1.是a,the还是a, a“Have you seenpen?
I left it here this morning.”“Is itblack one? I think I saw it somewhere.”
A. a, theB. the, theC. a, aD. the, a
此题容易误选A,生搬硬套冠词用法规则:第一次提到某人或某事物用不定冠词,第二次再提到该人或该事物时用定冠词。但事实上,此题的第二空Is it black one?中的one并非指前面提到的pen,即这里的one与前面的pen并非同一事物。另外,从后面的I think I saw it somewhere(我想我在哪个地方见过)可知前一句的black one不能是特指的,而应是泛指的,故应用不定冠词。此题正确答案为C。现在我
们把此题变化一下:“Have you seenpen? I left it here this morning.”“Is itblack one? I found it in the corner.”A. a, theB. the, theC. a, aD. the, a这样一改,此题的最佳答案就是A,而不是C了。
规则硬套型请再看一例:
My friend Mary isbeautiful girl andgirl everyone likes to work with.A. a, aB. a, theC. the, aD. the, the
此题很容易误选B,认为第一次提到girl用不定冠词,第二次提到就应该用定冠词。但是,句中第二次提到girl时并不是特指的,此句实为一省略句,补充完整是:My friend Mary is a beautiful girl and she is a girl everyone likes to work with.比较以下两句(第二个girl前用了定冠词,因为那是特指):
For this he asked a girl, but the girl refused to answer him.
为此他问了一个女孩,但这个女孩拒绝回答他。
The other day he met a beautiful girl in the park and the girl smiled at him.
几天前他在公园遇到一个女孩,这个女孩冲他笑了笑。