[例1]______delicious food you have cooked!
A.How a B.How C.What a D.What
【解析】答案D。不定冠詞表示數量,類似“一”,修飾單數可數名詞。不可數名詞前不可用a、an修飾。在感歎句“What a/an+adj+n+(主+謂)!”結構中,名詞必是單數可數名詞。若是不可數名詞應用“What+adj+n+(主+謂)!”結構。句中food是不可數名詞,故選D。
[例2](1)We always have______rice for______lunch.
A./;/ B.the;/ C./;a D.the;the
(2)It’s half past four in the afternoon.The students are playing______basketball now.
A./ B.an C.a D.the
【解析】下列情況不用任何冠詞:1)專用名詞(John、England)、物質名詞(food,rice,water)等前;2)一日三餐的名詞前;3)在表示球類運動的名詞前。因此第(1)小題正確答案應為A;第(2)小題答案為A。
[例3]—What’ s the matter with you?
—I caught______bad cold and had to stay in______bed.
A.a;/ B.a;the C.a;a D.the;the
【解析】答案A。本題考查冠詞的用法和習慣表達。躺在**譯為stay in bed,而感冒譯為catch cold或catch a cold,但cold有形容詞修飾時則a不可省略。
[例4]Paper money was in______use in China when Marco Polo visited the country in______thirteenth century.
A.the;/ B.the;the C./;the D./;/
【解析】答案C。題中in use是固定搭配,意為“在使用”,use為抽象名詞,其前不用冠詞。後者是序數詞前用定冠詞the。要牢記一些固定搭配如in use、under construction(在建設中)、in debt(欠債)、come to power(執政)、on fire(著火)、at table(用餐)、out of work(失業),at dawn(在黎明),at dust(在黃昏)等。
[例5]______books must be produced for the children.
A.Two thousands B.Two thousands of
C.Two thousand of D.Two thousand