</p> (3) 表示类别的复数名词前,如:
* C1 P* S3 h& b$ J Historians believe that…, Amphibians(两栖动物) hatch from…% u) A/ K3 W6 E6 v
(4) 一些固定词组中,如:
2 W, o! ?" T1 Y% U) d% \ in history, in nature, at work, at home , go to school, go to bed, in bed
3 t/ {1 `; s$ e3 N5 F7 u' n 乘车的词组:
k* R! @3 z) e( W- S) l+ w by train(乘火车), by car (乘汽车), by bicycle(骑脚踏车), by bus (乘公共汽车),; M& _& f" S, i! Q! @+ {# a
by land(由陆路), by sea (由海路), by water (由水路) , by air (通过航空): r2 D% o/ t0 g
on foot (步行), by plane(乘飞机), by ship (乘船),) S" C6 r3 V9 L( W
打球的词组:
$ h% d/ s- e- Z$ g play tennis, play baseball, play basketball+ k7 C/ \: k7 S( B" A1 i
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.% a5 R- U+ ?& l' Q- C" ~( X
例题:. X* }, f" i; R
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Historically, ---- chief material for making furniture has been wood, but metal and stone have also been used.
7 c5 @: W& R9 r) J; e9 E6 T (A) it was the$ N& v7 {1 @7 _& C, D9 t8 Q
(B) that the! u; R4 [1 Z. E- k8 s! n& Y
(C) there was a$ ? E2 t7 M% _6 Y0 F
(D) the; |5 n( n4 k2 T- b
答案:D
1 D- h4 }% V$ ~0 M4 B 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
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% k- S* q) q4 J; A$ e The Yukon River, which flows into the Bering Sea, gives its name to a region of Alaska and a territory of the Canada.2 b; }8 B7 ^1 _ @& X2 [7 r* L
应改为:of. `# _9 V2 H5 A' Y
解释:Canada是国名,属专用名词,之前不能加定冠词
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The development of professional sports in the United States dates back tonineteenth century.8 m" f2 }# q$ Q; R/ w. V! m# |
应改为:to the nineteenth8 _' c! X" D l+ j8 `" }; I
解释:nineteenth是序数词,之前应加the |