重点中学英语语法讲义-冠词

(11) 许多习语用零冠词：

catch fire 着火        give way 让路        lose heart 灰心

move hosue 搬家      send word 捎信       take place 发生

by chance 偶然        catch sight of 看见    make use of 利用

六、一点补充说明

以下用法的the有人认为是冠词，有人认为是副词：

1. 用于最高级前：

Of all her children, Mary is the most honest. 她的三个孩子中，玛丽是最诚实的。

2. 用于比较级前，表示某人或某物比以前更好或更坏，此时句中通常会有表示原因、理由或条件的短语或从句：

I feel the better for my walk. 散了一下步我觉得舒服多了。

I love him all the more for his faults. 正因为他这些缺点，所以我越发爱他。

3. 用于“the +比较级，the +比较级”，表示“越…越…”：

The more a man has, the more he wants. 人越有越想要。

The higher up we go, the colder it becomes. 越往上走，天气就越冷。

九、重点考点原创精练

1. The teacher said _____ snow is white, but you see _____ snow on the road is red. Why?

A. the, the　    B. 不填，不填        C. the，不填        D. 不填，the   

2. “Can I help you?” “Yes,_____, please.”

A. two coffees and a tea                 B. two cups of coffee and the tea

C. two coffee and a tea                  D. two cup of coffee and a tea     

3._____ tiger is in danger of becoming extinct.

A. The          B. One              C. A              D. This      

4. A boy and _____ girl were sitting on a bench. The boy is smiling and _____ girl looked angry.

A. a, a         B. the, the        C. a, the         D. the, a   

5. There was _____ accident here yesterday. A car hit a tree. _____ driver was killed.

A. an, A        B. the, The        C. an, The         D. the, A   

6. “Did you get _____ ticket?” “Yes, I managed to get _____.”

A. a, one        B. the, one        C. a, it            D. the, it 

7. A bird in _____ hand is worth two in _____ bush.

A. a, a          B. the, the         C. a, the          D. the, a  

8. When in _____ Rome do as _____ Romans do.

A. the, the        B.不填，不填    C. the, 不填       D. 不填, the 

9. Which do you prefer, _____ country or _____ town?

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

10. You make _____ mistakes if you do things in _____ hurry.

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

11. It’s said that _____ twins met Geoff at Harvard and _____ three became good friends.

A. the, the       B. 不填，不填    C. the, 不填      D. 不填, the 

12. ______ is his favorite subject, but he doesn’t know _____ for this word.

A. English, English                B. The English, the English

C. English, the English             D. The English, English

13. I can’t remember ______ Christmas when it snowed so much.

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

14. Since tasting the excitement of _____ big city life, she never wants to live in _____ country again.

A. the, the       B. 不填，不填    C. the, 不填       D. 不填，the 

15. The operation is _____ success and she is now out of _____ danger.

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

16. As _____ writer, he was _____ complete failure.

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

17. This bird is really lovely, and I’ve never seen _____ one.

A. a finer         B. a finest       C. the finer          D. the finest

18. We couldn’t have picked ______ day for the picnic — it rained nonstop.

A. a worse        B. a worst         C. the worse       D. the worst 

19. This is _____ best kind of _____ pen you can get here. (www.hxen.net)

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

20. As is known to us all, _____ tiger is in _____ danger of becoming extinct.

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

21. ____ air is necessary to life, but ____ air around here is not fresh.

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