Articles(冠词)
冠词用于名词泛指:( 下列句子中名词都是泛指,注意名词前冠词的使用)
A. .可数名词前
1._______ horse is a grass-eating animal. à ______(horses)Horses are grass-eating animals.
2. Who invented _____electric light?
3. _____ train is used to carry ___passengers or goods.
B: 不可数名词前 ____ gold/ Gold is a rare metal
Keys: 1. The/ A horse; à 不加冠词,Horses 2. the electric light (不可用 an) 3. The/ A train
B. 不加冠词, Gold 想一想, 为什么?
1.It is ________ world of wonders, ___________ world where we can find anything changed.
A.the; a B./; / C.a; a D.a; the
2.While playing football, the boy was badly hit in _____________ leg.
A.one B.the C.his D.a
3.I had only _________ slight temperature, but my mother regarded the illness as serious enough for _________ hospital treatment. A. a; / B. the; the C./; / D.a; the
4.Ms Jane is quite satisfied with the job now for which she is paid _________.
A.by an hour B.by hour C.by hours D.by the hour
5.In face of ___________ failure, the most important is to keep up _________ good state of mind.
A./; the B./; a C.a; / D.the; /
6.A large sum of money has been raised for the _________ of the poorly-educated children in the mountainous areas. A.favor B.benefit C.profit D.advantage
7.Li Hong’s home is far away from here indeed. It’s ___________ ride.
A.a five hour B.a five hour’s C.a five-hour D.a five hours’
8.Recently CCTV has taken great pains to make a program that reviews the important ___ of 2004. A .affairs B.events C.matters D.things
9.It is estimated that Shanghai is _______________.
A three times the size of Wuxi B three.times as larger as Wuxi
C.the size of Wuxi’s three times D.as three times large as Wuxi.
10.Everyone fails now and then. It is how you react that makes a __________ in life.
A.development B.difference C.progress D.point
Keys:1—5 C B A D B 6—10 B C B A B