不定冠词常与动作名词连用构成固定搭配;定冠词常与表示方位,娱乐,交通工具等的名词连用,构成固定搭配,一些惯用成语中常使用零冠词。
have a swim/walk/talk/dance/look
去游泳/散步/谈话/跳舞/看一看
play the piano/violin/guitar
弹钢琴/拉小提琴/弹吉他
take the bus/train/plane
乘公共汽车/火车/飞机
go to the cinema/concert 去看电影/听音乐会 in the east/west/distance/right
在东面/西面/远处/右面 at table 在吃饭 on purpose 故意的 by letter/mail/telephone/land/sea
通过书信/邮件/电话/陆路/海路 【考点5】冠词位置
1.不定冠词位置:不定冠词常位于名词或名词修饰语前。
(1) 位于such, what, many, half等形容词之后。 I have never seen such an animal.
Many a man is fit for the job. (2)当名词前的形容词被副词as, so, too, how, however, enough修饰时,不定冠词应放在形容词之后。 It is as pleasant a day as I have ever spent.
so short a time
too long a distance
(3) quite, rather与单数名词连用,冠词放在其后。但当rather, quite, too前仍有形容词,不定冠词放其前后均可,如:rather a cold day/a rather cold day。 (4) 在as, though 引导的让步状语从句中,当表语为形容词修饰的名词时,不定冠词放形容词后。 Brave a man though he is, he trembles at the sight of snakes.
【考点5】冠词位置
2.定冠词位置:定冠词通常位于名词或名词修饰语前,但放在all,
both, double, half, twice, three times等词之后,名词之前。 All the students in the class went out. 单项填空
第4课时
冠
词 二
1. Everything comes with ______ price; there is no such ______ thing as a free lunch in the world.(2010·重庆卷)
A. a; a
B. the; /
C. the; a
D. a; /
D price意思是“代价”,为可数名词,第二空前边有no,后面的名词不用冠词,故选 D。 思路点拨
2. In communication, a smile is usually ______ strong sign of a friendly and ______ open attitude.(2011·重庆卷)
A. the; /
B. a; an
C. a; /
D. the; an
C 句意为“在交际中,一个微笑通常意味着一种友好和开朗的态度。” 思路点拨
冠词虽然是个小品词,但在实际运用中是不可缺少的一部分,在高考试卷中,始终是一个考查热点和难点。考生备考可以从如下几个方面入手: 【考点1】考查定冠词、不定冠词与零冠词的最基本的用法 Take your time — it's just ______ short distance from here to ______ restaurant.(2011·山东卷) A.不填; the
B. a; the C. the; a
D.不填;a
B 句意:慢慢来,从这儿到餐馆只有一小段距离。distance 表一段距离用a, 如固定搭配 from a distance of…,
第二个空the restaurant 是说话双方都知道的事物,表特指。
Experts think that ______ recently discovered painting may be ______ Picasso. (2011·浙江卷)
A. the; 不填
B. a; the
C. a; 不填
D. the; a
D 本题考点为冠词,每年必考一题,常为区分某名词是特指还是泛指。根据句意“专家们认为这幅最近发现的画作可能是一幅毕加索的作品。”可知前一空应该是表示特指的定冠词the;后一空用不定冠词a加上毕加索的名字(该单词学生在不认识的情况下,可以观察到其开头字母大写,应该是人名或地名类的专有名词,再由全句判断得出词义),表示其众多作品之一,泛指。
不定冠词泛指某一类人或物中的任意一个,定冠词表特指或说话双方都知道的事物,零冠词用于表示一般概念的抽象名词和物质名词前。
A grammar book is necessary to a language learner.
I forgot the name of the person who talked to me yesterday.
It takes great imagination as well as patience to teach in a school for the blind. 【考点2】考查冠词后的名词跟有限定性定语时冠词的选择 As is known to all, ______ People's Republic of China is ______ biggest developing country in the world.(2011·陕西卷)
A. the; 不填
B. 不填; the
C. the; the
D. 不填; 不填
C 考查专有名词。中华人民共和国以及形容词最高级前都应加定冠词the。
当名词后有过去分词短语、现在分词短语、介词短语及定语从句作定语时,其前一般要加定冠词the; 而moon, sky, world等表示世界上独一无二的事物被形容词修饰时前面要加不定冠词。
When can we enjoy a new moon?
a cloudless sky 【考点3】考查冠词与序数词,形容词比较级或最高级搭配时的选择 Of the two brothers, Bill is ______ younger one, and he is a quiet boy, ______ that most adults like very much.
A. a; one
B. a; the one
C. the; one
D. the; the one
C of the two brothers, 是两者的范围,故用the younger one; one = a boy,是a quiet boy 的同位语,进一步解释说明他的特点。
不定冠词用在形容词比较级前,表示“一个更加……的事物”;用在序数词前表示“另一个,又一个”。定冠词用在形容词比较级前表示“两者中更加……的那个”,用在序数词前表示“第几个”;用在形容词最高级前表示“最……的人或物”。
When you finish reading the book, you will have a
better understanding of life.
Would you like a second cup of tea?
the elder of the two 【考点4】考查固定搭配 I smoke out of ______ habit, not for ______ pleasure; for I have been in the habit for 20 years.
A. a; the
B. the; a
C. 不填;the
D.不填;不填
D 考查固定词组中冠词的用法。out of habit 出于习惯;for pleasure= for fun 为了得到快乐。