一、考查名词所有格
1.Today is September 10th.It's day.Let's goand buy some flowers forour teachers.(2003天津市)
A.Teachers B.Teachers' C.the Teachers'D.Teacher's
[简析]选B。以-s结尾的复数名词所有格只加“'”;节日名称前常不用冠词。
2.When we saw the film Hero,I sat between Ted and Ben.That is to say my seat was between .(2003重庆市)
A.Ted and Ben B.Ted's and Ben
C.Ted and Ben's D.Ted's and Ben's
[简析]选D。从题意可知“我的座位是在托德的和本的座位之间”,是表示“各自所有”,要在每一个名词后加“'s”。如果表示“共有”,则只在最后一个名词后加“'s”。
二、考查名词的可数和不可数及其数量表示
He had something to write down and asked for .(2003天津市)
A.a paper B.some papers C.some pieces of papers D.a piece of paper
[简析]选D。paper意为“报纸”时,是可数名词;意为“纸、纸张”时,是不可数名词。而从题意来看,很显然,他要的是“纸”。不可数名词的确切数量可借助单位词组来表示。如:a piece of,a cup of,two glasses of,three bottles of,etc.
三、考查名词作主语时的主谓一致性
1.The number of in our class fifty.(2003山东省烟台市)
A.student;is B.the student;are
C.the students;is D.students;are
[简析]选C。the number of意为“……的总数”,后接复数名词,作主语时,谓语动词用单数形式。注意:“a number of+复数名词”,意为“许多……”,谓语动词用复数。
2.Maths my favourite subject.(2003青海省)
A.be B.is C.am D.are
[简析]选B。maths是复数形式、单数概念的名词,作主语时,谓语动词用单数。类似的名词还有:news、 physics、the United States、James,etc.
3.She was born in Wuhan,but Beijing has become her second .(2003河南省)
A.home B.family C.house D.place
[简析]选A。family指“家庭(家里的人)”;house指“(居住的)房屋”; place意为“地方”;home指“家(家人共同生活的地方)”,指抽象意义的“家”。
四、考查不定冠词a和an的区别
—Is it English dictionary?
—Yes,and it is useful one.(2003湖南省娄底市)
A.a;a B.a;an C.an;a D.an;an
[简析]选C。“u”是元音字母,但读音是以辅音音素/j/开头的。
五、考查不定冠词和定冠词的区别
1.There's dictionary on desk near the window.(2003江苏省苏州市)
A.a;the B.a;a C.the;a D.the;the
[简析]选A。此处desk是指“窗户附近”的那张桌子,要用the;而dictionary是泛指的,故用a。
2. earth we live on is bigger than moon.(2003广东省)
A.The;a B.The;the C.An;a D.An,the
[简析]选B。世界上独一无二的事物前用the。
六、考查“零冠词”的用法
1.Ittakes us nearly hour to go to Korla by air.(2003新疆)
A.an;a B.a;an C.an;/ D.a;the
[简析]选C。hour是以元音音素开头的,要用an;“by+交通工具名词”表示“坐(乘)……”,该名词前不用冠词。
2.My uncle isn't old man,and he likes playing football.(2003贵州省贵阳市)
A.a,a B.an,an C.the,the D,an,/
[简析]选D。球类运动名称前不用冠词。
七、综合考查
car in front of our school gate is .(2003江苏省常州市)
A.The;the Turners' B.A;the Turner's
C.不填;the Turners' D.The;the Turners
[简析]选A。由题意可知,car是特指的,用the;第二空应用名词所有格,而“the +姓的复数”表示“某某一家”或“某某夫妇”。