2007英语六级考试综合改错题训练(十)

 七、冠词的使用错误

 

冠词是英语限定词中最主要的一种，有且仅有两种形式：不定冠词 a （或者 an ）和定冠词 the 。但是冠词又是英语中最为常用的词类，而且由于汉语中没有与之对应的词类，所以考生对冠词的用法的掌握尤感困难。冠词的使用错误一般包括如下情况：

1.     该用冠词时漏用，如 all of sudden → all of a sudden ， tell truth → tell the truth ；

2.     不该用冠词时赘用，如 in the contrast → in contrast ， give a rise to → give rise to ； keep a pace with → keep pace with ；

3.     the 与 a/an 误用，如 on a whole → on the whole ；

4.     a 与 an 混用，如 a “ s ” sign → an “ s ” sign ， to a extent → to an extent ， a honor → an honor 。

 

例 1

We were very much surprised that the village

was such long way from the main road.                                         1.__________

 

在“ such+a(an)+ 形容词 + 名词”结构中，定冠词不能省略，所以应该在 such 后加上不定冠词 a 。

 

例 2

“I considered it a honor to be invited to address                             1.__________

the meeting of world-famous scientists,” said

professor Johnson.

 

“ honor ”虽然首字母为 h ，却是一个以元音开头的单词，显然应该使用不定冠词 an ，这类题一般出现频率较少，却也容易犯错，在改错题应该格外注意，不容出错。

 

例 3

The nude human body at the rest must begin to                            1.__________

combat a lowering of body temperature when the

air temperature stands at approximately 31.0．

 

“ at rest ”为习惯用语，表示“处于休息状态”的意思，中间不用任何冠词，故应该将 the 删去。

 

例 4

Geologists have been studying volcanoes for a long

time. Though they have learned great deal, they still                       1.__________

have not discovered the causes of volcanic action.

 

“ a great deal ”表示“大量的，许多的”的意思，后面接不可数名词，此为习惯用法，前面不定冠词 a 练习题

 

1 They know that the inside of the earth is very

hot, but they are not sure what causes the great heat.

Some scientists now believe that much of heat                               1.__________

inside the earth is provided by the radioactive

elements.

 

2 Communications satellites have made it possible

for an entire world be closer than ever before.                                2.__________

 

3 A lighthouse must be high enough for its light to

be seen far away, but if it is too high, it has more

possibility to be destroyed by high wind; so it

is always true to say that the higher it is better.                             3.__________

 

4 Scientists have suggested that supersonic

aircraft may disturb the upper atmosphere to

such extent that dangerous radiation from the                               4.__________

sun might reach the earth.

 

5 Nowadays, higher education does not make

as much difference to the jobs women take as

it does in case of men.                                                                 5.__________

 

6 More than 90 percent of cigarette smoke is

made up of about dozen hazardous gases,                                    6.__________

carbon monoxide being the most important.

 

7 Primates are also known for their great

intelligence, related in a part to their great                                      7.__________

awareness of the environment plus the ability

to manipulate this environment

 

8 This tendency of technology to make workers

superfluous but at same time allowing                                           8.__________

their numbers to grow so large is deceasing

psychological tensions.

 

9 Most of the dollar differences stem from fact                               9.__________

that women tend to be more recently employed

and have fewer years on the job.

 

10 This island is to south of North Korea.                                     10.__________

 

 

答案解析：

1. heat前加the。因为前面已经出现过了heat，所以此处为特指。

 

2. an→the。“the entire world”为习惯用法，表示“全世界，整个世界”，因为世界是独一无二的，所以不能使用不定冠词，必须改为定冠词。

3. better前加the。

4. such前加an。

5. case前加the。“in case of”表示“万一”的意思，显然不符合原句意思，应该改为“in the case of”意为“在……情况下”。

6. dozen前加a。

7. a删去。“in part”表示“部分”的意思，中间不需要任何冠词。

 

8. at和same之间加the。

9. from和fact之间加the。“fact”后面接同位语从句，所以此处定指。

10. to后面加the。