佛山科学技术学院：《基础英语》课程教学资源（TEM真题讲解）冠词（打印版）

冠词 1)The boys in the family are old enough for (2014-56) A schools B.school C.the school D.the schools 答案：B。 解题：零冠词+school表示school所承载的功能，即school的功能是教育，定冠词或不 定冠词+school表示school所在的地方，即一所学校。本题意为“家里的小孩到了上学的年 龄”，指的是接受教育，而不是去哪所学校，故答案为school。 2)The idea of traveling through space to other planets interests many people today.(1995-54) Aa B.the C./ D.one 答案：C。 解题：当space意为“太空”(the area beyond the Earth where the stars and PLANETs are) 时为不可数名词。如： Who was the first American in space? 故答案为C。 3)The rising crime rate is major concern of society.(1993-52) A the,the B.a,/ C.a,the D./,the 答案：B。 解题：当society means“people in general,considered in relation to the laws,organizations etc.that make it possible for them to live together(社会)时，为不可数名词，使用零冠词，如： (1)technology and its effects on modern society. (2)Children are the most vulnerable members of society 故排除选择项A、C和D。a major concern意为one of the major concerns。 4)Ted couldn't remember the exact date of the storm,but he knew it was Sunday because everybody was at church.(1992-46) A/,the B.a/ C./、a D.the. 答案：B。 解题：当Sunday表示the day between Saturday and Monday,.使用零冠词；当表示one of the Sundays in the year时为a Sunday,本题因前面的the exact date使Sunday为后面的意思， 故排除选择项A、C和D。当church表示“做礼拜”时为不可数名词使用零冠词：当表示 “做礼拜”所在的地方（教堂），按普通名词处理，使用不定冠词或定冠词。本题中的at church 是一个固定的搭配，表示“做礼拜”，故删除选择项A和C。故答案为B无疑。 5)I want an assistant with knowledge of French and experience in handling office routine.(1990-37) Aa/ B.a,an C./an D.// 答案：A。 解题：knowledge原本是不可数名词，需要零冠词，但受of French修饰时表示某一方 面的知识，故使用不定冠词，而experience也可这样理解，但使用不定冠词之后与“经历” 样，因此使用零冠词表示“经验”。 6 human problems that repeat themselves in life repeat themselves in literature (1994-60) A/,/,the B./the./ C.The,/,/ D.The,the,the 答案：C 解题：首先因受定语从句修饰，human problems需要定冠词：其次life和literature皆为 This document is produced by trial version of Print2Flash.Visit www.print2flash.com for more information

不可数名词，且第一次出现，故使用零冠词。 7)For the first time man was able to set foot on the moon.(1991-19) A.in history B.on history C.since history D.out of history 答案：A。 解题：当history意为“历史"(all the things that happened in the past,especially the political,. social,or economic development of a nation)时为不可数名词，使用零冠词，如：throughout history,recent/modemn history,early/ancient history,recorded history (-history since people wrote facts down),local history,American/British etc.history,human history,period in/of history, the first time in history(-the first time that something has ever happened),change the course of history(=do something that has a lot of important effects),steeped in history (=closely connected with important events in history)(http:www.ldoceonline..com/dictionary/history),故答案为in history. This document is produced by trial version of Print2Flash.Visit www.print2flash.com for more information