高考英语语法过关检测2 冠词
1. Tom is __________ European and he is ___________ honest boy.
A. a, an B. an, a C. an, an D. a, a
答:A。用在辅音前,an用在元音之前。如:a useful book, a one-year-old child, an hour, an honest man.
2. Alexander Graham Bell invented _______ telephone in 1876.
A. / B. a C. the D. one
答:C。定冠词the接可数名词单数表示整个类属。如想表达“虎面临着灭绝的危险”不能说A tiger is in danger of dying out, 而应说 The tiger is in danger of dying out。
3. There is__________ “h” in the word “honest”.
A. a B. the C. / D. an
答:D。h的音标是元音开头。
4. _________ Yellow River is ___________ second longest river in our country.
A. The, a B. An, an
C. The. the D. /, /
答:C。序数词前常用定冠词。在一些表示地理名词的专有名词,如江,河、海、洋、山脉、群岛、海湾、海峡等同前常使用定冠同。如:the Red Sea, the English Channel, the Pacific Ocean。
5. That’s not our house. It belongs to ____________.
A. the Turners’ B. the Turners
C. the Turner’s D. Turners
6. Alice is fond of playing __________ piano while Henry is interested in listening to music.
A. /, the B. /, /
C. the, / D. the, the
答:C。球类、棋类的词前一般不用冠词,但在表示乐器的名词前应用定冠词。不过music(音乐)为不可数名词,属于抽象名词,前不加定冠词.但若表示具体的特指的音乐前可用定冠词,如What do you think of the music in the film? 特指这部影片中的音乐,故应用定冠词。
7. __________ twenty-fifth of December is___________ Christmas Day.
A. The, a B. The, the
C. A, the D. The, /
答:D。季节、月份、星期、节日、假日、一日三餐前一般不加冠词,如Spring is the best season of the year.如果月份等词被一个限定性定语修饰,就要加冠词,如He joined the Army in the spring of I992。
8. My friend is in. He is still in___________ hospital. I’m going to __________ hospital to see him.
A. the, the B. /, / C. /, the D. the, /
答:C。in hospital住院,为惯用法.这类用法还有许多。如:in town;在城里,go to church 去做礼拜, go to bed去睡觉, go to school 上学, go to college 上大学, in pris-on 坐牢, by hand 手工, by machine机器制做, by radio 通过无线电 go to the hospital
9. —Where’s Jack?
—I think he’s still in __________ bed, but he might just be in __________ bathroom.
A. /, / B. the, the
C. the, / D. /, the
菩:D.inbed卧床,getoutOfbed起床,均为惯用法,不加冠词.in the bathroom为特指,指谈话双方都知道的事物
10.—Have you seen___________ pen? I left it here this morning.
—Is it___________black one? I think I saw it somewhere.
A. a, the B. the, the
C. the, a D. a, a
答:D。根据Is it a black one? 可判断问句与答语中的pen均非特指。
11. Many people are still in ____________ habit of writing silly things in ________ public places.
A. the, the B. /, /
C. the, / D. /, the
答:C。in the habit of 是习惯用语。public places是复数名词,表示泛指概念,前面不用冠词。
12. _________will make a trip around the world during the coming Christmas.
A. The Evens B. The Evens’
C. The Evenses D. The Evenses’
答:C。姓氏名词的复数前加定冠词可表示“一家人”或“夫妇俩”。
13. In Hangzhou Mr Green was so struck by__________ beauty of_______ nature that he stayed for another night.
A. /, / B. /, the
C. the, / D. the, the
答:C。beauty后有。f短语限定,应加定冠词。Rature指“自然”,前面不用冠词,如mnature在自然界中。若nature指“本性,属性,”前面可加定冠词。
14. Paper money was in__________use in China when Marco Polo visited the country in thirteenth century.
A. the, / B. the, the C. /, the D. /, /
答:C。in use为惯用法。
15. Beyond __________ stars, the astronaut saw nothing but ________ empty space.
A. the, / B. /, the
C. /, / D. the, the
答:A。thestars为特指,指宇航员能看到的恒星。space前一般不加冠词。如:in space在太空,fromspace从太空。
16. She is_________ newcomer to ________ Chemistry but she has already made some im-portent discoveries.
A. the, the B. the, /
C. a, / D. a, the
答:C。but在句中是表示转折的信息词,否则学生可能认为B是正确的。其次应明确.表示新成员中的一位要用不定冠词。抽象名词或学科名词前不加冠词。
17. The man and the woman standing there look like __________ husband and _________wife.
A. the, the B. a, a
C. /, / D. a, the
答:C。对应关系的两个词,若用来表示一个概念时,前边不加冠词。如:husband and wife夫妻,father and son父子,teacher and student 师生,enemy and friend 敌友,town and country城乡。
18. He has been admitted to_________ Qinghua University and I’m sure he will have bright future.
A. /, / B. the, the C. the, / D. /, a
答:D。一般在街道、广场、公园、大学等词前不加冠词。future属抽象名词,前面一般不加冠词。但a bnghc future指“光明的前途、前景”,前面须加不定冠词。
19. Summers in ___________south of France are for _______ most part dry and sunny.
A. /, a B. the, /
C. /, / D. the, the
答:D。在方位词前加定冠词,the east (west, south, north, left, right), the most相当于the most part of summers.
20. He was elected _________ chairman of the students’ union.
A. / B. a C. the D. one
答:A。表示人的职务、官衔的词,在句中做主语补足语、宾语补足语、同位语及表语时,前不用冠词。
21. Four of Robert’s children were at the party, including __________, Luke.
A. the oldest B. an oldest one
C. the old D. an old one
答:A。形容词的最高级之前应用定冠词。
22. —Where is my blue shirt?
—It’s in the washing machine. You have to wear __________ different one.
A. any B. the C. a D. other
答:C。a different one; 指不同的一件(另一件)。
23. Mr Smith, there’s a man at __________ front door who says he has __________ news for you of great importance.
A. the, / B. the, the
C. /, / D. /, the
答:A。at the front door 为特指,指彼此都知道的 front door。news为非特指,news的具体内容并非说话双方都知道的内容。
24. Jumping out of ___________ airplane at ten thousand feet is quite _________ exciting expe rienee.
A. /, the B. /, an
C. an, an D. the, the
答:C。expemence作“经验”解为不可数名词,但作“经历”解时,前可以加不定冠词。
25. Boris has brains. In fact, I doubt whether anyone in the class has _________ IQ.
A. a high B. a higher
C. the higher D. the highest
答:B。没有人的智商会比Boris的智商高。the higher,的形式一般用于两者的比较。
26. There’s _________ dictionary on________ desk by your side.
A. a, the B. a, a
C. the, a D. the, the
答:A。a dictlonary一本词典。the desk为特指。
27. —Excuse me, are you going to buy ________ book?
—Well, I need it for_________class but it’s too expensive.
A. the, a B. a, the C. a, / D. /, the
答:A。根据答语中的“可判断出是特指的用法,说明谈话双方都知道的那本书。
28. I don’t like talking on __________ telephone, 1 prefer writing __________ letters.
A. a, the B. the, / C. the, the D. a, /
答:B。定冠词接可数名词单数表示整个类属,letters可数名词复数用于类指。
29. The warmth of ________ sweater will of course be determined by the sort of ______wool used.
A. the, the B. the, /
C. /, the D. /, /
答:B。定冠词接可数名词单数表示整个类属。wool为物质名词,不可数,并且sort前已有定冠词,故wool前不应加冠词。
30. One way to understand thousands of new words is to gain ________ good knowledge of basic word formation.
A. / B. the C. a D. one
答:C.knowledge为抽象名词,不可数。但若指某一方面的知识,前应用不定冠词。如:He has a good knowledge of history.
31. A bullet hit the soldier and he was wounded in __________leg.
A. a B. one C. the D. his
答:C.打到某人,再接身体的部位时,应用定冠词,不用物主代词。如:
Tom hit Bob in the face (on the nose).汤姆打了鲍勃的脸(鼻子)。
The policeman caught him by the arm. 警察抓住了他的胳膊。
She is red in the face. 她的脸红了.
32. Most animals have little connection with __________animals of __________ different kind unless they hunt them for food.
A. the, a B. /, a
C. the, the D. /, the
答;B.本题中animals of a different kind 中的 animals 本身为复数,可表示类指,无需限定,故不用冠词。
33. Many people agree that _______ knowledge of English is a must in ________ interna-tional trade today.
A. a, / B. the, an
C. the, the D. /, the
答:A.knowldge是不可敷名词,若指某一方面知识前可加不定冠词:.trade为抽象名词,前面不加冠词。
34. As a child, he loved _________ science and now he is studying _________ science of farming.
A. /, / B. the, the
C. the, / D. /, the
答:D.泛指科学,前不加冠词,但若指某一方面的科学,前应用定冠词。如:the science of light (sound) 光学(声学)。
35. He is__________living Lei Feng.
A. / B. a C. the D. an
答;B。a living Lei Feng指“雷锋式的人物”。
36. __________Beijing of 2008 will be quite different from what it is now.
A. The B. A C. An D. /
答;A。专有名词前一般不加冠词,但有时用来表示特定的含义时前可用冠词。如:the Shanghai of today 今天的上海, a new China 一个新的中国。
37. Lu Xun was ___________ Gorki of China.
A. / B. the C. a D. an
答:B。受。of China限定应用定冠词.此句意为“鲁迅是中国的高尔基.”
38. —Hello, Mr Smith. __________ Mr White is waiting for you downstairs.
—Oh, he is_____ Mr White I’m looking for.
A. /, / B. the, the
C. a, the D. the. a
答:C.a Mr White某一位怀特先生,the Mr White 这位怀特先生.
39. The temple dates back to_________ Tang Dynasty.
A. a B. / C. the D. an
答:C.在表示朝代、年代的词前用定冠词the。