物质名词和抽象名词前何时用或不用冠词
物质名词和抽象名词前何时用或不用冠词
有这样一道试题:
The teacher said ________snow is white,but ________ snow on the road is red. Why?
A. the,the B. ×,× C. the,× D. ×,the
此题应选D,容易误选B,误认为:snow是物质名词,其前永远不用冠词。
在通常情况下,物质名词和抽象名词在表示一般概念(即泛指)时,不用冠词(即使有描绘性定语修饰也不用冠词)。但是如果物质名词和抽象名词不是表示一般概念,而是表示某一特定内容(尤其是有一限定性定语修饰)时,或当它们表示“一种”、“一场”、“一份”等意思时,则可以加冠词。试做以下试题:
(1) I like to eat ________fish,but ________fish I ate last night made me sick.
A. the; the B. ×; × C. the; × D. ×; the
(2) ________ air is necessary to life,but ________ air around here is not fresh.
A. the; the B. ×; × C. the; × D. ×; the
(3) A:Do you like to listen to _________ music?
B:It all depends. In fact I only like ________ music by Mozart.
A. the; the B. ×; × C. the; × D. ×; the
(4) A:He has no sense of ________ humour.
B:No,you didn’t catch ________ humour in his remark.
A. the; the B. ×; × C. the; × D. ×; the
答案:1. D 2. D 3. D 4. D
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