专题一 名词与冠词

名词与冠词

1. The conference has been held to discuss the ________ of global warming on people's lives all over the world.

A．importance B．effects

C．protection D．attitudes

解析：考查名词辨析。effects 意思是“影响”，即讨论全球气候变暖对人们生活的影响。其他选项不合题意，importance 意思是“重要性”；protection 意思是“保护”；attitudes 意思是“态度”。

答案：B

2．Being able to speak another language fluently could be a great________ when you are looking for a job.

A．advantage B．chance

C．assistance D．importance

解析：考查名词辨析。从语意“能够流利地讲一门外语在找工作时是一种优势”可知选A项advantage“优势”。B项表示“机会”；C项表示“帮助，援助”；D项表示“重要性”，都与语意不符。

答案：A

3．Online shopping has become popular in China, which is the result of the fast ________ of our modern life.

A．action B．style

C．pace D．manner

解析：考查名词辨析。句意：网上购物已经盛行中国了，这是我们现代生活快节奏的结果。pace表示“步伐；速度”。

答案：C

4．—Would you do me a favor to choose a wedding dress?

—Of course, but it is a matter of personal ________.

A．concern B．sense

C．style D．taste

解析：考查名词辨析。句意：“你能帮我挑选一套结婚礼服吗？”“当然啦，不过这可取决于个人品味。”a matter of sth.表示“取决于……”。taste表示“(对衣服、饰品等的)鉴赏力，品位”。

答案：D

5．Quancheng Square is one of __________ largest in China，__________ second to Tian’anmen Square.

A．the；the B．the；a

C．/；the D．the；/

解析：考查冠词。在形容词的最高级前面加the，表示特指；如果序数词后没有直接跟名词，则不需要加the。结合题意可知，应选D。

答案：D

6．The incident turned him into __________ different person，even if he did not realize it at __________ beginning.

A．a；a B．the；the

C．the；a D．a；the

解析：考查冠词用法。句意为：这件事把他变成了一个不同的人，即使起初他并没有意识到这一点。第一空表示泛指，故用不定冠词a；at the beginning意为“从一开

始”，是固定短语，所以第二空用定冠词the。故选D项。

答案：D

7．With no better way to express feelings of love and ________，it's easy to see why everyone turns to a flower shop on Mother's Day.

A．appreciation B．inspiration

C．satisfaction D．ambition

解析：考查名词辨析。句意：因为对爱和感激等情感没有更好的表达方式，所以这就很容易明白在母亲节这一天大家为什么都求助于花店了。appreciation “感激，欣赏”；inspiration “激励”；satisfaction “满足，满意”；ambition “抱负，野心”。

答案：A

8．He wants to see ________ much stronger China within ________ rest of his life.

A．不填；a B．a; 不填

C．the; a D．a; the

解析：考查冠词。句意：他想在有生之年看到一个更加强大的中国。a much stronger China指一个更加强大的中国；the rest 表示“剩下的人(物)”，是固定用法，故用the。

答案：D

9．She removed ________ hat she was wearing and tried on ________ black silk one.

A．a; a B．the; the

C．the; a D．a; the

解析：考查冠词用法。hat后有定语从句(that/which) she was wearing修饰，故第一个空用定冠词the，特指她戴的那顶帽子；第二个空格处泛指一顶黑色的丝质帽子，故用不定冠词a。

答案：C

8．Having lived in China for 8 years，Helen has a good __________ of both English and

Chinese.

A．program B．guidance

C．command D．ability

解析：考查名词词义辨析。program意为“计划；程序；节目”；guidance意为“指导”；command意为“命令；掌握”；ability意为“能力”。句意为：Helen在中国生活了8年，因此他精通英语和中文。have a good command...意为“精通……”，符合题意。

答案：C

11．It is quite obvious that the increasing rate of unemployment in America will cause ________ heavy pressure on ________ whole society, especially on Obama administration.

A．a; a B．the; a

C．a; the D．the; 不填

解析：第一空，pressure前有形容词修饰时可加不定冠词，此时是抽象名词具体化，第二空whole前要加定冠词。

答案：C

12．People are living in ________ world where mouse clicks rule our life, so online searches have become ________ must.

A．the; 不填B．不填；a

C．a; a D．a; the

解析：句意：人们生活在一个鼠标点击统治生活的世界，所以网上搜索成了必须之事。第一空：用a表示“一个……的世界”；第二空：a must“一件必须之事”。

答案：C

13．If you ask why I plan to study in the United States，the only answer is that it is a(n) ________ for me.

A．puzzle B．advantage

C．challenge D．average

解析：考查名词辨析。challenge 意思是“挑战”，即选择在美国学习的理由是因为这样做具有挑战性。其他选项不合语境；puzzle 意思是“困惑”；advantage 意思是“优点，优势”；average 意思是“平均数”。

答案：C

14． It is generally believed that teaching is ________ it is a science.

A．an art much as B．much an art as

C．as an art much as D．as much an art as

解析：当名词前有what、so、as、too、quite等词修饰时，其形容词被这些词修饰，组成下列结构，如：What a nice book! This is too heavy a box for me to carry. He is not as honest a boy as Mike.等，应采取too/how ＋形容词(副词)＋a(an) ＋名词的形式。