冠词
训练指要
冠词是英语中使用频率最高的一类词。纵观历届高考题，冠词的考查有如下特点：（1）考查定冠词和不定冠词的基本用法；（2）考查a和an的不同用法；（3）考查定冠词和不定冠词的特殊用法，如抽象名词具体化前冠词的使用情况、比较级前使用冠词的几种情况；（4）考查零冠词的运用。近年来高考对冠词的考查更强调在具体语言环境中的使用，将冠词的一般规律与特殊现象结合起来，请考生一定要特别注意。
1．（2002全国高考题）Jumping out of ________ airplane at ten thousand feet is quite ________ exciting experience.
A. /; the B. /; an C. an; an D. the; the
2．（2003北京春季高考题）There’s ________ dictionary on ________ desk by your side.
A. a; the B. a; a C. the; a D. the; the
3．（2003上海春季高考题）An accident happened at ________ crossroads a few meters away from ________ bank.
A. a; a B. /; a C. /; the D. the; /
4．The warmth of ________ sweater will of course be determined by the sort of ________ wool used.
A. the; the B. the; / C. /; the D. /; /
5．Mr. Li will give us ________ talk. ________ talk will begin at 8:00.
A. a; The B. the; A C. /; / D. a; A
6．The sun gives us ________ heat and ________ light.
A. the; the B. a; a C. a; the D. /; /
7．—What do you need in dinner?
—I need ________.
A. a knife and a fork B. a knife and fork
C. the knife and fork D. the knife and the fork
8．________ Mrs. Smith is waiting for you in your office.
A. The B. A C. One D. /
9．She’s on ________ People’s Daily.
A. the B. an C. a D. /
10．________ Einsteins could not pay for ________ advanced education that young Albert needed.
A. The; the B. A; a C. An; the D. The; an
11．She is ________ newcomer to ________ chemistry but she has already made some important discoveries.
A. the; the B. the; a C. a; / D. a; the
12．Wouldn’t it be ________ wonderful world if all nations lived in ________ peace with one another?
A. a; / B. the; / C. a; the D. the; the
13．Alexander Graham Bell invented ________ telephone in 1876.
A. / B. a C. the D. one
14．—Where is Jack?
—I think he is still in ________ bed, but he might be in ________ bathroom.
A. /; / B. the; the C. the; / D. /; the
15．I don’t like talking on ________ telephone; I prefer writing ________ letters.
A. a; the B. a; / C. the; the D. the; /
16．Many people are still in ________ habit of writing silly things in ________ public places.
A. the; the B. /; / C. the; / D. /; the
17．—If you don’t like the red coat，take the blue one.
—OK, but do you have ________ size in blue? This one is a bit tight for me.
A. a big B. a bigger C. the big D. the bigger
18．I heard somebody playing ________ piano in ________ next room.
A. a; a B. the; the C. a; the D. the; an
19．________ Pacific Ocean is ________ largest of all.
A. the; a B. /; the C. the; the D. a; /
20．Great changes have taken place in ________ 1990’s.
A. / B. a C. the D. an
21．In 1864，Lincoln was elected ________ President of ________ United States for the second time.
A. the; the B. a; a C. /; the D. /; /
22．John is ________ university student.
A. / B. any C. a D. an
23．The table is made of ________.
A. a wood B. some wood C. the wood D. wood
24．We are going to learn ________ next week.
A. Twelfth Lesson B. The Twelfth Lesson
C. Twelve Lesson D. The Twelve Lesson
25．—I’d like ________ information about the management of your hotel，please.
—Well，you could have ________ word with the manager. He might be helpful.
A. some; a B. an; some C. some; some D. an; a
26．Paper money was in ________ use in China when Marco Polo visited the country in ________ thirteenth century.
A. the; / B. the; the C. /; the D. /; /
27．Most animals have little connection with ________ animals of ________ different kind unless they kill them for food.
A. the; a B. /; a C. the; the D. /; the
28．Alice is fond of playing ________ piano while Henry is interested in listening to ________ music.
A. /; the B. /; / C. the; / D. the; the
29．Oh，John. ________ you gave us!
A. How a pleasant surprise
B. How pleasant surprise
C. What a pleasant surprise
D. What pleasant surprise
30．________ terrible weather been having these days!
A. How a B. What a C. How D. What
31．Many people agree that ________ knowledge of English is a must in ________ international trade today.
A. a; / B. the; an C. the; the D. /; the
32．Beyond ________ stars，the astronaut saw nothing but ________ space.
A. the; / B. /; the C. /; / D. the; the
33．—Have you seen ________ pen? I left it here this morning.
—Is it ________ black one? I think I saw it some where.
A. a; the B. the; the C. a; a D. the; a
34．After watching ________ TV，she played ________ violin for an hour.
A. /; / B. the; the C. the; / D. /; the
35．—Are you sure to help me find ________ bed for my new house?
—Sure，but not now. I’m heading for ________ bed and a good sleep.
A. a; / B. a; a C. the; a D. the; /
36．Charlie Chaplin was considered one of the greatest actors in ________ history of ________ cinema.
A. /; / B. a; the C. the; the D. the; a
37．—What about ________ book?
—It’s too difficult ________ book.
A. a; a B. a; the C. the; the D. the; a
38．Towards ________ evening ________ cold rain began to fall.
A. an; the B. the; a C. the; / D. /; a
39．She always plays ________ football after ________ school.
A. a; the B. the; the C. /; a D. /; /
40．________ wheel is thought to be ________ invention of ________ first importance in human history.
A. A; the; the B. The; an; the
C. A; an; the D. A; an; /
41．I felt someone patted me on ________ shoulder.
A. a B. the C. my D. /
42．—So you are running ________ restaurant?
—Yes，but I don’t want to make it ________ restaurant only for rich people.
A. the; / B. the; the C. a; the D. a; a
43．Xi’an was ________ starting point of ________ world famous“Silk Road”.
A. /; / B. a; a C. the; / D. the; the
44．It is ten o’clock in the morning but he is still ________.
A. in the bed B. at the bed C. in bed D. on bed
45．More than half of ________ water used for drinking，washing and irrigating crops comes from under ________ ground.
A. the; / B. /; the C. /; / D. the; the
46．At noon we reached ________ small village ________ east of ________ Summer Palace.
A. the; the; the B. a; /; the
C. a; the; the D. a; /; /
47．The child had only ________ slight temperature，but the doctor regarded ________ illness as serious enough for ________ hospital treatment.
A. /; /; the B. a; /; /
C. a; the; / D. /; the; the
48．I had ________ lunch at a friend’s house yesterday. ________ food was good.
A. the; / B. /; / C. the; the D. /; The
49．—What is Jack going to do with all his money?
—He says he has always dreamed of taking ________ trip around ________ world.
A. a; the B. the; the C. a; / D. a; a
50．Qingdao is ________ most beautiful city in summer.
A. the B. / C. a D. one
51．Just now you said you always got to work on ________ 8 o’clock train. But would ________ later train get you to work on time?
A. a; a B. a; the C. the; the D. the; a
52．The building was completed in ________ September of 1956 not in ________ October，1955.
A. /; the B. the; the C. /; / D. the; /
53．I would like to have ________ room， ________ window of which opens to ________ south.
A. a; the; a B. a; the; the C. a; /; / D. a; the; /
54．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
55．________ Europe and ________ America are separated by ________ Atlantic Ocean.
A. /; /; the B. the; the; the C. /; /; / D. the; the; /
56．There is ________ “h” in the word“honest”.
A. a B. the C. / D. an
57．________ terrible life people in the small island lived at that time!
A. What B. How C. What a D. How a
58．Father often says to me, “Be ________ honest boy today and ________ useful man tomorrow. ”
A. a; a B. an; an C. a; an D. an; a
59．Things of ________ kind come together; people of ________ kind fall into ________ same group.
A. the; the; the B. a; a; the
C. the; the; a D. a; the; the
60．________ Suez Canal brought ________ east and ________ west closer.
A. The; the; the B. /; the; the
C. The; /; / D. /; /; /
参考答案
1～5 CAABA 6～10 DBBAA
11～15 CACDD 16～20 CBBCC
21～25 CCDBA 26～30 CBCCD
31～35 AACDA 36～40 CDDDB
41～45 BDDCD 46～50 BCDAC
51～55 DDBBA 56～60 DCDBA
【解析】
1．全句意为“在一万英尺的高空从飞机上跳下来真是一种激动人心的经历”。
2．全句意为“你旁边的桌上有一本词典”。
3．两个空都是表示泛指。
4．第一空用定冠词表示类别；第二空后的名词wool是不可数名词，故前面用零冠词。
7．a knife and fork是“一副刀叉”的意思。
10．姓的复数前加定冠词可表示“某某一家人或某某夫妇”；第二空是特指小Albert需要的高等教育。
12．第一空泛指“一个美妙的世界”；第二空的in peace是固定短语。
16．in the habit of意为“有……的习惯”；in public places意为“在公共场合”。
17．泛指“一件尺码更大的”。
25．information是不可数名词；have a word with意为“和……说句话”。
31．a knowledge of意为“知道/懂得一点……”，international trade泛指“国际贸易”, 前面不用冠词。
35．find a bed意为“找到一张床”；第二空后的bed为抽象名词，意为“就寝、睡觉”，故不用冠词。
37．根据上下文的语气，第一空显然是表示特指（双方都知道指的是那一本书）；第二空则是说“这是一本很难的书”，因为与too连用，故将形容词提前。
41．接触到某人的某个部位，英语中习惯上在部位名词前用定冠词，不用人称代词。
42．两空都是表示特指。
46．第一空表示泛指；第三空表示特指；第二空是一个名词结构作状语，故其前面不用冠词。
50．各人观点不同，谁也无法断定青岛就是夏天最美的地方，故在most beautiful前用不定冠词，这里的a most相当于very的含义。
57．live a…life是“过着……的生活”的意思。
59．此句为一谚语，“物以类聚，人以群分”。