一、限定词概述
限定词(Determiner)是在名词词组中对名词中心词起特指、类指以及表示确定数量和非确定数量等限定作用的词类,主要包括1.冠词(a, an, the)、2.物主(代词)限定词(如my,her)、3.指示(代词)限定词(如such, this, those)、3.不定(代词)限定词(如all, both, no)、4.疑问限定词(如what, which, whose)、5. 关系限定词(如whose)、6.名词属格(如Tom’s, China)、7.数词等
常见考点
1.冠词(article)
概述:冠词是置于名词之前说明名词所指的人或物的一种虚词,英语中有三个冠词,定冠词(the);不定冠词(a/an);零冠词
冠词考点(易出题知识点):
1.1 不定冠词a与an的区别
E1.Which of underlined part is wrong?
“France is an European country located in the west of the continent.”
A B C D
Answer:A
考点:当名词字首元音字母发辅音时,前面的不定冠词要用“a”而非“an”;同理,当名词词首辅音字母发元音时,前面的不定冠词要用an而不用a。
1.2 固定结构“a/an +n.A +of + a/an+ n.B”中,这一结构中前面的名词表示的是后面名词的性质或者是特征. 如
amountain of a wave 滔天巨浪 a lion of a man 雄狮般勇猛的人
1.3 用在复数抽象名词前表示单一概念或复数名词表整体概念(注意同主谓一致考点联系起来)
如I have a good twenty dollars in my pocket. 我口袋里面有整整20美元。
Since you like steak so much, why don’t you order ______ steak?
A.the B. an C. a D./
Answer: C物质名词变为可数名词,a steak表示一份牛排。
1.4 定冠词的使用
1.5 零冠词的使用
1.1.5 冠词惯用短语
a variety of | in the rain | by train/ship |
a great many | in the air | at table |
a series of … | in the time being … | take place…. |
列举 | 谓语形式 | |
只接单数名词的限定词 | each, every, either, neither, many a(n), such a(n), what a(n)… | 单数 |
只接复数的 | several, both, (a) few, a couple of, a number of … | 复数 |
只接不可数名词的 | (a) little, much, less, a bit of , a great deal of , a large amount of… | 单数 |
只接可数名词的(单数/复数均可的) | the first, the second, the last, the next | 由名词的数决定 |
只接单数可数名词和不可数名词的 | this, that, (the) least… | 单数 |
只接复数可数名词和不可数名词的 | a lot of , lots of , plenty of , enough, more, most, such… | 由名词的数决定 |
与单,复数名词,和不可数全都可以连用的 | the, some, any, no, other, whose, 物主代词,名词所属格 | 由名词的数决定 |
3.1 三类限定词
前位限定词 | all, both, half, 倍数词(double, twice, three times);分数;what a(n), such a(n) |
中位限定词 | 冠词;指示代词(this, that, these, those); 人称物主代词(my, your,..),名词属格;不定代词(some, any, no, every, each, either, neither, enough); what(ever), which(ever) , whose |
后位限定词 | 基数词,序数词,next, last, other, another, many, much, (a) few, (a) little, fewer, several, plenty of , a lot of , a great/large/good number of , a great/good deal of, a large/small amount of, such |
*基本规则:“前位+中位+后位”
both the brothers all his two daughters (前+中+后)
all other students (前+后) those last few minutes (中+后+后)
*such做限定词有特殊规则:such+不定冠词(such位于前)
当such 和其他的限定词(some, any, no, fall, few, another, other, many, one, two等)搭配时,such是后位限定词,如
I’ve never seen such a dog.
All such problems should be considered.
4. 特殊限定词的使用
4.1some 和any 的用法
1)some, any与复数名词和不可数名词搭配,表“一些”
some 和单数名词搭配表“某一”
any与单数名词搭配表“任一”
2)some一般用于肯定句中,也可以用在表示希望对方给出肯定回答的疑问句中
any 多用语疑问,否定句,条件句,if/whether引导的从句
3)固定搭配
some day 来日 some day or other 迟早not…any longer/more 不再
at any rate/in any case 无论如何
4.2no 的用法
1)no可以修饰单数可数名词,复数名词和不可数名词,其意义相当于 “not a “ “not any”, 所以no不能和a(n), any 连用。
2)带有the, this, that, these, those, my, your等的名词前,一般不和no连用,改用none of
3) no可以做副词修饰形容词或副词的比较级, easy/different。这时,no相当于“not at all”
4)习惯用语
no doubt no end 非常,no end of 大量的,许多, and no mistake 的确,没错
there’s no such thing as 没有这样的…(物品) no wonder 难怪
三、历年考题和模拟题
1.Which of the following italicized phrases is INCORRECT? 11-56
A. The city is now ten times its original size.B. I wish I had two times his strength.
C. The seller asked for double the usual price.D. They come here four times every year.
2.Which of the following sentences is INCORRECT? 10-56
A. They each have two tickets. B. They cost twenty yuan each.
C. Each they have bought the same book. D. They were given two magazines each.
3.Which of the following sentences is INCORRECT? 10-62
A. All his lectures are very interesting. B. Half their savings were gone.
C. Many his friends came to the party. D. Both his sisters are nurses.
4. A new laptop costs about _____ of a second-hand one. 09-55
A. the price of three times B. three times the price
C. as much as the three times price D. three times more than the price
5. The square itself is five hundred yards wide, five times ________ the size of St. Peter's in Rome. 08-
A. / B. that of C. which is D. of
6. Our association, which has consistently pressed for greater employment opportunities for the disabled, will publish ________ proposals in the near future.
A. their B. our C. his D. its 08-51
7. Overpopulation poses a terrible threat to the human race. Yet it is probably ________ a threat to the human race than environmental destruction. 07-62
A. no moreB. not more C. even more D. much more
8.It was ________ we had hoped. 06-
A. more a success than B. a success more than
C. as much of a success as D. a success as much as
9. Do you know Tim's brother? He is ________ than Tim. 05-59
A. much more sportsman B. more of a sportsman
C. more of sportsman D. more a sportsman
10. Land belongs to the city; there is ________ thing as private ownership of land. 06-60
A. no such a B. not such C. not such a D. no such
11. Because fuel supplies are finite and many people are wasteful, we will have to install ________ solar heating device in our home. 05-56
A. some type of B. some types of a C. some type of a D. some types of
12. –Why are you staring?
–I've never seen ________ tree before.
A. kind of B. that kind of C. such kind D. such 05-66
13. My little daughter has walked eight miles toady. We never guessed that she could walk _______ far.
A. that B. such C./ D. as
14. ______ human problems that repeat themselves in _____ life repeat themselves in _____literature.
A. /,/, the B. /,the,/ C. The,/ ,/ D. The, the, the
15. She is not the sort of ________.
A. a girl B. the girls C. girl D. the girl
16. A cow is __________as a horse.
A. strong as an animal B. as a strong animal
C. as strong an animal D. as an animal strong
17. Scientists believe that _______ fingerprints can be exactly identical.
A. never B. not C. no D. none
18. The additional work will take _____ weeks.
A. the other B. another two C. other two D. the more
19.Which of the following determiners(限定词)can be placed before both singular count nouns and plural count nouns?
A.many a B.few C.such D.the next
20. The following determiners(限定词) can be used with both plural and uncountable nouns EXCEPT
A. more. B. enough. C. many. D. such.
21. Which of the following is INCORRECT?
A. Another two girls B. Few words C. This work D. A bit of flowers
22. _______ difficulties should be taken into account.
A. Some these B. All such C. These all D. Such all
23. She has taken great pain to conceal her emotions, and thereby made them ________conspicuous.
A. all the more B. all the much C. all more D. all much
24.My Scottish friend says there is ______ monster in Loch Ness.
A. no such thing as B. no such thing as a C. no such a thing as D. no such a thing as a
25. The brilliance of his satires was _______ make even his victim laugh.
A. so as to B. such as to C. so that D. such that
26. _____ increases every year as natural habitats disappear.
A. The amount ofendangered species B. The quantity of endangering species
C. The number of endangered species D. The majority of endangering species
27.Coal, though ________ than either oil or gas, is still a finite resource.
A. much energy more abundant source B. the much more energy abundant source
C. a much more abundant energy source D. energy source more abundant
28. I didn’t go to the party last night, because ____ , I changed my mind.
A. on a second thought B. by second thoughts C. on second thoughts D. on the second thought
29.If you grow up in ______large family, you are more likely to develop _____ability to get on well with ______others.
A. /,an, the B. a, the,/ C. the,an,the D. a, the,the
30.After dinner he gave Mr. Richardson ________ride to ________Capital Airport.
A.the, a B. a ,/ C. /, a D. /, the
31.When you finish reading the book,you will have ______better understanding of ______life.
A. a, the B. the .a C. /,the D.a,/
32.________ student with a little common sense should be able to answer the question. B
A. Each B. Any C. Either D. one
33. Will you buy me ________ stamps when you go out?
A. some B. any C. a little D. a few of (A)
34. “What do they eat there in Honolulu?”
“________ eat rice rather than potatoes.”
A. Most of people B. The most of people C. The most people D. Most of the people
35.__________ contain various kinds of radio tubes, or tiny devices called transistors.
A. The most they B. Most of they C. Most of them D. The most of them
36. If tap water were as dangerous as some people think, ______ would be getting sick.
A. a lot of more us B. more a lot of us C. a lot of us more D. a lot more of us
37. Let me know ______ train you’ll be arriving on.
A. which B. what C. that D. whose
38. Whom do you know better, ________?
A. his or her friends B. her or his friends C. his friends or her D. her or his
39.“Idon’t like this ink. Do you like it? ”“No, I like ________ink.”
A. the other B. some other C. another D. some others
40. I saw _____ waiting in line applying for the only position.
A. a lot of unemployment B. unemployments
C. a lot of the unemployed D. a lot of unemployee
41.His honesty is _______. He can be always trusted.
A. out of question B. out of the question C. no the question D. in the question
42.________ are a brave and hardworking people.
A. Chinese B. The Chinese C. A Chinese D. Some Chinese
43. Mercury freezes if it is cooled to ________.
A. a too low temperature B. too low temperature
C. a low too temperature D. too low a temperature.
44.The population of many Alaska cities has _______ in the past three years.
A. more than doubled B. more doubled than
C. much than doubled D. much double than
45.I understand ____preparation that staff must put in under pressure to meet the deadline.
A. more than the enormous amount ofB. better than most the enormous number of
C. better than most the enormous amount of D. fewer than the number of
46.I did not choose any of the three offerings, because I found ____satisfactory.
A. neither of them B. none of it C. either of them D. none of them
47. I really do not know whether we can succeed, so do not expect ____.
A. too much of us B. us too much C. of us too much D. us of too much
48. She has taken great pains to conceal her emotions, and thereby made them ____ conspicuous.
A. all the more B. all the much C. all more D. all much
49. She bought ____ plates.
A. one dozen beautiful pale blue dinner B. one dozen pale blue beautiful dinner
C. beautiful one dozen pale blue dinner D. one dozen dinner beautiful pale blue
50.Silk, printing, paper, the compass and powder originated in China, and___ introduction in the west had far-reaching effects.
A. these B. their C. those D. its