△冠词测试△
[每小题2.5分，共40小题；满分100分] 得分：________1.They have their reasons for keeping their marriage ________ secret for ________ moment.
A．the；a
B．the；不填
C．a；the
D．a；a
答案 C [第一空：表泛指；第二空：for the moment是“暂时”之意。]
2．Nowadays，________ mobile phone is ________ popular means of communication.
A．the；a
B．a；不填
C．the；the
D．a；the
答案 A [第二空：需填a表示“一种”，故选A。]
3．Isn't it amazing ________ housemaid has turned ________ general manageress?
A．the；a
B．a；a
C．the；不填
D．a；the
答案 C [表示“变成”的turn后作表语的单数名词前一般不用冠词。]
4．More and more people in China prefer to choose ________ cheap wireless phone service known as ________ “Little Smart”．(2011·四川内江一中高三第七次月考)
A．a；the
B．a；不填
C．the；the
D．the；it
答案 B [第一空：表泛指。第二空：Little Smart为专有名词，因此不加冠词。]
5．Hangzhou is ________ most beautiful city，where you can see ________ famous West Lake.
A．a；the
B．a；不填
C．the；a
D．不填；the
答案 A [第一空：根据句意应填a，此处most相当于very；第二空：West Lake是湖名，前应加the。]
6．Drivers who use mobile phones on ________ road are more likely to have ________ accidents，a science report said recently.
A．a；the
B．the；不填
C．不填；不填
D．不填；the
答案 B [第二空：accidents为复数，此处表泛指，因此不加冠词the，排除A、D；第一空：必须用冠词，即可排除C。]
7．Would you like ________ knife and fork，or would you rather use ________ chopsticks，sir?
A．the；the
B．a；不填
C．不填；the
D．不填；不填
答案 B [a knife and fork表示“一副刀叉”，因此排除A、C、D。]
8．I wonder what it feels like to be one of ________ really rich.The Browns already have two Rolls Royce and now they are buying ________ third.
A．the；a
B．the；the
C．不填；a
D．不填；the
答案 A [第一空：the＋adj.表示一类人；第二空：a用于序数词前表示“再一”、“又一”。]
9．________ person like him won't be simply satisfied with ________ little progress that has been made.
A．The；a
B．The；不填
C．A；不填
D．A；the
答案 D [第一空：表泛指，第二空：progress后有一个定语从句，因此表特指。所以D正确。]
10．They happen to be of ________ age，and they all go in for ________ American football.
A．the same；the
B．不填；不填
C．an；不填
D．an；the
答案 C [第一空可选A、C、D，第二空：球类名词前不加冠词。故选C。]
11．Today the canal is still being used.Ships can be seen moving on ________ water now and then.But it is no longer ________ busy water highway.(2011·安徽黄山市高中毕业班第二次质量检测)
A．a；the
B．the；不填
C．不填；a
D．the；a
答案 D [第一空：特指，第二空：泛指。故选D。]
12．In face of ________ failure，it is the most important to keep up ________ good state of mind.
A．不填；a
B．a；不填
C．the；不填
D．不填；the
答案 A [failure为抽象名词表泛指，其前不加冠词；第二空：表泛指。]
13．Don't worry too much about ________ mistakes.They are ________ natural part of learning.
A．the；a
B．不填；a
C．the；不填
D．the；the
答案 B [第一空：表泛指；第二空：填a，译为：学习过程中很自然的一部分。]
14．As is known to us，life in ________ modern world is easier in some ways than ________ life our grandparents lived.
A．a；the
B．the；the
C．the；a
D．不填；the
答案 B [第一空：world为独一无二的名词，前应用定冠词the；第二空：后有定语从句修饰表特指，需用the。]
15．It is ________ great pleasure to go to ________ cinema after a week's work.
A．a；the
B．the；a
C．a；a
D．the；the
答案 A [第一空：抽象名词具体化，a great pleasure译为：一件非常开心的事；第二空：go to the cinema是固定说法。]
16．—I have moved into a much bigger place.So next time you come here，I can find you ________ bed in my flat.
—Oh，that's wonderful.Then I won't go to ________ hotel.
A．the；a
B．the；不填
C．a；the
D．a；不填
答案 C [第一空：表泛指，是“一张床”的意思；第二空：必须用冠词。]
17．—It's said that two Chinese engineers were kidnapped by terrorists in Pakistan yesterday.
—Yes，________ news came as ________ great surprise.
A．the；the
B．不填；不填
C．the；a
D．不填；a
答案 C [第一空：news为不可数名词，此处表特指，因此填the；第二空：抽象名词具体化。]
18．You can try ________ second time if you fail ________ first time.
A．the；the
B．a；the
C．a；不填
D．the；不填
答案 B [第一空：a second表“再一次”；第二空：表示“第一次”，序数词前应加定冠词the。]
19．Judging from ________ look on his face，he must have ________ news of great excitement to tell us.
A．the；a
B．不填；不填
C．the；the
D．the；不填
答案 D [第一空：表特指；第二空：表泛指，news为不可数名词。]
20．I often have conversations with John over ______ telephone，while keep in touch with Tom by ________ letter.
A．the；the
B．不填；a
C．the；不填
D．the；a
答案 C [第一空：over the telephone＝by telephone；第二空：介词by构成的表示方式的短语中的名词前一般不加冠词。]
21．In China ________ bicycle is ________ popular means of transportation.
A．the；the
B．the；a
C．a；不填
D．a；the
答案 B [两空均表泛指。]
22．While peacekeeping is ________ UN's main duty，it also has programs for ________ education，better health and business in more than 170 countries.(2011·四川绵阳南山中学高三2月月考)
A．the；an
B．不填；the
C．the；不填
D．不填；an
答案 C [第一空：UN为普通名词构成的专有名词，前应加定冠词the，第二空：泛指教育活动。]
23．Who do you think will take ________ office next month and become ________ president of the USA，George W．Bush or John Kerry?
A．a；the
B．不填；不填
C．the；不填
D．不填；a
答案 B [第一空：take office(执政)为固定短语；第二空：作表语的唯一的职位名词前一般不加冠词。]
24．—Good evening，Mr.Pierce.I'm sorry to bother you.But it's the fourth of December today.
—Oh，Mrs.Baxter，________ rent! I'm sorry it's late.I'll write you ________ check right now.
A．the；the
B．a；a
C．a；the
D．the；a
答案 D [第一空：表特指，第二空：表泛指。]
25．As ________ unemployment is very high nowadays，it's very difficult for people to find ________ work.
A．the；不填
B．the；a
C．不填；不填
D．an；the
答案 C [两空均表泛指，unemployment和work都是不可数名词。]
26．A serious accident happened at ________ crossroads，not far from ________ New World Supermarket.
A．不填；the
B．a；a
C．the；不填
D．a；the
答案 D [第一空：表泛指，此处的crossroads为单数名词；第二空：New World Supermaket为普通名词构成的专有名词，其前应用冠词the。]
27．—Hey，Mr.Smith，you are wanted on ________ phone.
—Who is calling?
—________ Mr.Green.I don't know who he is.
A．不填；A
B．the；不填
C．the；A
D．不填；不填
答案 C [第一空：为固定短语on the phone；第二空：笼统指某类中的某一个，而不具体说明是哪一个时，用不定冠词。]
28．My English teacher encourages us to guess the meanings of ________ unknown words we meet in our reading according to ________ context.
A．the；an
B．the；the
C．不填；不填
D．不填；the
答案 B [两空均表特指。]
29．When a giraffe has ________ drink，it has to stand with its front legs wide apart in order to reach ________ water.
A．不填；不填
B．a；the
C．the；不填
D．不填；the
答案 B [第一空：表示动作的名词前一般用不定冠词；第二空：表特指。]
30．Although he knew ________ little about ________ large amount of work done in the field，he succeeded where more wellinformed experimenters failed.(2011·重庆二中高三上学期第五次月考)
A．the；the
B．the；a
C．a；不填
D．不填；the
答案 D [第一空：是“几乎不”的意思，表否定，所以little前不用冠词；第二空：表“大量的”用the large amount of。]
31．Reading is ________ good habit.Stick to it，and you'll make ________ great progress.
A．a；不填
B．a；a
C．the；a
D．不填；a
答案 A [第一空：表泛指；第二空：progress为不可数名词。]
32．________ historic meeting between CPC General Secretary Hu Jintao and KMT Chairman Lian Zhan marked a new time in relations across ________ Taiwan Straits.
A．The；a
B．A；不填
C．不填；the
D．The；the
答案 D [第一空：表特指；第二空：Taiwan Straits为地名，其前用定冠词the。]
33．Most people prefer to travel on ________ train，because you can have a comfortable journey，but make sure you get ________ fast one.
A．the；the
B．a；the
C．the；a
D．不填；a
答案 C [第一空：可填a或the，若前面的介词on改为by，则不加冠词；第二空：表泛指。]
34．Is it right that developing countries want to build ________ most modernlooking buildings as the first step towards becoming ________ modern country? (2011·云南昆明一中高三上学期第五次月考)
A．a；the
B．the；不填
C．the；a
D．a；a
答案 C [第一空：因buildings为复数，所以不可填a，即可排除A、D；第二空：表泛指，需填a。故选C。]
35．________ material used for running tracks in schools across China may be ________ danger to children's health.
A．不填；a
B．The；a
C．不填；the
D．The；the
答案 B [第一空：表特指；第二空：抽象名词具体化，a danger表示“一个危险的东西”。]
36．________ history of the American South is ________ history of suffering，also one of hope and success.
A．A；the
B．The；the
C．A；a
D．The；a
答案 D [第一空：表特指，第二空：表泛指。]
37．Rosa didn't remember the exact date of the storm，but she knew it was ________ Sunday because everybody was at ________ church.
A．不填；the
B．a；不填
C．不填；a
D．the；不填
答案 B [第一空：指某一个星期天，应填a；第二空：at church为习惯表达，作“做礼拜”解，一般不用冠词。]
38．The Chinese astronauts Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng were so struck by ________ beauty of ________ nature that they took lots of pictures in space.
A．不填；不填
B．不填；the
C．the；the
D．the；不填
答案 D [第一空：表特指；第二空：nature作“大自然”解时，其前一般不加冠词。]
39．If I drive in this city myself，I'll probably get lost as I haven't got ________ very good sense of ________ direction.
A．a；不填
B．the；不填
C．a；the
D．the；a
答案 A [第一空：表泛指；第二空：a sense of direction(一种方向感)为固定短语。]
40．—Do you know ________ English for “校草”？
—I'm afraid I don't.I'm not interested in ________ English language.(2011·湖北鄂州市高三上学期模底考试)
A．the；the
B．the；不填
C．不填；the
D．不填；不填
答案 A [第一空：English指英语单词，表特指；第二空：the English language＝English。]