一、 单项填空
(B)1. 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
【解析】B. 本题考查冠词。??表示“去看电影”习惯用 go??to??the cinema.。表示“延续一段时间”习惯用for a while。
(D)2. 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
【解析】 D. 考查冠词的用法。句意: 我所需要的是一本包含油画 ABC(基础)知识的书。 ABC of oil painting 中 ABC 系特指应用 the,因此,只有D 对。
(A)3. We can never expect ___ bluer sky unless we create ___ less polluted world.
A. a; a??????B. a;??the??????C. the; a???????D. the; the
【解析】A. 考查冠词用法。此题前后二空的名词前均有描述性定语,要用不定冠词a,因此答案选 A。“如果我们不创造一个无污染的世界,就永远不能指望有一个更蓝的天空”。
(C)4. This area experienced __ heaviest rainfall in __ month of May.
A. 不填; a??????B. a;??the???????C. the; the???????D. the; a
【解析】C. 考查冠词的用法。此处形容词最高级前应用定冠词,而不能用不定冠词,因后面有介词短语in作了范围限定。第二空 the month of May 是一种固定用法。
(B)5. Washing machines made by China have won ___ worldwide attention and??Haier has become ___ popular name.
A. a;??the??????B. 不填; a??????C. 不填; the??????D. the; a
【解析】 B. 本题考查冠词用法。 attention 为不可数名词,这里强调的是“注意”,而不是某种特定的“注意”,故不用冠词。 name是可数名词,作表语,强调一种受欢迎的名字,故用不定冠词。
(B)6.??How??many??people??are??still??leading ___ life??under ___ poverty? line??in??the world?
A. the; 不填???????B. a; the??????C. a; a??????????D. 不填; 不填
【解析】B. lead a??life 为固定搭配,poverty??line 贫困线,它在世界上是有标准的,是唯一性的,表特指,需用 the 修饰。
(C)7.??They??have??their??reasons??for??keeping??their??marriage ___ secret for ___ moment.
A. the; a??B.??the; the??C. a; the??D. a; a
【解析】C. keep sth. a??secret 习语,“不公开某事,把某事当作秘密”;??for??the moment 习语,“暂时”。
(B)8.??Nowadays, ___ Internet??is??becoming??increasingly??popular and ___ new??high-speed??broadband??network??was??recently started.
A. a; the??B.??the; a??C. a; a??D. the; the
【解析】B. 第一空考查专有名词前定冠词的使用,第二空考查不定冠词表示泛指。
(B)9. More??and more??people??in China prefer??to??choose ___ cheap wireless phone??service known as ____??“Little Smart”.
A. a; the??B. a; 不填??C. the; the??D. the; 不填
【解析】B. 第一空表示一种便宜的无线电话服务; 第二空后“Little Smart”相当于称谓,意为“小灵通”。
(A)10. My mother asked me??to??repeat ___ telephone number ____ second? time so??that??she could write??it down.
?A. the; a??B. an;??the??C. an; a??D. the; the
【解析】A.??the??telephone??number 特指,双方都知道的事。 a second??time“又一次”,“再一次”。
(B)11.??She??got ____ job??in??Manilia??Manufacturing??Company??and gets paid by ____ hour.
A. a; an??B. a; the??C. a; 不填??D. the; the
【解析】B. get a??job 意为 “得到一份工作”,表示泛指;by??the hour 表示“按小时计算”。
(C)12. ---Who do you think will write??to us, sister?
???????---I’m??hoping??to??get ____ important??letter??from ____ father.
A. the; 不填??B. an;??the??C. an; 不填??D. the; the
【解析】C. 第一空用 an 表示泛指,“一封重要的信”??第二空father 为称呼语,不用冠词。
(D)13. My neighbor asked me to go for ____ walk, but I don't think I've got ____ energy.
A. a; 不填??B. the; the C. 不填; the D. a; the
【解析】D. 本题考查冠词用法。第一空walk是表动作的名词,表示动作的名词含有“一次,一会儿”的意思的时候,前面常用不定冠词。 第二空是特指。
(B)14. ---I am so sorry to have come late for the meeting. ---It??is??not??your??fault. With ____ rush-hour??traffic??and ____ heavy rain, it is no wonder you were late.
A. a; a B. the; the C. 不填; 不填??D. 不填; a
【解析】B.“交通高峰期”和“如此大的雨”都是特指的两件事,都必须用定冠词 the。
(D)15.??Of??all??reasons??for my??decision??to??become??a??university professor, my??father's advice was??most important one.
A. the; a??B. 不填; a??C. 不填; the??D. the; the
【解析】D. 根据句意,第一空表特指,所以用定冠词 the;第二空根据of all,可知含有比较的意义,故用the 表示最高级意义。