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2020年高考提升之语法、词汇及情景交际钻石考点提分秘籍
05 冠词(三)
冠词离不开名词,掌握冠词首先要弄清名词的性质,即可数还是不可数;其次要掌握冠词的基本用法,即什么情况下用不定冠词,什么情况下用定冠词,什么情况下不用冠词。另外还考查冠词在固定词组中的运用。
考点三 不用冠词的情况
1. 物质名词,抽象名词前常不用冠词,但表示特指时要用冠词。
1. India attained ______ independence in 1947, after ______ long struggle. (2013全国I)
A.不填; a B. the; a C. an;不填 D. an; the
【答案】A
【解析】independence为抽象名词,前不加冠词;a long struggle意为“长期斗争”。
2. Carl is studying food science at college and hopes to open up ______ meat processing factory of his own one day. (2012安徽)
A. /;a B. /;the C. the; a D. the; the
【答案】A
【解析】science是不可数名词,前不用冠词;factory是可数名词,这里指开办一个肉类加工厂,故用不定冠词。
3. It’s ______ good feeling for people to admire the Shanghai World Expo that gives them
______ pleasure. (2010 福建)
A. 不填,a B. a, 不填 C. the, a D. a; the
【答案】B
【解析】feeling“感觉”,是可数名词,a good feeling“一种美好的感觉”;pleasure是抽象名词,前面不用冠词。
4.
Some people fear that __________ air pollution may bring about changes in __________ weather around the world. (2009江西)
A. /; the
B. the; /
C. an; the
D. the; a
【答案】A
【解析】pollution是抽象名词,前面不用冠词;weather虽是不可数名词,但有around the world修饰,表特指,应用定冠词。
2. 复数名词表示泛指或类别时,前不用冠词。
1. The Smiths don’t usually stay at hotels, but last summer they spent a few days at a very nice hotel by ________ sea. (2012江西)
A./; a
B.the; the
C./; the
D.the; a
【答案】C
【解析】复数名词hotels表示泛指,前不用定冠词;by the sea意为“在海边”。
2. The visitors here are greatly impressed by the fact that ______ people from all walks of life are working hard for ______ new Jiangsu. (2010 江苏)
A. 不填; a B. 不填; the C. the; a D. the; the
【答案】A
【解析】people是复数名词,表示泛指时,其前不用冠词;表示地名的名词前一般不用冠词,但表示该地某个阶段的情况时,前面要用不定冠词。这里,a new Jiangsu指“一个新的江苏”。
3. 表示头衔、职务的名词做表语、补语或同位语时,其前不用冠词。
1. Sam has been appointed _______ manager of the engineering department to take ____ place of George.
(2012重庆)
A. /; / B. the; / C. the; the D. /; the
【答案】D
【解析】 表示职位的manager前不用冠词;take the place of是固定短语,表示“代替……”。
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