1.It is generally accepted that ________ boy must learn to stand up and fight like ________ man.
A. a; a B. a; the
C. the; the D. a; /
[解析]句意:人們普遍認(rèn)為,男孩子就該學(xué)會(huì)站起來(lái)像男人一樣去奮斗。boy 和 man 均為可數(shù)名詞,在句中都表泛指,故前面應(yīng)該用不定冠詞,故答案為A項(xiàng)。
[答案]A
2.As he reached ________ front door, Jack saw ________ strange sight.
A. the; / B. a; the
C. /; a D. the; a
[解析]句意:杰克到前門(mén)時(shí),他看到一個(gè)奇怪的景象。第一空處是特指前門(mén),加定冠詞;第二空處 sight 在此是單數(shù)可數(shù)名詞,意為“景象,情景”,表泛指,應(yīng)用不定冠詞,故選D。
[答案]D
3. Take your time—it's just ________ short distance from here to ________ restaurant.
A. /; the B. a; the
C. the; a D. /; a
[解析]句意:別著急——從這里到餐館只有很短的一段距離。第一空處用不定冠詞 a,泛指一段距離;restaurant 此處是特指,所以第二空用定冠詞。
[答案]B
4.—It's said John will be in a job paying over $60,000 ________ year.
—Right, he will also get paid by ________ week.
A. the; the B. a; the
C. the; a D. a; a
[解析]句意:——據(jù)說(shuō)約翰將獲得一個(gè)年薪超過(guò)六萬(wàn)美元的工作!堑模墓べY將按周支付。year 為單數(shù)名詞,與不定冠詞連用意為:every year。而第二個(gè)空考查搭配“by+the+表單位的名詞”,意為:論/按……,故答案為B項(xiàng)。
[答案]B
5. As is known to all, ________ People's Republic of China is ________ biggest developing country in the world.
A. the; / B. /; the
C. the; the D. /; /
[解析]句意:眾所周知,中華人民共和國(guó)是世界上最大的發(fā)展中國(guó)家。People's Republic of China“中華人民共和國(guó)”是由普通名詞構(gòu)成的專(zhuān)有名詞,前面通常用定冠詞;第二空后是形容詞的最高級(jí)形式,故用定冠詞。所以選擇C項(xiàng)。
[答案]C
6.Experts think that ________ recently discovered painting may be ________ Picasso.
A. the; / B. a; the
C. a; / D. the; a
[解析]句意:專(zhuān)家們認(rèn)為最近發(fā)現(xiàn)的那幅油畫(huà)可能是畢加索的畫(huà)。第一空特指“最近所發(fā)現(xiàn)的那幅畫(huà)”,故用定冠詞;第二空泛指“畢加索的一幅畫(huà)”,故用不定冠詞。
[答案]D
7.In communication, a smile is usually ________ strong sign of a friendly and ________ open attitude.
A. the; / B. a; an
C. a; / D. the; an
[解析]句意:在交流方面,微笑通常是友好坦誠(chéng)態(tài)度的明顯標(biāo)志。第一空后的 sign 為可數(shù)名詞,在本句中表泛指,故用不定冠詞;第二空前的并列連詞 and 連接 friendly 和 open,修飾 attitude,friendly 前已經(jīng)有了不定冠詞,故第二空不需要再加冠詞。綜上所述,答案為C項(xiàng)。
[答案]C
8.Dr. Peter Spence, ________ headmaster of the school, told us, “________ fifth of pupils here go on to study at Oxford and Cambridge.”
A. /; A B. /; The
C. the; The D. a; A
[解析]句意:這所學(xué)校的校長(zhǎng) Peter Spence 博士告訴我們:“這里的學(xué)生五分之一都繼續(xù)到牛津或者劍橋?qū)W習(xí)!钡谝豢蘸蟮拿~ headmaster 是職務(wù)的稱(chēng)呼,其前不加冠詞;第二空是分?jǐn)?shù)的表達(dá),用 a/one fifth 表示“五分之一”。
[答案]A
9.If we sit near ________ front of the bus, we'll have ________ better view.
A. /; the B. /; a
C. the; a D. the; the
[解析]句意:如果我們坐在公共汽車(chē)前部,視野就會(huì)更好些。the front of 表示某物體內(nèi)部的前面;比較級(jí)前加不定冠詞表示“更……”。所以選C。
[答案]C
10. First impressions are the most lasting. After all, you never get ________ second chance to make ________ first impression.
A. a; the B. the; the
C. a; a D. the; a
[解析]句意:第一印象最持久。畢竟,你不會(huì)再有機(jī)會(huì)去留下第一印象。第一空后有 second,在此表示再一次機(jī)會(huì),而不是表順序,應(yīng)用不定冠詞;根據(jù)題意尤其是題干中的“First impressions”可知第二空后的 impression 在此處是可數(shù)名詞,且在本句中表泛指。單數(shù)名詞表泛指時(shí),須與不定冠詞連用,故答案為C項(xiàng)。
[答案]C
11.The visitors here are greatly impressed by the fact that ________ people from all walks of life are working hard for ________ new Jiangsu.
A. /; a B. /; the
C. the; a D. the; the
[解析]句意:來(lái)江蘇的游客都對(duì)此印象頗深——為了一個(gè)嶄新的江蘇,來(lái)自各行各業(yè)的人都在努力工作著。people 為復(fù)數(shù)名詞,此處為泛指,故第一空用零冠詞;一般地名前不用冠詞,但是如果前有形容詞修飾時(shí),表示類(lèi)指,前面要用不定冠詞。故答案為A項(xiàng)。
[答案]A
12.It's ________ good feeling for people to admire the Shanghai World Expo that gives them ________ pleasure.
A. /; a B. a; /
C. the; a D. a; the
[解析]句意:上海世博會(huì)給人們帶來(lái)了快樂(lè),欣賞世博會(huì)是一種美好的感受。有些不可數(shù)名詞,如 knowledge,command,feeling 等,前面有“a/an+形容詞”修飾時(shí),表示一件具體的事情或一個(gè)……的人。pleasure 意為“愉快,快樂(lè)”,為不可數(shù)名詞,故不加冠詞。
[答案]B
13. Many lifestyle patterns do such ________ great harm to health that they actually speed up ________ weakening of the human body.
A. a; / B./; the
C. a; the D./; /
[解析]句意:很多生活方式對(duì)身體健康是很有害的,實(shí)際上它們能加快體質(zhì)變?nèi)。do harm to... 為固定短語(yǔ),意為“對(duì)……有害”;第二空為特指的用法,即特指體質(zhì)變?nèi),故用定冠詞 the。
[答案]B
14. There are over 58,000 rocky objects in ________space, about 900 of which could fall down onto______ earth.
A. the; the B. /; the
C. the; / D. a; the
[解析]句意:太空中有58,000多顆星體,其中有900顆左右可能墜落到地球上。第一空 in space“在太空”,固定用法,類(lèi)似用法還有 in nature,in society 等;第二空表示地球,獨(dú)一無(wú)二的事物前須加定冠詞the,如 the moon,the sun 等,所以選B。
[答案]B