【英语】冠词基础练习题及答案

【英语】冠词基础练习题及答案

一、单项选择冠词

1．It comes as ______ surprise that ______ dream of space travel will soon come true.

A．a; the B．the ; the

C．the; a D．a ; /

【答案】A

【解析】

考查冠词。第一空后的surprise抽象名词具体化了，指一件让人惊讶的事情，或者让人惊讶的人。第二空特指太空旅游的梦想。故A正确。

2． 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

【答案】B

【解析】

本题考查冠词。go to the cinema表示去看电影的意思；for a while过一会儿的意思，故本题选B。

3．It was __________ great shock to the world that a French airplane got missing over

__________ Atlantic Ocean on June 1st, 2009.

A．a; ／B．the; the C．a; the D．/; the

【答案】C

【解析】

考查冠词.前文一个巨大的打击,是泛指.下文太平洋为专有名词,前用定冠词表示特指,故选C.

4．Teng Xiuqin, ____ head of the Beijing Home of Red Ribbon, says that society’s understanding of ____ AIDS patients has progressed a lot in the past decade.

A．the; the B．the; / C．/ ; / D．a; /

【答案】C

【解析】

这题考查冠词的用法：第一空是职位前不加冠词，第二空不填冠词，AIDS patients泛指艾滋病人。选C。

5．The cakes are delicious. I’d like to have _______ third one as ________ second one

I ate was too small.

A．the; the B．a; the C．the; a D．a; a

【答案】B

【解析】

序数词前用不定冠词表示再一、又一的意思；用定冠词时表示次序第几。“蛋糕很好吃。我

想再来一块因为我吃的第二块太小了” 选B

6．-----Bad luck! I failed again in the driving test.

-----You are sure to succeed if you try ______ third time. What’s more, experiencing failure can also be _____ pleasure.

A．the; a B．the; / C．a; a D．a; /

【答案】C

【解析】

这题考查冠词的用法：第一空填a，a third time“再一次”，第二空填a，a pleasure“一件乐事“，选C。

7．Titan is believed to be the only body in _____ solar system other than the Earth with liquid on ______ surface.

A．the; / B．/; the C．/; / D．the; the

【答案】D

【解析】

太阳系是独一无二的事物,为特指,某物表面也是特指,所以都需要加定冠词,故选D.

8．Barack Obama, African America, was elected as 56th President of the United states. A．/，the B．/， / C．an ， the D．an ， /

【答案】C

【解析】

前文一个美国黑人是泛指，且词首音素为元音，用不定冠词an，下文第56届美国总统是特指，用定冠词the，选C。

9．Scientists across the world agree that this is an invention of _______ great significance,

_______ invention that will greatly change human life.

A．a; the B．a; an C．/ ; the D．/ ; an

【答案】D

【解析】

考查冠词。Of great significance,固定短语，意义重大的，介词后一般不加冠词。结合上文an invention一项发明，本句和前文为并列表语，泛指任何一项发明，故用不定冠词，词首音素为元音，故选D。

10．—It’s reported that over 1billion people watched the live opening ceremony of___ 2010 South Africa World Cup on TV.

—Yes, news came as____ shock to me.

A．the; the B．x; a C．the; a D．a; the

【答案】C