冠词a,anthe以及零冠词的用法及练习详解

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冠词分为不定冠词(a, an),定冠词(the),和零冠词。

一.不定冠词(a, an)
1.指一类人或事,相当于a kind of
A plane is a machine that can fly.
2.第一次提及某人某物,非特指
A boy is waiting for you.有个男孩在等你。

3.表示“每一”相当于every,one
We study eight hours a day.
4.表示“相同”相当于the same
We are nearly of an age.
5.用于人名前,表示不认识此人或与某名人有类似性质的人或事
That boy is rather a Lei Feng.(活雷锋)
6.用于固定词组中
a couple of, a bit, once upon a time, in a hurry, have a walk, many a time
7.用于quite, rather, many, half, what, such之后
This room is rather a big one.
8.用于so(as, too, how)+形容词之后
She is as clever a girl as you can wish to meet.
9.用于抽象名词具体化的名词前
success(抽象名词)→a success(具体化) 成功的人或事
a failure 失败的人或事 a shame 带来耻辱的人或事
a pity 可惜或遗憾的事 a must 必需必备的东西
a good knowledge of 精通掌握某一方面的知识
10.与序数词连用,表示“又一,再一”。

In order to find a better job, he decided to study a second foreign language.
为了找到一个更好的工作,他决定再学习另外一门外语。

二.定冠词(the)
1.表示某一类人或物
In many places in China, ___ bicycle is still ___ popular means of transportation.
A. a; the
B. /; a
C. the; a
D. the; the
2.用于世上独一无二的事物名词前
the universe, the moon, the Pacific Ocean
3.表示说话双方都了解的或上文提到过的人或事
Would you mind opening the door?
4.用于演奏乐器
play the violin, play the guitar
5.用于形容词和分词前表示一类人
the reach, the living, the wounded
6.表示“一家人”或“夫妇”(对比上文的不定冠词用法5)
—Could you tell me the way to ____ Johnsons, please?
—Sorry, we don’t have ____ Johnson here in the village.
A. the; the
B. the; a
C. /; the
D. the; /
7.用于序数词和形容词副词比较级最高级前
He is the taller of the two children.
8.用于国家党派等以及江河湖海,山川群岛的名词前
the United States, the Communist Party of China, the French
9.用于表示发明物的单数名词前
The compass was invented in China.
10.在逢十的复数数词之前,指世纪的某个年代
in the 1990’s(二十世纪九十年代)
11.用于表示度量单位的名词前
I hired the car by the hour.
12.用于方位名词,身体部位名词
He patted me on the shoulder.
13.与比较级和最高级连用
①比较级+ and +比较级表示“越来越……”
The harder he works, the happier he feels.
②表示两者间“较……的一个”比较级前加the。

Who is the older of the tow boys?
③三者或三者以上相比,表示最高程度时,用“the + 最高级”的结构表示。

这种句式一般常有表示比较范围的介词短语。

Zhang Hua is the tallest of the three.
三.零冠词
1.专有名词,物质名词,抽象名词,人名地名等名词前
Beijing University, Jack, China, love, air
2.名词前有this, my, whose, some, no, each, every等限制
I want this book, not that one. / Whose purse is this?
3.季节,月份,星期,节假日,一日三餐前
March, Sunday, National Day, spring
4.表示职位,身份,头衔的名词前
Lincoln was made President of America.
5.表示球类,棋类等运动的名词前
He likes playing football/chess.
6.与by连用表示交通方式的名词前
We went right round to the west coast by ______ sea instead of driving across ______ continent.
A. the; the
B.不填;the
C. the; 不填
D. 不填;不填
7.以and连接的两个相对的名词并用时
husband and wife, knife and fork, day and night
8.表示泛指的复数名词前
Horses are useful animals.
四.位置
冠词一般放在名词之前,名词之前若有形容词,冠词放在形容词之前。

下列情况例外:1.不定冠词用于下列副词加形容词之后:as, how, however, so, too等。

如:He is as good a soldier as he was.他和以前一样是个好士兵。

2.不定冠词置于such, what, many, not, too,much of等之后。

如:Many a little pickle makes a nickel.积少成多。

3.定冠词通常放在all, both, double, exactly, just等词之后。

如:I offered him double the amount,but he still refused.
4.不定冠词常用于quite和rather之后,但如果另有形容词修饰时,不定冠词既可放在第二位,也可放在第一位,但最常见的仍是第二位。

如:She is quite a woman.她真是个女人。

It was quite/rather a cold day.很冷的一天(同It was a quite/rather cold day.)
5.当名词前的比较级被no,all,far,much等修饰时,也要后置。

如:He is no less a man than the President.
6.定冠词要放在half, twice, much等之后。

如:He paid twice the price for it. 他花了两倍的钱买了它。

7.如果名词被副词hardly,scarcely,barely,exactly所修饰,或和一个形容词共同修饰时,冠词要放在上述副词之后、形容词之前。

如:This is hardly a right thing to do. 这几乎是不能做的事。

练习
1.How about taking_____short break? I want to make_____call.
A. the; a
B. a; the
C. the; the
D. a; a
2.Christmas is_____special holiday when_____whole family are supposed to get together.
A. the; the
B. a; a
C. the; a
D. a; the
3.I looked under_____bed and found books I lost last week.
A. the; a
B. the;the
C. 不填;the
D. the; 不填
4.I like_____color of your skirt. It is good match for your blouse.
A. a; the
B. a; a
C. the; a
D. the; the
5.George couldn’t remember when he first met Mr. Anderson, but he was sure it was Sunday because everybody was at church.
A. /; the
B. the; /
C. a; /
D. /; a
6.Many people have come to realize that they should go on_____balanced diet and make room
in their day for exercise.
A. a; /
B. the; a
C. the; the
D. /; a
7.—How about _____Christmas evening party?
—I should say it was _____success.
A. a; a
B. the; a
C. a; 不填
D. the; 不填
8.We went right round to the west coast by sea instead of driving across continent.
A. the; the
B.不填;the
C. the; 不填
D.不填;不填
9.George couldn’t remember when he first met Mr. Anderson, but he was sure it was Sunday because everybody was at church.
A./; the
B. the; /
C. a; /
D./; a
1. D。

take a short break“休息一会儿”,make a call“打一个电话”。

2. D。

a special holiday指“某一个特别的节日”;the whole family为特指。

3. B。

此题中的the bed和the books都为特指。

the bed 指“所看的床”;the books指“所丢的书”。

4.C。

the color指“你衬衫的颜色”;a good match泛指“和你的外套相配的一种好颜色”。

5. C。

a Sunday泛指某一个星期天;at church为固定搭配,不用冠词,意为“在做礼拜”。

6. A。

a balanced diet泛指“一种平衡的饮食”;make room为固定搭配,意为“腾出空间”。

7.B
8.B。

by sea意为“经海路”;by the sea意为“在海边”;表示大陆、大洋等的名词前通常要加定冠词。

9. C。

a泛指“某个”;at church表示“做礼拜”,at the church表示“在教堂”。

类似的词组:
特别提示:当地点名词表示地点时,其前用定冠词;表示在这一地点所发生的活动时,其前不加冠词。

如:He went to the bed and fetched me a magazine before he went to bed.他睡觉前到床边给我拿了本杂志。

2009年
1.(安徽卷)We can never expect bluer sky unless we create less polluted world.
A. a; a
B. a; the
C. the; a
D. the; the
2.(北京卷)The biggest whale is ___ blue whale, which grows to be about 29 meters long—the height of ____ 9-story building.
A. the; the
B. a; a
C. a; the
D. the; a
3.(江西卷)Some people fear that ________ air pollution may bring about changes in _______ weather around the world.
A.不填; the
B. the; 不填
C. an; the
D. the; a
4.(海南卷)Let’s go to cinema-that’ll take your mind off the problem for while
A. the; the
B. the; a
C. a; the
D. a ; a
5.(陕西卷)What pity that you couldn’t be there to receive prize!
A. a; a
B. the; a
C. a; the
D. the; the
6.(四川卷)In order to find _______ better job, he decided to study _________ second foreign language.
A. the; a
B. a; a
C. the; the
D. a; the
7.I don’t understand what the engineer means, but I’ve got ______ rough idea of _____ project plan. (浙江卷)
A. the; a
B. 不填; the
C. a ;the D不填; a
8..(辽宁卷)This area experienced heaviest rainfall in month of May.
A 不填; a
B a ; the
C the ; the
D the ; a
1. A. sky和world原本是独一无二的,但这里前面都有了形容词修饰,表示会出现一个什么样的sky和world,这里就属于泛指了。

2. B. the+名词表示类别,是指blue whale 这一类动物;第二空用a表示泛指。

3. A. air pollution 是抽象名词这里是泛指,weather这里是特指全球的气候,故用定冠词。

4. B. go to the cinema 表示具体的某地,for a while 固定搭配,表示“一会儿”。

5. C. 固定句型what a pity that…,用不定冠词a;第二空后名词表示表特指,用定冠词the。

6. B第一空表示泛指;第二空用a +序数词+名词表示又一,再一。

7.C 8. C形容词的最高级用the;第二空五月这个月表特指用the。

2010年
1.(北京卷)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
2.(福建卷)It’s good feeling for people to admire the Shanghai world expo that gives them
pleasure.
A.不填,a
B. a,不填
C. the ,a
D. a, the
3.(江苏卷)The visitors here are greatly impressed by the fact that_______ people from all walks of life are working hard for_____ new Jiangsu.
A.不填; a
B. 不填;the
C. the; a
D. the; the
4.(辽宁卷)There are over 58,000 rocky objects in _______ space, about 900 of which could fall down onto _______ earth.
A. the; the
B. 不填; the
C. the; 不填
D. a; the
5.(山东卷)If we sit near _______ front of the bus, we’ll have _______ better view.
A.不填; the
B.不填; a
C. the; a
D. the; the
6.(四川卷)In most countries, a university degree can give you flying start in life.
A. the; a
B. the; 不填
C.不填; 不填
D.不填; a
7.(浙江卷)Many lifestyle patterns do such __ great harm to health that they actually speed up__ weakening of the human body.]
A. a; 不填
B. 不填; the
C. a; the
D. 不填; 不填
8.(重庆卷)Everything comes with price; there is no such thing as free lunch in the world.
A. a, a
B. the, 不填
C. the, 不填
D. a, 不填
1. C 再有一次机会a second chance给别人留下第一印象,make a first impression,
2. B good feeling并非特指,故用a;pleasure是抽象名词,无需冠词。

3. A 来自社会各阶层的人不是特指,不用冠词;Jiangsu 前有new 故应加冠词a,表示一
个全新的江苏。

4. B in space 是固定短语,不用冠;earth属于独一无二的事物,其前必须用the
5.C“某空间内部的前部”时,front前要加定冠词the; have a good view是习惯搭配,表示
“视野开阔,视野良好”之意;
6. D most countries此处表泛指,most前不加定冠词the. “一个高起点的开始”,故用a ,
7.B对……有害用短语“do harm to”;之后的weakening是由动词的ing形表示抽象的名词,
表达一种概念、状况时需要加上the。

8. D price意思是“代价”,为可数名词,第二空前边有no,后面的名词不用冠词,
2011年
1.(新课标卷)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; 不填
2.(大纲卷)As he reached ________front door, Jack saw _______strange sight.
A. the;不填
B. a; the
C.不填;a
D. the; a
【答案】D
【解析】句意:当Jack走到前门时,看到了一个奇怪的景象。

the front door是特指Jack所走过去的门,[a strange sight是泛指,相当于a certain sight,起初次介绍的作用。

因此选D。

3.(山东卷)Take your time—it’s just _______ short distance from here to _______ restaurant.
A.不填;the
B. a; the
C. the; a
D.不填;a
【答案】B
【解析】句意:别急—从这儿到餐馆只不过短短的距离而已。

a short distance短距离,是固
定搭配的短
语;the restaurant指双方都知道的餐馆,故用the特指。

选B。

4.(江西卷)—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
【答案】B
【解析】前一句句意为:据说John将会有一份年工资超过60000美金的工作,表时间单位每年,冠词用a,后一句说没错,他也将会以每周支付的方式得到薪水。

by后面接具体的计量方式用定冠词the。

5.(浙江卷)Experts think that ______recently discovered painting may be ______ Picasso.
A. the ;不填
B. a ;the
C. a; 不填
D. the; a
【答案】D
【解析】句意:专家认为,最近发现的油画可能是毕加索的作品。

the painting特指最近发现的油画;a Picasso意为a Picasso’s painting,指毕加索的一件作品,有one的含义。

6.(四川卷)Dr. Peter Spence, headmaster of the school, told us, “fifth of pupils here go on to study at Oxford and Cambridge.”
A. 不填;A
B.不填;The
C. the; The
D. a; A
【答案】A
【解析】句意:彼得·斯宾塞博士——这所学校的校长——告诉我们,“这里五分之一的学生会到牛津和剑桥继续深造。

”头衔、职位前通常不用冠词,所以第一空不用冠词;a fifth 表示“五分之一”,故答案为A。

7.(陕西卷)As is known to all, People’s Republic of China is biggest developing country in the world.
A. the ;不填
B. 不填;the
C. the ;the
D. 不填;不填
【答案】C
【解析】句意:众所周知,中华人民共和国是世界上最大的发展中国家。

第一个定冠词the 用在表示国
家的名词前;第二个定冠词the用在有形容词最高级修饰的名词前。

8.(重庆卷)In communication, a smile is usually________ strong sign of a friendly and _______ open attitude.
A. the, 不填
B. a, an
C. a, 不填
D. the, an 【答案】C
【解析】句意:在交流中,微笑通常是友好和态度开明的一种明显标志。

第一空a strong sign of 一个……的标志,a此处表泛指;friendly和open 共同修饰attitude,而attitude不可数,不需要冠词;故选C。

1,A句意:人们普遍认为男孩必须学会像男人那样勇敢地站起来去战斗。

两个空都表示泛指,因此都填不定冠词a。

1.The report said that a bus went out of control on highway south of the city are rushed into a river.
A. the; the
B.不填; the
C. the; 不填
D. 不填; 不填
【答案】D
【解析】go out of control是固定短语,意思是失去控制; south of…中的south是方位副词,
前面不需要使用冠词。

当south用作名词时通常与介词一起使用,如in the south of…。

2.Because ____ unemployment is very high at present, it's not easy for a fresh graduate to find ____ satisfying job
as he wishes.
A. the; 不填
B.不填; a
C. an; a
D. an; the
【答案】B
【解析】unemployment是抽象名词,前面不用冠词。

job是可数名词,用不定冠词泛指“一个令人满意的工作”。

3.一My flight was delayed because of________ heavy rain.
—But you are just in______________ time for the discussion.
A. the; a???
B. a; the???
C.不填; 不填
D. the; 不填
【答案】D
【解析】引起我的航班延误应该是特指的一场大雨,所以第一空要用定冠词来限定,in time 及时,准时,固定短语。

4.I don’t think the experiment is ______ failure. At least we have gained ______ experience for future success.
A.不填; the
B. a; the
C. a ; 不填
D.不填; 不填
【答案】C
【解析】failure表示失败的概念为抽象名词,前面不可用不定冠词。

表示失败的人或事情就成了可数名词,前面用不定冠词。

experience作经历讲为可数名词,作为经验讲为不可数名词。

5.By ________ nature, you are an adventurer, full of amazement and curiosity about _________world bigger than
life itself.
A. a; the
B. the; the
C.不填; a
D. the; 不填【答案】A
【解析】get a toothache 牙疼,是固定用法,而整个晚上(whole night)是特指昨天晚上,因此应该使用定冠词。

我昨天晚上牙疼得厉害,整晚没睡。

8.China is ________vast country which is home to ________ amazing variety of landscapes,plants and animals.
A. the; the
B. a; the
C. the; an
D. a; an
【答案】D
【解析】第一空表示“中国是一个……样的国家”,是泛指的概念,因此填不定冠词;第二空是固定短语a variety of,只是在variety 前面加上了形容词amazing 修饰它。

9.—Anyone in mind for this position?What about Jack?
—He may be a good friend, but business is business. He is not ________ man for ________job. A. a; a B. the; the C. a; the D. the; a
【答案】C
【解析】第一空是泛指的概念,因此用不定冠词;第二空是特指这份工作,用定冠词。

10.We all hold ________ belief that those who have ________wonderful sense of humor are more popular.
A. the; a
B. 不填; 不填
C. the; 不填
D. a; the
【答案】A
【解析】句意:我们都认为那些有强烈幽默感的人更受欢迎。

belief 后是同位语从句,第一空用the表特指;第二空a sense of humor (幽默感)为常用搭配。

11.________World Expo is regarded as the Olympic Games of the economy, science and technology, ________expert said.
A. A; an
B. The; an
C. The; a
D. A; the 【答案】B
【解析】第一空特指“世博会”,故用定冠词the;第二空泛指“一个专家”,expert 又是以元音音素开
头,故用an。

12. I was told that________10∶15 flight would take us to Shanghai in time to reach ________Fudan University.
A. the; 不填
B. the; a
C. a; the
D. 不填; the 【答案】A
【解析】句意:我被告知10∶15的航班将把我们送达上海,以便及时到达复旦大学。

根据句意可知第一空表特指,故用定冠词; 第二空后Fudan University 是以纯专有名词Fudan开头的,要用零冠词。

Fudan University 还可表达为“the university of Fudan”。

13.The students were studying in ________classroom when,all of ________sudden, the lights went out.
A. 不填; 不填
B. a; the
C. the; a
D. the; 不填
【答案】C
【解析】句意:那些学生正在教室学习,这时突然灯灭了。

根据题干中的the students 可知学生是特指的,由此可推知教室也应是特指的,故第一空用定冠词;all of a sudden为固定习语,相当于suddenly。

由此可见答案为C项。

14.My mother asked me to repeat ________ phone number ________second time so that she could write it down.
A. the; a
B. a; the
C. an; a
D. the; the 【答案】A
【解析】句意:我母亲让我再次重复那个电话号码以便她能记下。

根据句意可知,第一空后的phone number 表特指,故用定冠词;“a+序数词+名词”表示“又一,再一”之意,而“the+序数词+名词”表示次序。

综上所述,本题答案为A项。

15.Jack wanted to be ________ university student,but in ________ entrance examination he missed by a mile.
A. a; an
B. an; the
C. the; an
D. a; the
【答案】D
【解析】a university student 一名大学生,表泛指;the entrance examination 特指入学考试。

16.—Stay a bit longer, please. It’s been such ________ fun having you here.
—Thank you, but I’ve got ________early start tomorrow morning.
A. 不填; the
B. a; an
C. 不填; an
D. the; an 【答案】C
【解析】此题中fun为不可数名词,前面不用冠词。

an early start早起。

句意:“再待一会儿吧,有你在这里太有趣了。

”“谢谢,但明天早上我还要早起呢。


17.—How many people are still leading ________ life under ________ poverty line in the world? —Perhaps one fourth,according to the report.
A. the; 不填
B. a; the
C. a; a
D. 不填; the
【答案】B
【解析】lead a life为固定结构,故第一空填不定冠词a;第二空用the表示特指。

18.His failure at ________ first attempt didn’t disappoint him. Instead,he gathered his courage and tried ________second time.
A. the; the
B. the; a
C. a; the
D. a; a
【答案】B
【解析】第一空序数词前要加定冠词the,此处指第一次尝试; a second time表示“又一次,再一次”,用不定冠词。

19.Everyone should learn from ________ Lei Feng and try to be ________ Lei Feng.
A. 不填; a
B. 不填; 不填
C. the; the
D. 不填; the
【答案】A
【解析】第一空提到的雷锋是众所周知的人物,人名前用零冠词,而第二空是指雷锋式的人物,所以用不定冠词。

20.Only when you stay and live with ________local people for a period of time will you have ________ better understanding of life here.
A. a; 不填
B. the; a
C. 不填; the
D. the; the。

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