I.冠词填空:在下列句中空白处填入适当冠词,不需用冠词处划×。
1.There is _______ picture of _______ elephant on _______ wall.
2.This is _______ useful book.I've read it for _______ hour.
3. _______ elephant is much heavier than _______ horse.
4. _______ doctor told him to take _______ medicine three times _______ day.
5.Let's go out for _______ walk.
6.It's too hot.Open _______ door,please.
7.There is _______ woman over there. _______ woman is Meimei's mother.
8. _______ sun rises in _______ east.
9. _______ Changjiang River is _______ longest river in _______ China.
10.Are you going to do it _______ second time?
11.Washington is _______ capital of _______ USA.
12. _______ Turners are living at the end of _______ Turner Street.
13.He joined the army in _______ spring of _______ 1995.
14. _______ old man is _______ teacher.He likes playing _______ basketball after _______ supper.
15.After I had _______ quick breakfast,I hurried to school.
16.Are _______ sheep kept by _______ farmers for producing _______ wool and _______ meat?
17.They went to _______ People's Park,but we both went to _______ People's Cinema yesterday.
18.I often watch _______ TV in _______ evening.
19. _______ day of _______ December 20,1999 is Monday.
20.Tomorrow is _______ Christmas Day and my father and I went to choose _______ Christmas tree today.
21.I think _______ maths is more important than any other subject.
22.He often goes to _______ school by _______ bike.
23.What does this _______ word mean, _______ Father?
24.What _______ important news!
II.选择填空。
1.—Does Jim have _______ ruler?
—Yes,he has _______ .
A.an;some B.a;one C.a;/ D.any;one
2.There is _______ old bike. _______ old bike is Mr Zhao's.
A.an ;The B.the;An C.a;The D.the;The
3. _______ apple a day keeps the doctors aw ay.
A.The B.A C.An D.Two
4.—How many books do you have?
—I have _______ book.That's _______ English book.
A.a;an B.a;one C.one;an D.one;one
5.At that time Tom was _______ one-year-old baby.
A.a B.an C.the D./
6. _______ tiger is _______ China.
A.The;a B.A;the C.The;from D.The;the
7.We can't see _______ sun at _______ night.
A.the;the B.the;/ C.a;/ D./;/
8. _______ useful book it is!
A.What an B.How a C.What a D.What
9.One afternoon he found _______ handbag.There was _______ “s”on the corner of _______ handbag.
A.a;an;the B.a;a;the C.an;an;an D.the;a;a
10. _______ old lady with white hair spoke _______ English well at _______ meeting.
A.An;an;a B.The;/;an C.The;/;a D.The;/;the
11. _______ Great Wall is _______ longest wall in the world.
A.A;a B.The;the C.A;the D.The;a
12. _______ new bridge has been built over Huangpu River.
A.The;a B.A;/ C.A;the D.An;the
13. _______ woman over there is _______ popular teacher in our school.
A.A;an B.The;a C.The;the D.A;the
14.He used to be _______ teacher but later he turned _______ writer.
A.a;a B.a;the C./;a D.a;/
15.They made him _______ king.
A.a B.the C.an D./
16.His father is _______ English teacher.He works in our school.
A.a B.an C.the D./
17.Is he _______ American boy ?
A.an B.a C.one D./
18.Does Tom often play _______ football after _______ school?
A./;/ B./;the C.the;/ D.a;/
19.They passed our school _______ day before yesterday.
A.an B.one C.a D.the
20.Australia is _______ English-speaking country.
A.a B.an C.the D./
21.She has _______ orange skirt. _______ skirt is nice.
A.a;The B.an;The C.an;A D.the;The
22.This is _______ apple.It's _______ big apple.
A.an;a B.a;the C.a;an D.an;the
23.Look at _______ horse over there.
A.a B.an C.the D./
24.Don't play _______ basketball here.It's dangerous.
A.a B.an C./ D.the
25.There is _______ old woman in the car.
A./ B.the C.a D.an
26.Beijing is _______ beautiful city.It's _______ capital of China.
A.a;a B.the;the C./;the D.a;the
27.Shanghai is in _______ east of China.
A./ B.an C.a D.the
28.I've been a student there for nearly two and _______ half years.
A.a B.an C.the D./
29.Bill is _______ English teacher.He likes playing _______ football.
A.a;the B.an;the C.a;/ D.an;/
30.The museum is quite far.It will take you half _______ hour to get there by _______ bus.
A.an;/ B.an;a C.a;/ D./;/
初中英语冠词用法专项练习答案与详解
I.1.a;an;the
2.a;an。第一个空的a是泛指,第二个空的an是指“一小时”。
3.An;a。这两个空都是泛指,故都用不定冠词。
4.The;the;a。前两个空都是特指,故填the;后一个空中的a相当于every或each,three times a day意为“一天三次”。
5.a。go out for a walk意为“出去散步”。
6.the
7.a;The。前者泛指,后者特指。
8.The;the。第一个空用the表示太阳是世界上独一无二的物体;第二个空用the是因为在方位词的前面一般用定冠词。
9.The;the,×。第一空用the是因为在河流名称的前面用定冠词;第二空用the是因为在形容词最高级前面用定冠词;第三空“零”冠词是因为专有名词前一般不加冠词。
10.a。a second time意为“再一次”、“另一次”。the second time意为“第二次”。此句填a是表示动作的重复,而不能用the(表顺序)。
11.the;the。第一个the是特指美国的首都。第二个the是在由普通名词构成的专有名词前应加定冠词。
12.The。“the +姓氏的复数”表示“一家人”或“夫妻二人”。由普通名词构成的专有名词前应加the。
13.the;×。表示在某一年的季节名称前应加定冠词。
14.The a;×;×。在球类名称前不加冠词。泛指的三餐名称前不加冠词。
15.a。三餐名称前若有形容词,则可在形容词前加冠词,此处是泛指,故用a。
16.×;×;×;×。此句意为“农民养羊是为了产毛和肉吗?”前两个空也可填定冠词,意为:“那些农民养的那些羊是为了产毛和肉吗?”
17.the;the。普通名词构成的专有名词前应加the。
18.×;the。TV前不加冠词。“早、午、晚”名词前加冠词。
19.The;×;×。第一空是特指。日期名词前不加冠词。
20 ×;a21.×。学科名称前一般不加冠词。
22.×;×。go to school上学。by bike骑自行车。
23.×;×。指示代词不能与定冠词连用。
24 ×。注意news是不可数名词,故不能加a。
II.
1.B。第一空是泛指;第二空的one是不定代词,用以替代前面的ruler。
2.A
3.C。这是一句谚语,意思是“一天吃一个苹果,用不着看医生。”
4.C。one强调数量,用以回答“Howmany...?”问句;第二个空是泛指,故用an。
5.A。one虽以元音字母开头,但以辅音音素〔w〕开头,故填a。
6.C。此句意为:“这只老虎来自中国。”
7.B。在“太阳、月亮、地球”的前面一般都加定冠词the;at night“在夜晚”,注意该短语中没有冠词。
8 C
9.A。“s”虽为辅音字母,但却以元音音素〔e〕开头,故填an。
10.D。第一个空填the,是特指那个“白发老太太”;第二个空不填冠词,是因为在语言名称前面一般不加冠词。English后面如有language,就得说the English language。“在会议上”应为at the meeting。
11.B。the Great Wall长城。
12.C。第一个空是泛指,用a;第二个空是河流名称,故用the。
13.B。第一个空:“那边的那个妇女”,是特指;第二个空是指那个妇女的身份、职业,是泛指。
14.D。第一个空是泛指;第二个空用“零冠词”是因为turn后面的名词前一般都不加冠词。
15.D。表示某人的职位时可用“零冠词”。
16.B17.A 18.A。after school放学以后。
19.D。the day before yesterday前天。
20.B21.B。第一空泛指,第二空特指。
22.A。两个空都是泛指。
23.C
24.C
25.D
26.D
27.D。in the east of在某地区(内)的东部。
28.A。two and a half years也可说成two years and a half,意思都是“两年半”。
29 D
30 A。half an hour半小时,by bus乘公共汽车。
英语冠词专项复习中考真题集锦:
真题l(2004甘肃、青海卷35)
--John,there is ________Mr Wilson on the phone for you.
--I’m in( ) bath.
A.a;the B.the;a C.a;不填 D. the;不填
【答案及解析】A不定冠词修饰人名时,表示初次提到一个人,或者说话者认为没有必要或不想具体说明是哪一个。根据谈话的内容,所说的bath(澡堂,浴室)显然是说话双方都知道的,故前面须加定冠词,因此答案选A。
真题2(2004重庆卷32)
The most important thing about cotton in history is ________part that it played in ________Industrial Revolution.
A.不填;不填 B.the;不填 C.the;the D.a;the
【答案及解析】C part意指作用。特指工业时期所起的作用应加the,由普通名词构成的专有名词前用the。因此c为正确答案。
真题3(2004广东卷28)
While he was investigating ways to improve the telescope.Newton made discover which completely changed ________man’s understanding of colour.
A.a;不填 B.a;the C.不填;the D.the;a
【答案及解析】A根据句子的意思,牛顿的一次发现,是泛指,应用不定冠词;而人类的观念,不是某一个人,故在man前不能用冠词,答案选A。
真题4(2004福建卷23)
It’s ________world of wonders,________world where anything can happen.
A. a;the B. a;a C.the;a D.不填;不填
【答案及解析】B 世界上独一无二的事物前一般用定冠词,但当此名词带有定语修饰时,前面应用不定冠词,故答案选B。
真题5(2004湖北卷23)
There was ________time ________I hated to go to schoo1.
A. a;that B.a;when C.the;that D.the:when
【答案及解析】 B 根据句子的意思,并没有明确表明某一段时间,因此,这是泛指一段时间,从而排除C、D;而从句的主、谓、宾等齐全,从而可知,a time在从句中作状语,故答案选B。
真题6(2004辽宁卷31)
When you finish reading the book,you will have ____ better understanding of____ life
A.a;the B.the;a C.不填;the D.a:不填
【答案及解析】 D表示对某东西有所了解时,习惯在understanding前加不定冠词;而life泛指生活时,前面不用任何冠词,故答案选D。
真题7(2004浙江卷22)
The Wilsons live in ________A-shaped house near the coast.It is ________17th century cottage.
A.the;/ B.an;the C./;the D.an:a
【答案及解析】D 根据house、cottage,两个空都必须填冠词,从而排除A、C;第二空后的17th century只表示房子的年代特征,而不表示具体的顺序.
真题8(2004江苏卷27)
8. Tom owns _______ larger collection of ______books than any other student in our
A. the;不填 B.a;不填 C.a;the D.不填:the
【答案及解析】 B 第一空填不定冠词,a collection of是常用结构,意为:……的收集品。a+抽象名词+of,这样的短语还有:a knowledge of,a waste of,a variety of.a number of,a way of等。第二空后的名词泛指书籍,因此不用冠词。
真题9(全国[河南、河北、山东、福建]24)
When you come here for your holiday next time,don’t go to ____hotel:I can find you ________bed in my flat.
A. the;a B.the;不填 C.a;the D.a;不填
【答案及解析】 A 本题考查冠词用法。find sb.a bed为固定短语,意为为某人安排床铺;前面go to the hotel或go to a hotel都可以。用排除法可得出答案选A。
真题10(2004四川卷31)
10. If you buy more than ten,they knock 20 pence off ________.
A. a price B.price C.the price D.prices
【答案及解析】C the price表特指买10个物品所要的价钱,故要加定冠词the。
真题11(2004天津卷24)
When he left _______college,he got a job as ______reporter in a newspaper office.
A.不填;a B.不填;the C.a;the D.the;the
【答案及解析】A当“college,school,hospital”等名词表示一种状态时,前面不能用冠词修饰;而reporter表示泛指某种身份时,前面加不定冠词。故答案选A。
真题13(2004湖南卷26)
13. For a long time they walked without saying ________word.Jim was the first to break ________silence.
A.the:a B.a;the C.a;不填 D.the;不填
【答案及解析】B第一空填不定冠词,表示泛指,意思是“一句话”;第二空填定冠词,特指前面“没有说一句话而形成的沉默”。
真题14(北京春季卷28)
On ________news today,there were _______reports of heavy snow in that area.
A.the:the B.the;不填 C.不填;不填 D.不填;the
【答案及解析】B因news后有today修饰,特指“今天的新闻”,故用the;第二空泛指某方面的报道,并非特指,reports为复数,故其前不用冠词。
真题15(2004上海春季卷28) .
As a rule。domestic servants doing odd jobs are paid_________.
A.by the hour B.by hour C.by all hour D.by hours
【答案及解析】B by为介词,意为“以……为标准或单位,以……计”。主要有两种表达方式:by +the+度量名词,如:by the day,by the yard;by+范畴名词.如:by time,by weight,by length。
真题16(2003全国卷26)
The sign reads “In case of ________fire,break the glass and push ________red button.”
A.不填:a B.不填;the C.the;the D.a;a
【答案及解析】 B fire是物质名词,其前可用零冠词或定冠词。泛指时用零冠词,特指时用定冠词。前一个空表泛指,因而用零冠词;后一个空要填定冠词,特指那个红色的按钮。译文:标志上写着“如果发生火灾,打碎玻璃并按下红色按钮”。
真题17(2003上海卷25)
I earn 10 dollars ________hour as ________supermarket cashier on Saturdays.
A. a;an B.the;a C.an;a D.an;the
【答案及解析】C hour以元音开头,前面加不定冠词an,an hour每小时;。表示“一个”,放在supermarket cashier前面表示类指,说明人的身份。译文:星期六我做超市出纳员每小时挣10美元。a/an的用法规则:以元音音素开头的单词前用an,以辅音音素开头的单词前用a。
真题18(2003北京春季卷24)
There’s ________dictionary on ________desk by your side.
A.a;the B.a;a C.the;a D.the:the
【答案及解析】 A desk后有by your side修饰表特定的,故前面要用the;there be后的名词常用非特定形式,故用a。
真题19(2003安徽春季卷23)
--Where is my blue shirt?
--It’s in the washing machine.You have to wear ________different one.
A.any B.the C.a D.0ther
【答案及解析】 C题意只是简单地表示“需另一件衣服”,由于不知“我”共有几件衣服,排除B;other前无the,后需用复数名词,排除D;any强调“任意一个”,排除A。
真题20(2003上海春季卷23)
An accident happened at _______crossroads a few metres away from _______bank.
A.a;a B.不填;a C.不填;the D.the:不填
【答案及解析】 A at a crossroads表示“十字路L1”,crossroads是复数形式单数用法;bank是可数名词,不能单独使用,前要加冠词或用复数。此处是泛指.前面要用不定冠词a。
真题21(2002全国卷26) 。
Jumping out of _______airplane at ten thousand feet is quite ________exciting experience.
A.不填;the B.不填;an C.an;an D.the, the
【答案及解析】C airplane和experience都是可数名词,表示泛指,前要加不定冠词。译文:从一万英尺高的飞机里跳出来是一次令人激动的经历。
真题22(2002上海卷21)
One way to understand thousands of new words is to gain ________good knowledge of basic word formation.
A./ B.the C.a D.one
【答案及解析】C a knowledge of sth为固定短语,意思为:对某事物有一点了解。knowledge是不可数名词,当被某些修饰语修饰时,前面要加不定冠词,如:He has a very good knowledge of English.他在英语方面有丰富的知识。
其题23(2002京、蒙、皖春季卷26)
I don’t like talking on ________telephone;I prefer writing____ letters.
A.a;the B.the;不填 C.the;the D.a;不填
【答案及解析】B从第一空可排除A和D,因为本题意思是:“我”不喜欢在电话上(即通过电话)谈话。on the telephone通过电话,on a telephone是指在一部电话上,类似的还有-"on the radio,on the internet,on Tv等。后一个空应是泛指,不用the也不用a(因为是复数)。
真题24(2002上海春季卷22)
The cakes are delicious.He’d like to have ________third one because ________second one is rather too small.
A.a:a B.the;the C.a;the D.the;a
【答案及解析】 C注意序数词前面的冠词的用法:当序数词表示顺序时用定冠词the;表示再一次时使用不定冠词a(an)。从句子的意思可知,a third one表示再吃一个;the second one表示所吃的第二个。译文:蛋糕很好吃。他想再吃一个,因为第二个太小了。
真题25(2001全国卷29)
The warmth of _______sweater will of course be determined by the sort of ________wool used.
A.the;the B.the;不填 c.不填;the D.不填;不填
【答案及解析】 B a/an/the+可数名词单数表示类别或直接用可数名词复数表示类别(通常指物),所以sweater前用定冠词表示类别限定;the sort of wool = the wool。
真题26(2001上海卷21)
A bullet hit the soldier and he was wounded in ________leg.
A.a B.one C.the D.his
【答案及解析】 C伤及某人某部位或拍、打、拉某人某部位要用句式wound/bite/beat/pat/take +sb+介词+the+部位。译文:子弹击中了战士,他的腿受了伤。
真题27(2001京、蒙、皖春季卷10)
Mr Smith,there’s a man at ________front door who says he has ________news for you of great importance.
A.the;不填 B.the;the C.不填;不填 D.不填;the
【答案及解析】 A第一空是特指;news为不可数的抽象名词,不加冠词。
真题28(2000全国卷10)
Most animals have little connection with ________ animals of ________ different kind unless they kill them for food.
A.the;a B.不填;a C.the;the D.不填:the
【答案及解析】B表示“某种……”时常用词组a/this/that/those +kind(s)of+名词,亦可用名词复数+0f+…kind(s),两个animals都是表泛指的名词复数,故都不带冠词。of a kind同一类的;of a different kind另一类的,都属固定结构。译文:大部分的动物中,一个种群与其他种群之间是没有什么联系的,除非是捕杀它们作为食物。
中考英语冠词习题
1 用适当的冠词填空,不需要冠词的空白处填“X”:
1. The car is running about sixty miles _______ hour.
2. My friend is interested in __________ science.
3. Don’t worry, we still have ________ little time left.
4. John is _________ cleverest boy in his class.
5. March 8 is _________ Women’s Day.
6. _________ Greens will come to see you tomorrow.
7. Here is ________ black blouse, __________ blouse is hers.
8. They always have ________ bread for __________ dinner.
9. I prefer playing _______ piano to playing _________ basketball.
10. ________ harder we study, _________ more we’ll learn.
1. We can’t see ______ sun at ______ night.
A. a; / B. a; the C. the; / D. the; the
2. Students often play ___ volleyball in __ afternoon.
A. /; an B. /; the C. the; an D. a; the
2. Is Canada _______ English speaking country
A. / B. a C. an D. the
4. This is _______ orange. It is _______ small orange.
A. an; an B. an; a C. /; the D. the; a
5. _____ UN report says that there will be standing room only on ____ earth then.
A. A; the B. A; / C. An; / D. An; the
6. We’ve never seen ________film before. It’s very interesting.
A. so a good B. a so good C. a such good D. such a good
7. There is _______ “x” in ______ word “six”.
A. a; the B. a; an C. an; the D. a; a
8. Look! _______ fine weather it is today!
A. What a B. what C. how a D. how
9. _____ Yellow River is ____ second longest river in China.
A. The; the B. /; a C. The; a D. The; /
10. John Smith is __ of the two young men.
A. strong B. a stronger C. the stronger D. the strongest
△ 综 合 型
1. –--What color is ______ orange? -----It’s _______ orange.
A. an; an B. an; the C. an; / D. /; an
2. Look! ______ good time the children are having!
A. How B. How a C. What D. What a
3. London is _____ capital of _____ England.
A. the; the B. a; a C. a; the D. the; /
4. There’re ___ few mistakes in your homework. Don’t make __ same mistakes again.
A. a; a B. a; the C. the; the D. /; the
5. Most of the students in our class go to _____ school by bike every day.
A. /; / B. the; a C. /; a D. the; the
6. Don’t give up. You can try for _______ second time.
A. the B. an C. a D. /
7. She took me by ___ hand and led me into ____ room.
A. my; a B. the; the C. a; the D. my; the
8. What ____ interesting game it is! It must be ____ great fun.
A. an; a B. a; the C. the; / D. an; /
9. The house in ______ front of the river is on ______ fire.
A. /; / B. the; the C. the; / D. /; a
10. He often says ______ rich should help _______ poor.
A. the; a B. a; the C. the; the D. /; /
11. --–What can you see by the lake?
---I can see ____ old man sitting on the chair. (2000杭州)
A. a B. an C. the D. /
12. –-Have you had ______ lunch yet? ---No, not yet. (2000广州)
A. / B. a C. the D. an
13. One morning he found a bag. There was _ “s” on the corner of _ bag. (2000甘肃)
A. a; a B. a; the C. an; a D. an; the
14. There’s ______ egg on the plate. _____ egg is for you. (2000内蒙古)
A. a; A B. an; An C. an; The D. the; An
15. Did you enter for _____ high jump or _____ 400-metre race? (2000上海)
A. a; a B. a; the C. the; a D. the; the
16. ____ old man in black has waited for you for half ______ hour. (2001汕头)
A. The; an B. The; a C. An; a D. An; 不填
17. ___ elephant is ___ useful animal. (2002汕头
)A. An; an B. An; a C. The; an D. A; an
18. –-I saw ___ story-book on the teacher’s desk?
--___ book is Li Ming’s. (2003汕头)
A. a; A B. the; The C. the; A D. a; The
19.There is ______man over there, _____man is from Renhua, and he is studying in _______Beijing University.
A. the, the ,the B. a, a, a C. a , the, the D. a, the, /
中考题
( ) 1. Sunday is _____ day of the week.
A. one B. the first C. first D. the one
( ) 2. Which is _____ , the sun, the earth or the moon?
A. bigger B. biggest C. the biggest D. big
( ) 3. There is a desk in his bedroom. On _____ desk there is _____ pencil-box.
A. a, the B. the, the C. the, a D. a, a
( ) 4. What _____ good idea it is!
A. a B. an C. the D. /
( ) 5. Yesterday I went to _____ school on _____ foot.
A. the, the B. /, / C. a, / D. the, /
( ) 6. There is _____ “U” in the word “useful” .
A. a B. / C. an D. the
( ) 7. Though he is rich, he has _____ friends.
A. a little B. a few C. a lot of D. few
( ) 8. There is a tall tree _____ our classroom.
A. in the front of B. in front C. in front of D. at front the
( ) 9. September 10th is _____ in China.
A. Teachers’ Day B. Teacher’s Day C. Teacher’s Day D. the Teachers’ Day
( ) 10. People often go skating in _____ winter.
A. / B. a C. an D. the