重点应了解和掌握以下内容:
1、名词的可数和不可数:
与汉语不同,英语中名词要区分可数与不可数。
笼统地讲,物质名词,如:water, iron, wood等, 和抽象名词,如:democracy, freedom, happiness等为不可数。
不可数名词前不能加a ,后面不能加s ,这是考试中对此类题目判断的重要依据。
2、以下名词为不可数名词:
news information
furniture equipment
advice weather
work clothing
baggage
work作 工作 解释时为不可数名词,找工作不能说to find a work, 应为to find a job; work作着作、作品解时是可数名词,如:Deng Xiaopins works / a work about Deng Xiaopin ;作 工厂 解释时,单复数同形:a steel works / two chemical works
实例:
We have a large staff but there ______ in the office.
A. havent many furnitures
B. arent many furnitures
C. hasnt much furniture
D. isnt enough furniture
解题思路:根据名词数的概念A、B肯定错,不必考虑;C、D的主要差异是hasnt与 isnt, 句子中有there,说明该句是there be句型,故正确答案为D.题中staff, office 等词与解题无关。
注意辨别句子中斜体词的数及其意义:
There is still much room for improvement.
He has published two important papers on this subject.