冠词在高考中的考查重点：
冠词虽，只有a，an和the三个，但却是必考语言点之一。就考查题型而言，以单项选择为主，有时在完形填空和短文改错中出现。
名词在高考中的重点：
一般在单项选择以及完型填空和短文改错中出现, 绝大多数是考查名词词义辨析, 名词和表示数量词结合的考查, 以及主谓一致的考查以及在具体语境中的理解和应用也将占有一席之地。
22. Sarah looked at
finished painting with
satisfaction.
A.不填；a
B. a; the
C. the; 不填
D. the; a
【答案】C
【解析】考查冠词。第一空为特指，特指“已经画完的油画”。第二空为固定用语：with satisfaction（满意地），不用冠词。
2. 7.He missed _______gold in the high jump , but will get ______second chance in the long jump.
A. the ; the
B. 不填；a
C. the ;a
D. a ; 不填
【答案】【解析】a second表示“还有，再有”的意思。而the second表示的是“第二次”的意思。
3.(2017重庆卷) 24.Sam has been appointed _______ manager of the engineering department to take ____ place of George.
A. /,/
B. the,/
C the, the
D./, the
【答案】D
【解析】考查冠词。表示官衔职务的名词作补语和同位语时，前不加冠词。在题干中，“manager”表示职务，作主语补足语，不需要加冠词，而第二个空白处为固定短语“take the place of”，是“代替，取代”之意。句意：山姆被任命为工程部经理取代了乔治。
21.Carl is studying
food science at college and hopes to open up
meat processing factory of his own one day.
A. / ; a
B. / ；the
C. the; a
D. the; the
【答案】A【解析】考查冠词。卡尔在大学里面研究食品科学，希望有一天能够开一 家自己的肉制品加工厂。ood science 是学科名称，不加冠词，open up processing factory of his own , 开一家属于自己的肉制品加工厂。
21. The Smiths don’t usually stay at
hotels, but last summer they spent a few days at a very nice hotel by ________ sea.
A. /; a B. the; the C. /; the D. the; a
6. (2017辽宁卷)21. I woke up with
bad headache, yet by
evening the pain had gone.
A. the; the
B. the; an
C. a; the
D. a; an
【答案】C
【解析】第一空表示泛指第二空为，用定冠词the18. We are said to be living in ____ Information Age, ____ time of new discoveries and great changes.
A. an; the
B. 不填; the
C. 不填; a
D. the; a 【答案】 【解析】2. The development of industry has been _______ gradual process throughout ______human existence from stone tools to modern technology.
A. / ; the
B. the ; a
C. a ; /
D. a; a
【答案】【解析】第一空process是可数名词，第一次出现一般用不定冠词，且此次表示“一个”的概念；第二空existence是不可数名词，其此处表示抽象概念，故用零冠词。3.You were working too hard. You’d better keep a ________between work and relaxation.
A. promise B. lead C. balance D. diary
【答案】【解析】
12. (2017福建卷)25. — Why do you choose to work in an international travel agency?
— Well, you know, English is my _____. So it is my best choice.
A. strength
B. talent
C. ability
D: skill
13. (2017湖北卷)29. It is important to have your eyes examined regularly to check for any sign of eye disease that may not have any ________.
A. symptom
B. similarity
C. sample
D. shadow
【答案】A
【解析】考查名词辨析。根据题意，是指眼部疾病的症状。Symptom 表“症状”， similarity 表“相似之处”，sample表“样本”， shadow 表“影子，幻影”。.The officer insisted that Michael did not follow the correct ________ in applying for a visa.
A. pattern
B. procedure
C. program
D. perspective
【答案】B
【解析】考查名词辨析。 21.— Can I help you with it?
— I appreciate your , but I can manage it myself.
A. advice
B. question
C. offer
D. idea
【答案】C
【解析】考查名词辨析。空格处粗一看好像四个选项都有点联系，但仔细分析，advice表示（对某件事的）建议，question是（需要得到回答的）问题，idea是一种主意或看法，都不符合语境。而offer表示主动提供（某物），正好符合该语境I appreciate your offer.谢谢你的好意。
29. You’d better write down the phone number of that restaurant for future
.
A. purpose B. reference C. progress D. memory
【答案】
【解析】考查名词辨析。记下电话号码是以备日后参考，for future reference是字典中的典型表达。句意：你最好写下这个餐馆的号码以便日后参考用。
15. He will come to understand your efforts sooner or later. It’s just a matter of _____.
A. luck
B. value
C. time
D. fact
【答案】 【解析】7. Your _______ as a student will be excellent if you develop a habit of reflecting on how you learn.
A. opinion
B. growth
C. performance
D. character
【答案】【解析】根据句意：作为一个学生，你的学习（performance）会很棒的如果你能够养成对所学的的东西进行反思的话。operation操作、手术；growth增长；character人物、角色，均不符合语境，故排除。
12.The basketball coach, as well as his team , ______interviewed shortly after the match for their outstanding performance.
A. were
B. was
C. is
D. are
【答案】【解析】