</p> (3) 表示类别的复数名词前,如:
0 _' ]5 J+ h6 }& K Historians believe that…, Amphibians(两栖动物) hatch from…
! B) d& m1 x/ K" l8 s (4) 一些固定词组中,如:
6 m3 d5 c2 w' W. D8 `4 v) q in history, in nature, at work, at home , go to school, go to bed, in bed2 p, n4 s* K8 r- I
乘车的词组:
, v6 u ^# j( A by train(乘火车), by car (乘汽车), by bicycle(骑脚踏车), by bus (乘公共汽车),
3 S$ @7 C" K1 s& W: p8 o by land(由陆路), by sea (由海路), by water (由水路) , by air (通过航空)
) T2 V1 d* i# B9 s4 `- C1 f. n on foot (步行), by plane(乘飞机), by ship (乘船),
6 N6 w% O3 H' P6 {5 l 打球的词组:
% L% g7 I( t" U7 V9 Z play tennis, play baseball, play basketball
! U6 c" h) I( m9 z# y, N 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.
2 R, E( |9 b4 { u/ f 例题:
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Historically, ---- chief material for making furniture has been wood, but metal and stone have also been used.7 t' a* b+ ~7 [3 \2 ^# J
(A) it was the$ K" U* U7 Z' O. V/ v
(B) that the( N' U9 l+ N# O! h: G2 z, n
(C) there was a
" f' q) }5 c2 |. i; P. R (D) the- |) l' C5 S, v3 c
答案:D' u: M e+ Q! m- p( n' V) m X; a
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
& t4 b/ C; }# N( Y9 @8 y& I (2)
/ F- c P# Q4 G' i+ l* X2 ? The Yukon River, which flows into the Bering Sea, gives its name to a region of Alaska and a territory of the Canada.( l9 G8 _ B4 t' a
应改为:of
: S& p+ m9 k- B0 ~6 f) t 解释:Canada是国名,属专用名词,之前不能加定冠词! y: _2 y8 g' X9 e/ _6 Y. c
(3)
+ W! `& ~- Y! I. t; V The development of professional sports in the United States dates back tonineteenth century.; O6 d M: l9 l. c \( d4 T
应改为:to the nineteenth
! z' E, M; Q8 q" A& d5 ]$ b 解释:nineteenth是序数词,之前应加the |