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专题二 冠词
1.(2023·新高考Ⅰ卷)The meat should be fresh with ________ touch of sweetness and the soup hot, clear and delicious.
【答案】 a 考查冠词。句意:肉应该是新鲜的,有一点甜味,汤应该是热的,清澈的,美味的。a touch of “一点点;稍许”,常用搭配,touch“轻微;稍许”常用作单数。故填a。
2.(2023·新高考Ⅱ卷)Not the pandas, even though ________ language used for the medical training instructions is actually English.
【答案】 the 考查冠词。句意:不是熊猫,尽管医学训练指导使用的语言实际上是英语。分析句子结构可知,此处特指用于医学训练指导使用的语言,表特指,应用定冠词修饰。故填the。
3.(2022·全国甲卷)________ friend of his,Wu Fan,volunteered to be his companion during the trip.
【答案】 A 句意:他的一个朋友吴凡自愿在旅途中与他作伴。根据句意可知,此处泛指“他的一个朋友”,应用不定冠词,friend以辅音音素开头,应用a,空处位于句首,首字母大写。故填A。
4.(2022·新高考Ⅰ卷) Covering an area about three times ________ size of Yellowstone National Park,the GPNP will be one of the first national parks in the country.
【答案】 the 本句的结构为:倍数+the+名词(size/weight/length ...)+of B,表示“是B(大小/重量/长度...)的多少倍。本句句意:该公园占地面积约为黄石国家公园的三倍,将成为中国首批国家公园之一。故填the。
5.(2021·新高考Ⅰ卷)While you're in China,Mount Huangshan is ________ must to visit.
【答案】 a must作名词时意为“必须做的事”,为可数名词,故应填不定冠词a。
6.(2021·全国乙卷)Due to ________ growing popularity of environmentally related and adventure travel,various types of trips are now being classfied as ecotourism.
【答案】 the 此处考查定冠词的用法。the表示特指。
7.(2020·全国卷Ⅱ)The plum trees are ________ first to flower even as the snow is melting (融化).They represent the promise of spring and a renewal of life.
【答案】 the 考查冠词。句意:雪还在融化时,梅树是第一个开花的。表示顺序时序,数词first前要加定冠词the。故填the。
8.(2019·全国卷Ⅱ)When we got a call saying she was short listed,we thought it was ________ joke.
【答案】 a 考查冠词用法。根据句意“ 我们还以为这是一个玩笑 可知,此处joke为可数名词,前面的a具有“一个”的意思。相当于数词one。故填a。
9.(2019·全国卷Ⅰ)Of ________ nineteen recognized polar bear subpopulations (北极熊亚种群),three are declining,six are stable,one is increasing,and nine lack enough data.
【答案】 the 考查定冠词。此处为特指,意为“在已知的19个北极熊亚种群中”,故填the。
10.(2018·全国卷Ⅱ)Corn production has jumped nearly 125 percent over ________ past 25 years,while rice has increased only 7 percent.
【答案】 the 考查定冠词的使用。over the past 25 years在过去的25年里,特指确定的一段时间。
考点一 不定冠词的用法
1.不定冠词与单数名词连