冠词
一、单句填空
1．(2015·浙江，2改编)Jane's grandmother had wanted to write ________ children's book for many years, but one thing or another always got in ________ way.
答案：a；the 句意：简的祖母多年来一直想写一本儿童读物，但是一件接一件的事情总是妨碍她写书。children's book的中心词是单数可数名词且第一次出现，并且此处表泛指，故其前需加不定冠词；in the way为固定搭配，意为“挡道，碍事”。
2．(2014·新课标Ⅰ，63)Now, years later, this river is one of ________ most outstanding examples of environmental cleanup.
答案：the 形容词最高级前用定冠词。句意：现在，数年之后，这条河是环境保护最典型的例子之一。空格后部分的中心词是名词examples，再由one of...可知，这里的most表示比较意义；形容词最高级前用定冠词the。
3．(2014·广东，23改编)She apologized for the mistake and gave us a spare VIP room on ________ top floor.
答案：the top“顶端的，最高的”，只修饰名词，前面用定冠词。on the top floor “在顶楼”。
4．(2014·天津，8改编)Life is like ________ ocean: Only ________ strong-willed can reach the other shore.
答案：an；the 第一个空表示泛指，且ocean以元音音素开头，故用不定冠词an；形容词前用定冠词表示一类人，the strong-willed意为“意志坚强的人”。
5．(2014·浙江，2改编)The paper is due next month, and I am working seven days ________ week, often long into________night.
答案：a；the seven days a week意为“整个星期，一周七天”，long into the night意为“直到深夜”，是固定短语。
6．(2014·重庆，6改编)I can't tell you ________ way to the Wilson's because we don't have ________ Wilson here in the village.
答案：the；a way后有介词短语作定语，表特指，所以第一空填定冠词the；泛指“一个名叫Wilson的人”，第二空填不定冠词a。
7．(2014·陕西，19改编)________ village where I was born has grown into ________ town.
答案：The；a village后有定语从句修饰，是特指，故第一空填定冠词；泛指“一座城镇”，故第二空填不定冠词a。
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8．(2014·江西，22改编)They chose Tom to be ________ captain of the team because they knew he was ________ smart leader.
答案：the；a 第一空后面的名词captain“队长”后面有介词短语of the team修饰，表示特指，所以使用定冠词the；第二空后的可数名词leader前面有形容词smart修饰，用a表示泛指。
9．(2013·新课标Ⅱ，13改编)Four and ________ half hours of discussion took us up to midnight, and ________ break for cheese, chocolate and tea with sugar.
答案：a；a 句意：四个半小时的讨论让我们到了午夜，我们稍微休息了一下，吃了奶酪、巧克力并且喝了加糖的茶。两空前加不定冠词a，都为固定搭配。
10．(2013·浙江，15改编)People develop ________ preference for a particular style of learning at ________ early age and these preferences affect learning.
答案：a；an 第一空a preference表示“一种倾向性的喜好”，用不定冠词a表示“一个，一种”的概念，同时have/develop a preference for sth.也可以看作固定词组，表示“对某物偏好，喜爱”；而第二空at an early age是固定词组，意为“在幼年时期”，也表示“一个，一种”的概念。
11．(2015·天津六校联考改编)________ news of the mayor's coming to our school for a visit was given out on the radio yesterday.
答案：The 句意为：市长来我们学校参观的新闻昨天通过收音机发布了。名词news后有介词短语修饰，起限定作用，表特指，故填the。
12．(2015·浙江杭州质检改编)In Germany, ________ successful project, which roughly translates as “adopt a grandparent”， has been running with a great success.
答案：a 句意为：在德国，一个名为“领养祖父母”的项目已成功运行。project为单数可数名词，此处意为“一个成功的项目”，表泛指。故填不定冠词a。
13．(2015·陕西宝鸡中学期中改编)—Mom, why can't I have ________ new bike? —Dear, you know, money doesn't grow on trees.
答案：a 句意为：——妈妈，我为什么不能要一辆新自行车？——亲爱的，你要知道，赚钱可不是件容易的事。bike为单数可数名词，是首次提到，此处表泛指，故用不定冠词a。
14．(2015·安徽江淮十校联考改编)________ wish always remains unrealistic that you can come first in the final exam when you make no efforts at all.
答案：The 句意为：你不付出任何努力而想在期末考试中得第一名的愿望是不现实的。wish后有that引导的同位语从句修饰，表特指，故填定冠词The。
15．(2015·广东中山七校联考改编)Your son is in great danger and he needs ________ immediate operation which costs 48,000 yuan.
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