高中英语语法-冠词及其用法讲解

含义。英语中的冠词有三种：定冠词、不定冠词、零冠词。

一、不定冠词: 基本用法

不定冠词用于单数可数名词之前，其中 a 用于以辅音音素（辅音音素24个/p/、/b/、/t/、/d/、/m/、/l/、/r/ 等,不是辅音字母）开始的词前。而an 是用于以元音音素（元音音素20个/i:/、/i/、/e/、/au/ 等, 不是元音字母a，e，i，o，u）开始的词前。如：a university，a useful tool，a computer，an orange，an hour，an 800-meter bridge，

典型例句

1、与可数名词单数连用，表示类别。

--I knocked over my coffee cup. It went right over the keyboard.--You shouldn't put drinks near a computer. （2006 年北京卷）

2、泛指某人或某物，表示“某一个”，相当于a certain。

--Hello, could I speak to Mr. Smith? （2006年全国I卷）

--Sorry, wrong number. There isn't a Mr. Smith here.

3、用于数量、时间等名词前，表示“每一（单位）的……”相当于per。

I earn 10 dollars an hour as a supermarket cashier on Saturdays. （2003年上海卷)

4、用于固定词组中。 a knowledge of ，have a gift for，give sb. a ride，a couple of，have a good time，keep a diary，in a hurry，once in a while，at a loss，tell a lie，do sb. a favor。

二、定冠词的基本用法

1、用来特指某（些）人或某（些）事物。所特指的名词常被短语或定语从句所所修饰。Of all the reasons for my decision to become a university professor, my father's advice was the most important one.（2006年辽宁卷）

2、指说话的双方都知道的人或事物。

Don't worry if you can't come to the party. I'll save some cake for you. （2006年浙江卷）

3、复述上文中提到的事物。

There is a shelf in my father's room. The shelf is new.

4、用于单数可数名词之前，表示该类事物，相当于a。

When you come here for your holiday next time, don't go to the hotel; I can find you a bed in my The cakes are delicious. He'd like to have a third one because the second one is rather too small. （2002年上海春季卷）I want to chat with the taller of the two men.

6、在表示方位、乐器的名词前。

Summer in the south of France is for the most part dry and sunny. （2000年北京春季卷）play the piano, play the violin

7、用于复数姓氏之前，表示“夫妇”或“全家”。the Smiths

8、表示世界上独一无二事物的名词前。the sun，the moon，the earth，the world。

9、用于由普通名词构成的专有名词、江河、山脉、湖泊、海洋、群岛、海峡、海湾运河

及某些建筑物等名称前。

According to the World Health Organization, health care plans are needed in all big cities to prevent the spread of AIDS.（2006年全国II卷）

After dinner he gave Mr. Richardson a ride to the Capital Airport. （2005年安徽卷）

10、在某些形容词之前，可表示某一类人。the rich，the poor，the old，the wounded，the living，the dead。

三、不用冠词(零冠词)情况：

1、人名、地名（街名、广场名、公园名）、大学名、国名、病名前。

Wang Fu Jing Street，Pei Hai Park 北海公园，Beijing University 但也可说the University of Beijing。

2、抽象名词表示一般概念时，一般不用冠词。

When you finish reading the book, you will have a better understandingof life. （2004年辽宁卷）

3、物质名词表示一般概念时，一般不用冠词。The warmth of the sweater will of course be determined by the sort of wool used.（2001年全国卷）

4、表示职位或头衔的抽象名词前，常不用冠词。但表示具体的人时，加the 。

We will elect engineer Liu director of our factory. 类似的名词还有：president，monitor，headmaster，mayor 等。

5、表示季节、月份、星期几、节、假日等表示时间的名称前，不用冠词。但我国的阴历

节前要用the。

chess。

7、man 作“人类”讲时，同human，mankind 一样不用冠词。

While he was investigating ways to improve the telescope, Newton made a discovery, which completely changed man's understanding of color. （2004年广东卷）

8、by 与表示“通信、交通”的词连用，表示通信,交通手段时，不用冠词。If you go by train, you can have quite a comfortable journey, but make sure you get a fast one. （2005年全国III卷）

9、复数名词前不用冠词泛指类别。

It is often said that teachers have a very easy life. （2005年北京卷）

10、有些名词与介词搭配表示抽象意义，不加冠词，常作状语。

His daughter is always shy in public and she never dares to make a speech to the public.（2001年上海卷）in surprise/wonder/danger/tears/comfort，in love with，under pressure，beyond expression 等。

典例精析：

1. _______ walk is expected to last all day, so bring _______ packed lunch. （2007年山东卷）

A. A；a

B. The；不填

C. The；a

D. A；不填

解析：the walk 是指大家心中都明白的walk ，因此用定冠词特指；a packed lunch 是泛指，指一份盒饭。答案：C。

2. --Could you tell me the way to _______ Johnsons, please?

　--Sorry, we don't have _______ Johnson here in the village. （2007年全国II卷）　

A. the；the

B. the； a C不填；the D. the；不填

解析：“the +复数姓氏”表示“夫妇”或“全家”。在人的姓前加 a ，表示“某个姓……的人”。所以选 B 。

3. I looked under _____bed and found ______book I lost last week. （2007年北京卷）

A. the；a

B. the；the

C. 不填；the

D. the；不填

解析：bed特指说话的双方心目中的那张床，要用定冠词the 。book 后接定语从句，特指上周丢失的那本书，要用定冠词the 。所以选 B 。

4. I wanted to catch _____early train, but couldn't get _____ride to the station. （2007年天津卷）解析：early train 特指早班火车，要用定冠词the 。ride 表示泛指要用不定冠词a。所以选 D 。

5. Christmas is ______ special holiday when ______whole family are supposed to get together.（2007年辽宁卷）

A. the；the

B. a；a

C. the；a

D. a；the

解析：这句话的意思是：圣诞节是一个整个家庭应该聚在一起的特殊的节日。 A special holiday“一个特殊的节日”，是泛指，用不定冠词a 。the whole family 特指“整个家庭”，用定冠词the 。所以选 D 。

冠词用法口诀

四．冠词的活用。

1. 抽象名词具体化时，被具体化的名词可能会和a, an 连用。如a heavy rain, a surprise 一件惊奇的事, a pleasure, a success/ failure等。

Exercises: 1. I don’t think my chances of ___________ success were very good.

2. The gift came as _____________ complete surprise to me.

2. 表示世界上独一无二的事物的名词前面一般要加定冠词，但是如果此类名词有修饰成分，也可以用a/ an 如：the moon, a full moon, in the world, in a world without air

3. 牢记高考中常见的纯不可数名词，它们前面永远不能加不定冠词。如：weather, space, fun, advice, news, information, progress

4. 专有名词前冠词的用法比较复杂，但一般情况下不含普通名词的专有名词前不用冠词，如Beijing, New York. The Changjiang River, The Great Wall

5. 易混结构

the +比较级表示两者中比较…的一个the taller one of the two brothers

a + 比较级，表示一个更…的The story is not very interesting. I will tell you a more interesting one.

a most= a very 无比较范围，无比较含义He is a most hard-working student.

the +序数词表示顺序This is the second one.

a/an +序数词, 不表顺序，表示又一，再一can you give me a second chance?

1.______recent report stated that the number of Spanish speakers in the U.S .would be higher

2.If you go by ______train ,you can have quite a comfortable journey ,but make sure you get _____fast one.

A. /, /

B./, a

C. the, a

D./,/

3. It is often said that ____teachers have _______very easy life.

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

4. I can’t remember when exactly the Robinsons left _____city ,I only remember it was ______ Monday.

A. the , the

B. a ,the

C. a, a

D. the, a

5.If you grow up in ______large family ,you　are more likely to develop _____ability to get on well with ______others .

A. /,an the

B. a, the ,/

C. the ,an ,the

D. a, the ,the

6.Mrs ,Taylor has ___8-year-old daughter who has _____gift for painting –she has won two national prizes.

A. a, a

B. an ,the

C. an ,a

D. the

7.Afetr dinner he gave Mr. Richardson ________ride to ________Capital Airport.

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

8.On May 5,2005,at ___World Table Tennis Championship ,Kong Ling hui and WangHao

won the gold medal in men’s with ____score of 4:1.

A. a ,a

B. / the

C. a ,/

D. the ,a

9.I knew ______John Lennon ,but not ____famous one.

A. /,a

B. a ,the

C. /,the

D. the, a

10.The book tells ____life story of John Smith ,who left _______school and worked for a newspaper at the age of 16.

A. the, the

B. a , the

C. the./

D. a,/

11.When you come here for your holiday next time, don’t go to _____hotel ; I can find you ______bed in my flat.

A. the ,a

B. the,/

C. a ,th e

D. a,/

12.If you buy more than ten, they will knock 20 pence off________.is _______major concern of the country.

A. The ,/

B. The ,a

C. An ,the

D. An,/

14.When he left _____college ,he got a job as ______reporter in a newspaper office .

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

15The most important thing about cotton in history is ___part that it played in ____Industrial Revolution.

A. /,/

B. the,/

C. the , the

D. a ,the

16.While he was investigating ways t improve the telescope Newton made _______discovery which completely changed ____ man’s understanding of color.

A. a ,/

B. a ,the

C. /, the

D. the ,a

17.It is ___world of wonders, _____world where anything can happen.

A. a. the

B. a, a

C. the, a

D. /,/

19.Tom owns ______larger collection of ______books than any other student in our class.

A. the ,/

B. a,/

C. a ,the

D. /, the

20.For a long time they walked without saying ___word .Jim was the first t break _____silence.

A. the, a

B. a ,the

C. a ,/

D. the,/

21.There was ____time _____I hated t go to school.

A. a ,that

B. a ,when

C. the ,that

D. the ,when

22.When you finish reading the book ,you will have ______better understanding of ______life.,

A. a, the

B. the .a

C. /,the

D.a,/

23.I earn 10dollars ____hours as ____supermarket cashier on Saturday.

A.a, an

B. the ,a

C. an ,a D . an ,the 24The sign reads “in ease of___fire ,break the glass and push _____red button”

A. /,a

B. /,the

C. the ,the

D. a ,a

25.I don’t like talking on ______telephone ; I prefer writing ____letter.

A.a, the

B. the./

C. the ,the

D. A ,/

26.Jumping out of ____airplane at ten thousand feet is quite _____exciting experience.

A. /, the

B. /, an

C. an. an

D. the, the

A./ B the C. a D. one

28.The cakes are delicious . He’d like have ______third one because _____second one is rather too small.

A. a, a

B. the .the

C. a ,the

D. the ,a

29.A bullet hit the solider and he was wounded in ____leg.

A. a B .one C. the D. his

30.The warmth of _____sweater will of course be determined by the sort of ___wool used.

A. the, the

B. the ,/

C. /, the

D. /,/

答案：

1．A report 可数名词， a recent report 一份近来的报告，是泛指；第二个空填the 表特指示2090年。

2．B. by train 乘火车，by 在接交通工具类的同时，一般不接冠词，如by bike , by ship ; 根据句意第二个空应该是泛指。

3．B．teachers 此处用名词复数表泛指，指一切老师；have a …… life 相当于live /lead a……life 过一种、、、、、、样的生活

4．D. leave the city 离开这座城市。a Monday 一个星期一，表泛指。

5.B. a large family 一个大家庭；the ability此处表泛指“与别人相处好的能力”；others 其他人表泛指。

6．C. have a gift for …有做、、、的天赋，相当于have a talent for.

7.B. give sb. a ride 让某人搭车，此处ride 是可数名词，表示“搭车”。

8.D. the World Table Tennis Championship是专有名词，由普通名词构成的专有名词，一般

前面要加the；with a score of ……比分是……

9.B. a John Lennon 一个叫做John Lennon的人，表泛指。

10. C leave school 毕业

11．A. go to the hotel 去旅店；a bed 此处表泛指，“一个地方”

12．C. the price 此处表特指，“原价”。

13．B.此句的意思是：在讲英语的加拿大人和讲法语的加拿大人之间的那种逐渐增长的分歧是这个国家一个主要担心的问题。第一个空用the 表特指；第二个空用a表泛指，15.C.the part 特指在工业革命避所起的作用；the Industrial Revolution工业革命

16.A,make a discovery 有了一个发现；man’s understanding of color人类对于颜色的理解，

在物主代词，名词所有格前，一般不用加冠词，man 用单数形式，前面不加冠词，可以表示“人类”。

17. B. a world of wonders 一个充满奇迹的世界；第二个空a world 是前面的同位语，因此

还依然用a表泛指

19.B. a large collection of … 一个较大的收集……books 用复数 此处表泛指。

20.B.saying a word ,此处a word 指“一个字”；the silence 表特指此时此刻的“沉默”

2１.B. a time 表示一段时间，when 引导定语从句修饰a time.

22.D.have a better understanding of ……对、、、、、有一种更好的理解。

23.D. an hour 表示“每小时”；后一空中的a表示“一个”

24.B.句中fire为不可数名词，前面不用冠词，表示类别；而the red button用于特指，区别

于其他的按纽。

25.B. on the telephone 为固定用法，而第二个空中的letters 表示类别；

26.C. airplane 为可数名词，an airplane 表示泛指，而此处的experience表示“经历”，为可数名词，an exciting experience意为“一次刺激的经历”

27. C.当某些不可数抽象名词含义具体化，而被某些修饰词修饰时，前面要加不定冠词。如a betty understanding of the passage , a good knowledge of English.

28.C.当序数词表示顺序时前面要回定冠词修饰；当表示“又一；再一”时，前面用不定冠词修饰。

29.C本题考查习惯用法，　结构为动词＋sb+介词+the +身体的某个部位。

30.B.句意为“一种毛衣的保暖性取决于所用的羊毛的种类”，此处的the sweater 不是表示特指，而是表示种类；而第二个空中的the sort of wool =the wool ,表示特指的某种。