</p> (3) 表示类别的复数名词前,如:
; I# k0 ^! {1 V- B Historians believe that…, Amphibians(两栖动物) hatch from…
2 c7 J+ k) c& [6 @! r! r (4) 一些固定词组中,如:( [. m! ]# G3 `8 e7 S
in history, in nature, at work, at home , go to school, go to bed, in bed
2 {6 t. a( p) u6 Z) F* d/ V* x 乘车的词组: P( b+ u# I! g B4 A% x* [/ g( n% Z; ]
by train(乘火车), by car (乘汽车), by bicycle(骑脚踏车), by bus (乘公共汽车),
1 [! z# ?4 o- x) |$ A5 y by land(由陆路), by sea (由海路), by water (由水路) , by air (通过航空)
& _6 _0 ^! m- j0 q on foot (步行), by plane(乘飞机), by ship (乘船),
1 u0 o) l1 F$ O+ M5 ~ ? 打球的词组:, a: U4 T& z+ \1 O
play tennis, play baseball, play basketball) h# V/ H, O1 t
注意:表示职位的词之前的冠词有无均可, 如:He was elected (the) chairman of the committee.
a7 Y* L6 N5 \/ @* K7 f 例题:: t4 Z* L! q- N" {1 P& Z
(D)+ d, m8 V8 F( O( Q4 v
Historically, ---- chief material for making furniture has been wood, but metal and stone have also been used.& U: q1 m. \+ l+ O
(A) it was the6 s8 P; x$ {2 d* F% H$ i0 `) F5 @
(B) that the! i( v U2 a# P, a3 B/ `* ]% q
(C) there was a( a3 |1 W, ^4 O+ W4 \- a
(D) the
2 k, y1 D/ ^0 J4 @, R* d$ m5 s+ H 答案:D, S1 w% U6 Y7 }* a m: Z+ u; v
解释:空格后是主谓句,A、C可先排除,B使原句只有从句没有主句,只剩下D可选,D是定冠词作名词material的限定词,表特指$ S2 Y% _) H! X; U$ ?) L$ I
(2)
# ]6 T! H" e r+ @ The Yukon River, which flows into the Bering Sea, gives its name to a region of Alaska and a territory of the Canada.
4 |/ |+ p6 {0 Z }( ?5 G: ]3 u& d 应改为:of
8 h0 O* ~8 D: w- T 解释:Canada是国名,属专用名词,之前不能加定冠词
r; @" Y7 e+ V5 u" x, ]0 _4 \/ p (3)
1 ~: d8 r! r. x The development of professional sports in the United States dates back tonineteenth century.1 s7 r& N: c% I% D% X
应改为:to the nineteenth6 }1 z+ e8 X& G0 g, |" Z
解释:nineteenth是序数词,之前应加the |