冠词练习

1. ______on-going division between English-speaking Canadians and French-speaking Canadians is ______ major concern of the country. 2. ---Where is my blue shirt?

--- It’s in the washing machine. You have to wear _____ different one. A. any B. the C. a D other

3. The sign reads “ In case of _____ fire, break the glass and push _____ red button”. A. / , a B. / , the C. the, the D. a , a 4. There is ______ dictionary on ______ desk by your side. A. a, the B. a, a C. the, a D. the, the

5. Jumping out of _______ airplane at ten thousand feet is quite ______ exciting experience. A. /, the B. / , an C. an , an D. the, the

6. One way to understand thousands of new words is to gain _____ good knowledge of basic word formation.

7. The cakes are delicious. He’d like to have _____ third one because _____ one is rather too small. A. a, a B. the, the C. the, a D. a , the

8. The warmth of ______ sweater will of course be determined by the sort of _____wool used. A. the, the B. /, the C. the, / D. / , /

9. Mr Smith, there is a man at _______ front door who says he has ______news for you of great importance.

A. the, / B. the, the C. / , / D. / , the 10. A bullet hit the soldier and he was wounded in ______ leg. A. a B. one C. the D. his

11. Paper money was in ______ use in China when Marco Polo visited the country in _____

thirteenth century.

A. the, / B. The, the C. /, the D. / , /

12. It is not rare in ______ that people in ______ fifties are going to university for further

education.

A. 90s, their B. the 90s, / C. 90s, the D. the 90s, their

13. People regard the wheel as _____ invention of the first importance in _____ human history. A. an , the B. an; / C. the, the D. the, /

14. Young as he is , David has gained ______ rich experience in _____society. A. /, / B. the, the C. a, / D. /, the

15. The party last night was _____ success. We sang and danced until it came to ______ end at twelve.

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

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16. She is usually on _____duty in her office every _____ days.

A. the, a B. / , / C. / , a D. a , /

17. The two rooms are of _____ size. But another two rooms are twice _____ size of them.

A. the, the B. a, a C. the, a D. a , the 18. Cleaning women in big cities usually get paid by ______ hour.

A. the B. a C. an D. / 19. ----He wants to have ______ word with you.

---- I know ______ word has come that I am the next person he wants to talk to. A. / , the B. a , the C. a , / D. the, a

20. Mr Smith told us that _____ gold medal his son had got was considered _____ great honour to

the whole family.

A. the, / B. a, a C. the, a D. a, the

21. Who do you think will take_____ office next month and become ______ of that country?

A. a, the B. / , the C. the, / D. / , a

22. --- Do you think an advertisement is ______help when you look for a new job?

--- Well, it all depends. Anyway, it gives me more of ____ chance to try. A. a , a B. / , / C. the, the D. a , the

23. Although he knew ______little about _____ large amount of work done in the field, he

succeeded where more well-informed experimenters failed. A. a, the B. the, a C. a, / D. / , the

24.I got ____ bad toothache yesterday, which kept me awake ______ whole night.

A. a, the B. / , a C. the, a D. a , /

25. ______ person like him won’t be simply satisfied with ______ little progress that has been

made.

A. The, a B. The, / C. A, / D. A , the

26. I smoke out of ______ habit, not for ____ pleasure; for I have been in the habit for 20 years.

A. a, the B. the, a C. / , the D / , /

27. Many people are still in ______ habit of writing silly things in ______ places.

A. the, the B. /, / C. the, / D. / , the

28. I wonder what it feels like to become one of _____ really rich. The Jenkins already have two

Roll Royces and now they are buying _____ third! A. the, a B. the, the C. / , a D. / , the

29. In the face of _____ failure, it is the most important to keep up ______ good state of mind.

A. / , a B. a , / C. the, / D. / , the 30. --- What drinks shall I order?

--- _____ large coffee for me. Oh, you may as well bring me _____ hot chocolate too. A. / , the B. A, / C. A , a D. / , / 31. I hear that ______ apple juice is _____ healthy drink .

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

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32. All these changes will lead to ______ strong and powerful China, _____ country that can

surprise and enrich our planet.

A. a , a B. the, a C. the, the D. a , the

33. When it comes to bringing up children , some people say ______ discipline produces _____

happy, well-behaved child.

A. a , the B. / , a C. a , a D. / , the

34. The growing crime rate has become ______ major problem of _____ society.

A. the, the B. a , / C. / , the D. / , /

35. Don’t worry too much about ____ mistakes. They are ____ natural part of learning.

A. / , a B. the, a C. the, / D. the , the

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第五章 形容词和副词

第一节 形容词和副词的作用

1．形容词的作用

1） 作定语

The present markets have taken a new look. 目前市场一派新气象。 2） 作系动词的表语

Their performance was excellent. He looks upset. This text seems difficult. He is said to have gone mad. 3） 作宾语补足语

Who left the door open ? 谁没有关门？

Something must be done to make the waste water clean. 4） 作伴随状况

He waited outside, cold and hungry. His son returned home, safe and sound.（安然无恙） 2．形容词作定语的位置

1）形容词作定语通常放在被修饰的名词之前。若出现多个形容词，排列顺序为： a）冠词——序数词——数量词——描绘性形容词 I spent the last few sunny days at the seaside.

b）描绘性形容词——大小——长短——新旧——国籍——材料 build a fine new stone bridge He is a famous American writer. 2）下列三种情况定语后置

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a）短语 He was the only person awake at the moment. b）修饰不定代词 If anything unusual happens, let me know. c）“a”开头的形容词 He is the greatest artist alive today. 他是在世最伟大的艺术家。 Time alone will show who was right.(time alone=only time) 只有时间能证明到底谁正确。 3．副词的作用 主要用

作状语，修饰动词，形容词，副词，介词短语和整个句子

I simply can’t accept your presents.（修饰动词） 我无论如何不能接受你的礼物。

I’m terribly sorry to interrupt you. The cars are running at much the same speed.（修饰形容词） This article is translated quite well.（修饰副词） She looks exactly like her mother.（修饰介词短语） Luckily, I escaped being killed by a passing car.（修饰全句） 改错 1）—— How did you find his lecture ? A B —— Very well. It couldn’t be any better. C D

2）How different the people there speak English from us！ A B C D

3）The vast majority of people were strong against the decision. A B C D

4）It is too a hot day today. I can’t stand the burning air. A B C D

1）C well → good well表示“好”是副词，当形容词用时表示“健康” 2）B different → differently,它修饰动词speak

3）B strong → strongly,它修饰介词 短语against the decision

4）B a hot → hot a too通常修饰形容词和副词。too也可修饰单数可数名词，表达方

式：too + adj. + a +n。类似词有as, so和how。 He is so good a boy that we all like him. How good a boy he is!

请注意关于too的一些特殊表达： 1．can not?too? 再? 也不为过

2．only too = very 非常

You can’t too careful when crossing the street. 横越马路后，越小心越好。

I’m only too pleased to be able to go home. 能回到家，我真高兴。 3．too 可以有以下程度状语

1）You speak a bit/ a little/ rather too fast.你讲话有点快。 2）These shoes are far/ much too big for me.这双鞋我穿太大了。 几组副词的比较：

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