember when he first met Mr. Anderson.But he was sure it was _____ Sunday because everybody was at ______ church.
A. /;the B. the;/ C. a;/ D. /:a
B. Fill in the Blanks
1. _______ milk/Milk is food. ________ milk in this cup has gone bad.
2. — Do you like playing _________ football
— Yes. But I have only _________ basketball.
3. Do you know _______girl on ________another side of ________ lake
4. There's ________ "u" and ________ "s" in ________work "use".
5. She says ________animals can’t live without __________air, either.
6. His father, who is ________honest man, is teaching in ________ university.
7. Which is heavier, ________elephant or ________ horse
8. ________ cold wind was blowing from the north.
9. He is always ready to help _________ old and ________ young.
10. ________ Greens are traveling in _________ South China.
11. Although ________ most of us like to drink beer, those who drink ________most are _______ least healthy.
12. Xiaomei saw _________ interesting film last night. ________ film was about _________ kind doctor.
13. You can have _________ second try if you fail _______ first time.
14. Tom went to _________ school as usual, but he didn't know his father went to ________school for a parent meeting.
15. ________ knowledge begins with _________ practice.
16. ---Mum, what shall we have for _______dinner
---Dumplings.
---Oh, what _______ wonderful dinner! I enjoy it very much.
17. _________ PLA was founded on __________August 1st, 1927
18. _______ Kings came to us at _________ noon.
19. The scientists from ________ United States live in __________ Ninth Street.
20. The doctor to him, "Take ________ medicine twice ________day. Stay in _________ bed and you'll be better soon."
21. September 10th is _________ Teachers' Day.
22. Mr. Black arrived here on __________ Tuesday morning.
23. There are four seasons in _______year. ________ first season is spring. It is __________ best one of __________ four.
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Keys
题组训练
1—5 BBBBC 6—10 BCCCC 11—15 DDCAA
基础训练
1—5 BCDAC 6—10 DBBDA 11—15 DDDAC
16—20 BADBC 21—25 BBBBB
提高训练
A.
1-10 BBADD DAACC
11-20 DADDD DCCBB
21-25 ADABC
B.
1./, the (milk 是物质名词,一般不用冠词, 但后面加上一个定语in the cup 后,使其成为特指,所以需要用定冠词the.)
2. / , a (球类运动前不用the ; 指一个物体要用不定冠词a )
3. the,/, the (特指这个女孩用the;名词前已有定语another;)
4. a, an, the ("u" 发音以辅音开头所以用a; "s" 发音以元音开头所以用an; 特指这个单词用the)
5. /,/ (泛指动物所以不用任何冠词; air不可数名词,其前一般不用冠词)
6. an, the (honest 发音以元音开头,故用an, 在大学里为in the university)
7. an, a 或the ,the (不定冠词a , an 和 定冠词the与名词单数连用表示种类)
8. a (物质名词coffee, food, tea, fog, rain, snow, wind等,在表示 "一种"或 "一场"的意义时,前面要加不定冠词。
9. the, the (形容词前加定冠词,表示一类人)
10. The ,/ (姓氏的复数前加定冠词the 表示一家人;在华南是in South China)
11. /, the, the ( most当大多数讲时前面不用the;后两空均为形容词的最高级,前面要加the)
12. an, the, a (第一空和第三空都指一个事物,第二空是特指前面提到的电影)
13. a, the (a second try 指的是又一次)
14./, the (go to school 去上学, go to the school 去那所学校)
15./,/ (具有单纯意义的物质名词或抽象名词前,一般不用冠词)
16. /, a 17. the, / 18.the , / 19. the, / 20. the, a, /
21. / 22. / 23. a, the ,the , the