16. (四川14)

In order to find _______ better job, he decided to study _________ second foreign language.

A. the; a             B. a; a               C. the; the            D. a; the

答案  B  

解析  考查冠词的用法。该题的意思是：为了找到一个更好的工作，他决定再学习另外一门外语。第一空表示泛指；第二空用a +序数词+名词表示又一，再一。

7．(浙江2)

I don’t understand what the engineer means, but I’ve got ______ rough idea of _____ project plan.

A. the; a                             B. 不填; the                 C. the; 不填                 D. a; the

答案  D

18. (重庆26)

Washing machines made by China have won         worldwide attention and Haier has become          popular name.

A. a; the                 B. /; a               C. /; the                 D. the; a

答案  B

19. (全国Ⅱ14)

What I need is          book that contains         ABC of oil painting.  

A. a; 不填           B. the; 不填          C. the; an            D. a; the

答案  D

年高考题

1.(全国Ⅱ8)

It’s not         good idea to drive for four hours without         break.

A.a;a                      B.the;a                         C.the;the               D.a;the

答案  A

解析  本题考查冠词。句意为：开车四个小时而不休息不是一个好主意。第一空“一个好主意”是泛指；without a break是习惯用法，break也是泛指。

2.(天津11)

Most air pollution is caused by the burning of ___     _ like coal， gas and oil.

  A. fuels        B. articles               C. goods                 D. products

答案  A

解析  coal，gas and oil均为“燃料(fuels)”。

3.(安徽24)

To save some of the human languages before they are forgotten，the students in our school started a discussion“Save Our        ”.

A.Sky             B.Life                               C.Arts                    D.Voices

答案  D

解析  由语境可知，此处指人类的语言，而语言是人类说的，因此用voices，而不用其他选项。

4.(江西27)

—Shall we go out for a walk?

—Sorry.This is not the right         to invite me.I am too tired to walk.

A.moment           B.situation                    C.place                      D.chance

答案  A

解析  句意为：——我们出去散散步好吗？——对不起，这不是邀请我的合适的时间，我太累了而不想去散步。A项“某一时刻，片刻”；B项“情形，状况”；C项“地方”；D项“机会”。

5.(江西30)

—I am so sorry to have come late for the meeting.

—It is not your fault.With          rush-hour traffic and          heavy rain， it is no

wonder you were late.

A.a; a         B.the; the                     C./; /                D./; a

答案  B

解析  句意为：——开会来晚了我非常抱歉。——这不是你的错，这正是上下班的高峰期而且又下了大雨，难

怪你来晚了。第一个空特指高峰时间拥挤的交通；第二个空特指双方所指的大雨。

6.(湖北21)

The young man made a ______  to his parents that he would try to earn his own living after graduation.

  A.prediction              B.promise                     C.plan                          D.contribution

  答案  B

解析  句意为：这位年轻人向他的父母许诺说毕业之后他将努力自食其力。make a promise许诺，答应，其后的that从句为同位语从句，补充说明先行词promise的内容，其他选项不合句意。

7.(湖北22)

The top leaders of the two countries are holding talks in a friendly        .

  A.atmosphere           B.state                        C.situation                  D.phenomenon

答案  A

解析  句意为：这两个国家的最高领导人在友好的气氛中进行交谈。atmosphere气氛，氛围；state状态；situation形势，局面；phenomenon现象。

8.(湖南22)

  Have you heard         news? The price of         petrol is going up again!

A.the;the                   B./;the                          C.the;/                          D./;/

答案  C

解析  句意为：你听说这消息了吗？油价又上涨了！第一空特指下文的消息，应用定冠词the；第二空后的petrol为泛指，且是不可数名词，故不用冠词。

9.(陕西)

  I ate       sandwich while I was waiting for        20: train.

A. the;a                 B. the;the                 C. a;the                    D. a;a

答案  C

解析  sandwich是可数名词，且在句中首次出现，表示泛指，其前须加不定冠词；而“二十点零八分的火车”是特指的惟一的概念，故其前须加定冠词the。

.(四川8)

   In the United States，there is always        flow of people to areas of        country where more

jobs can be found.

A.a;the               B.the;a                         C.the;the               D.a;a

答案  A