一. 冠词:

    冠词用在名词的前面，有定冠词“the”与不定冠词“a；an”之分。定冠词表示“确指”，译作“这(那)个”；不定冠词表示“泛指”，译作“一个”。

例题解析:

(   ) _____ lady over there is _____ university teacher.

   A) A, the                   B) The, an                 C) The, a                   D) The, the

    “over there”意为“那边的”，是后置定语，它表示前面名词“lady”（女士）是“确指”的说法，因此要加上定冠词“the”。后半句意为“一位大学教师”，是泛指的说法，因此要加上不定冠词“a”或“an”。由于“university”的读音起始于辅音“j”，因此要加定冠词“a”。所以本题答案应该选“C”。

(   ) He prefers playing _____ piano to playing _____ hockey.

   A) the, the                 B) the, /                     C) / , /                       D) / , the

    “piano”意为“钢琴”，属于乐器，要求前面加定冠词“the”。后半句中“hockey”意为“曲棍球”，属于球类活动，要求不加任何冠词。所以本题答案应该选“B”。

(   ) Mr. Black was made _____ manager of our company.

   A) /                         B) a                         C) an                        D) the

    “manager”表示被选的职位，前面不应加任何冠词。所以本题答案应该选“A”。

     此外，冠词还有许多特殊的用法：

     1. 由普通名词组成的专有名词前，要加定冠词，如：the Great Wall（长城）

     2. 在拼音名词前，一般不加任何冠词，如：Thomas Green；ChangfengPark

     3. 在江、河、湖、海前，即使是拼音名词，也要加定冠词“the”，如：the Dongting Lake

     4. 一般用“单数名词加‘a’；复数名词不加‘the’”来表示“泛指”的意思。

习题训练：

Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案，用A、B、C或D表示，填入空格内):

(   ) 1. There is _____ “u” in _____ word “uniform.”.

   A) an, a                  B) an, the            C) a, a                    D) a, the

(   ) 2. _____ sign here stands for _____ mistake.

   A) A, a                      B) A, the                   C) The, a                   D) The, the

(   ) 3. We made Joyce _____ monitor ____ her experience.

   A) a, because              B) the, because           C) / , because of         D) the , because of

(   ) 4.Two months ago Mr. Green wrote ____ article on Shanghai International Art Festival.

   A) the                        B) an                         C) a                          D) /

(   ) 5. Q: Is Mr. White _____ teacher of your school?   A: Yes. _____ teacher is from Australia.

   A) a, A                      B) a, The                   C) the, The                D) the, A

(   ) 6. Paul is _____ European student. He likes to study _____ history of China.

   A) a, the                    B) a, /                       C) an, the                  D) an, /

(   ) 7. This is _____ honey. As we all know, _____ honey is sweet.

   A) / , the                    B) / , /                       C) the, /                    D) the, the

(   ) 8. They didn't catch the last train because of _____.

   A) some heavy traffics                    B) any heavy traffic

   C) heavy traffic                          D) a heavy traffic

(   ) 9. It won't take long, it's only _____ walk.

A) ten-minutes       B) ten minutes'       C) ten minutes         D) ten-minute's