2015年成人高考高起点英语复习笔记名词(5)
来源 :中华考试网 2015-02-26
中考点1.牢记六个不可数名词 不可数名词没有复数形式,前面不能用数词,但是可用some, any
information,weather,fun,progress,advice,furniture,
a. ________ important information it is!A. What B. What an
b. ________ nice weather it is today! A. What B. What a
c. ________ fun it is! A. What B. What a
d. Physics has made great progress in this century. And so has maths.
e. The doctor gave my father some advice on how to stop smoking.
f. She has to clean all the furniture in all the bedrooms in two hours.
g.It was fun to play on the beach that it attracted countless children.
[A] such great [B] so great [C] such a great [D] so great a
考点2.有些名词的复数形式可以表示特别的意义
papers(报纸;文件); works(工 厂;著 作); looks(外 表);
hairs(几 根 头 发); times(时 代); sands(沙滩);
drinks(饮料); manners(礼貌); arms(武器);
forces(军队) glasses
牢记五个名词单复数形式可以表示特别意义的名词
word / man difficulty room people population
a.当 word和man用作不可數名词时,前面不加冠词,也不用复数形式时,它们的意义是:word(消息;通知),man(人类)
Word came that the headmaster would come to talk to us.(消息)
Please send me word of your arrival.(通知)
Labor created man.(人类)
Quite a lot scientists have studied the origin of man in the last century.
b.have some difficulty in doing sth.
c.I am afraid that there isn't _____left for you two in my car. There are already five people in it.
A.many room B.any rooms C.any room many rooms
d……people作集合名词用时,后面的谓语动词总是用复数形式
The people in the village like the new teacher.
但是,作"民族"解释时是可数名词,有复数形式:peoples;作"全体公民"解释时,动词用复数形式。
the peoples of Asia(亚洲各民族)
The Chinese people are a great people.(中华民族是一个伟大的民族。)
e.population具有集合名词的一般用法
A:The population of China is largethan that of India.
(中国人口比印度多。)
B.Eighty percent of the population of China are peasants.
(中 国80%的人 口是农民。)
考点3.集合名词的数
一般地说,集合名词只以单数形式出现。常见的有:family,police,cattle,team,people,government,class,group,audience(观众),public(公众),crew(全体船员)等。当这些名词作主语时,若表示一个整体时,谓语动词用单数形式;若表示集体的每一个成员时,谓语动词用复数形式。
His family is a big family./ The whole family are watching TV now.
The government welcomes the proposal.(政府欢迎该建议。)
The government are discussing the proposal.(政府官员正在讨论该建议。)
注意:
(1)police和cattle后面的谓语动词总是用复数形式
Many cattle are kept on the farm.
Several hundred police are on duty.
考点4.of+抽象数=相应的形容词
of+geat+抽象名词=very+相应的形容词
of+no+抽象名词=not+相应的形容词(or -less, un-)
这样的抽象名词主要有:importance,value,use,help
The dictionary is of great use/help.=The dictionary is very useful/helpful.
The meeting is of great importance.=The meeting is very important.
Ginseng is of great medicine value. (西洋参具有很高的药用价值。)
Your advice is of great value to us=Your advice is very valuable to us
His suggestion is of no use=His suggestion is not useful
That program is of great interest to the children
=That program is very interesting to the children
但是,of+color/age/height/width常用来表示具有同样的颜色、年龄、高度、宽度等等。
These two jackets are of the same color.(这两件夹克衫颜色一样。)
We're of the same age.(我们年龄一样大。)
考点5.to+抽象名词常表示喜、怒、哀、乐
to one's surprise(令人惊讶地);to one's joy/delight(令人高兴地);
to one'sdisappointment(令人失望地);to one's shame(令人羞愧地)
考点6.名词作定语
名词作定语一般用单数
eg. mountain areas山区 apple pies苹果派
color TV's彩色电视机 machine guns机关机
the school bus学校的班车
a shoe shop/ a stone bridge/ a mountain village/
the ticket office/ war stories/ book leaves/ vegetable garden