2020年高考英语语法专题训练:冠词(1)
来源 :中华考试网 2019-08-09
中1.It is generally accepted that ________ boy must learn to stand up and fight like ________ man.
A. a; a B. a; the
C. the; the D. a; /
[解析]句意:人们普遍认为,男孩子就该学会站起来像男人一样去奋斗。boy 和 man 均为可数名词,在句中都表泛指,故前面应该用不定冠词,故答案为A项。
[答案]A
2.As he reached ________ front door, Jack saw ________ strange sight.
A. the; / B. a; the
C. /; a D. the; a
[解析]句意:杰克到前门时,他看到一个奇怪的景象。第一空处是特指前门,加定冠词;第二空处 sight 在此是单数可数名词,意为“景象,情景”,表泛指,应用不定冠词,故选D。
[答案]D
3. Take your time—it's just ________ short distance from here to ________ restaurant.
A. /; the B. a; the
C. the; a D. /; a
[解析]句意:别着急——从这里到餐馆只有很短的一段距离。第一空处用不定冠词 a,泛指一段距离;restaurant 此处是特指,所以第二空用定冠词。
[答案]B
4.—It's said John will be in a job paying over $60,000 ________ year.
—Right, he will also get paid by ________ week.
A. the; the B. a; the
C. the; a D. a; a
[解析]句意:——据说约翰将获得一个年薪超过六万美元的工作。——是的,他的工资将按周支付。year 为单数名词,与不定冠词连用意为:every year。而第二个空考查搭配“by+the+表单位的名词”,意为:论/按……,故答案为B项。
[答案]B
5. As is known to all, ________ People's Republic of China is ________ biggest developing country in the world.
A. the; / B. /; the
C. the; the D. /; /
[解析]句意:众所周知,中华人民共和国是世界上最大的发展中国家。People's Republic of China“中华人民共和国”是由普通名词构成的专有名词,前面通常用定冠词;第二空后是形容词的最高级形式,故用定冠词。所以选择C项。
[答案]C
6.Experts think that ________ recently discovered painting may be ________ Picasso.
A. the; / B. a; the
C. a; / D. the; a
[解析]句意:专家们认为最近发现的那幅油画可能是毕加索的画。第一空特指“最近所发现的那幅画”,故用定冠词;第二空泛指“毕加索的一幅画”,故用不定冠词。
[答案]D
7.In communication, a smile is usually ________ strong sign of a friendly and ________ open attitude.
A. the; / B. a; an
C. a; / D. the; an
[解析]句意:在交流方面,微笑通常是友好坦诚态度的明显标志。第一空后的 sign 为可数名词,在本句中表泛指,故用不定冠词;第二空前的并列连词 and 连接 friendly 和 open,修饰 attitude,friendly 前已经有了不定冠词,故第二空不需要再加冠词。综上所述,答案为C项。
[答案]C
8.Dr. Peter Spence, ________ headmaster of the school, told us, “________ fifth of pupils here go on to study at Oxford and Cambridge.”
A. /; A B. /; The
C. the; The D. a; A
[解析]句意:这所学校的校长 Peter Spence 博士告诉我们:“这里的学生五分之一都继续到牛津或者剑桥学习。”第一空后的名词 headmaster 是职务的称呼,其前不加冠词;第二空是分数的表达,用 a/one fifth 表示“五分之一”。
[答案]A
9.If we sit near ________ front of the bus, we'll have ________ better view.
A. /; the B. /; a
C. the; a D. the; the
[解析]句意:如果我们坐在公共汽车前部,视野就会更好些。the front of 表示某物体内部的前面;比较级前加不定冠词表示“更……”。所以选C。
[答案]C
10. First impressions are the most lasting. After all, you never get ________ second chance to make ________ first impression.
A. a; the B. the; the
C. a; a D. the; a
[解析]句意:第一印象最持久。毕竟,你不会再有机会去留下第一印象。第一空后有 second,在此表示再一次机会,而不是表顺序,应用不定冠词;根据题意尤其是题干中的“First impressions”可知第二空后的 impression 在此处是可数名词,且在本句中表泛指。单数名词表泛指时,须与不定冠词连用,故答案为C项。
[答案]C
11.The visitors here are greatly impressed by the fact that ________ people from all walks of life are working hard for ________ new Jiangsu.
A. /; a B. /; the
C. the; a D. the; the
[解析]句意:来江苏的游客都对此印象颇深——为了一个崭新的江苏,来自各行各业的人都在努力工作着。people 为复数名词,此处为泛指,故第一空用零冠词;一般地名前不用冠词,但是如果前有形容词修饰时,表示类指,前面要用不定冠词。故答案为A项。
[答案]A
12.It's ________ good feeling for people to admire the Shanghai World Expo that gives them ________ pleasure.
A. /; a B. a; /
C. the; a D. a; the
[解析]句意:上海世博会给人们带来了快乐,欣赏世博会是一种美好的感受。有些不可数名词,如 knowledge,command,feeling 等,前面有“a/an+形容词”修饰时,表示一件具体的事情或一个……的人。pleasure 意为“愉快,快乐”,为不可数名词,故不加冠词。
[答案]B
13. Many lifestyle patterns do such ________ great harm to health that they actually speed up ________ weakening of the human body.
A. a; / B./; the
C. a; the D./; /
[解析]句意:很多生活方式对身体健康是很有害的,实际上它们能加快体质变弱。do harm to... 为固定短语,意为“对……有害”;第二空为特指的用法,即特指体质变弱,故用定冠词 the。
[答案]B
14. There are over 58,000 rocky objects in ________space, about 900 of which could fall down onto______ earth.
A. the; the B. /; the
C. the; / D. a; the
[解析]句意:太空中有58,000多颗星体,其中有900颗左右可能坠落到地球上。第一空 in space“在太空”,固定用法,类似用法还有 in nature,in society 等;第二空表示地球,独一无二的事物前须加定冠词the,如 the moon,the sun 等,所以选B。
[答案]B