语法专项之冠词习题及答案
1. John spent too much time talking on ____ phone while we were all busy at ____ work.
A. the; / B. a; / C. /; / D. the; the
2. You can have ____ second try if you fail ____ first time.
A. the; / B. /; a C. the; a D. a; the
3. I didn’t tell him____ news at once because I wanted to give him ____ surprise.
A. a; a B. the; the C. the; a D. /; the
4. — Who is your English teacher?
— Mr. White, ____ European working in ____ Nanjing University.
A. an; the B. a; the C. an; / D. a; /
5. When we study a globe, we can see ____ is the largest ocean and ____ the largest continent.
A. the Pacific; Asia B. Pacific; the Asia C. the Pacific; the Asia D. Pacific; Asia
6. The soldier was wounded in ____, but he caught the enemy officer by____.
A. the knee; the arm B. his knee; his arm C. his knee; the arm D. the knee; his arm
7. According to the recent reports, one of the rare animals, ____ crocodile, is in ____ danger of dying out.
A. the; the B. the; / C. /; / D. /; the
8. I don’t know who invented ____ telescope, but I think it is ____ most useful invention.
A. the; the B. the; a C. a; the D. a; a
9. Things of ____ kind come together; people of a mind fall into ____ same group.
A. a; a B. a; the C. the; the D. the; a
10. We must pay special attention to the idioms of ____ English language.
A. the B. some C. an D. /
11. My brother and I wanted to see the new play, but we weren’t able to get the tickets for ____ two of us.
A. / B. the C. among D. between
12. — Tina looks especially pretty tonight.
— Yes, she always looks her best in ____ of that color.
A. dress B. a dress C. that dress D. the dress
13. We elected Tom ____ monitor of our class for ____ second time.
A. /; a B. the; a C. the; the D. a; a
14. Child, don’t worry too much about ____ mistakes. They’re ____ natural part of learning something.
A. the; the B. /; the C. the; / D. /; a
15. — Where’s Kate? — I suppose she’s still in ____ bed, but she might just be in ____ dining-room.
A. /; the B. /; / C. the; / D. the; the
16. Judging from ____ number of cars, only ____ small number of people have come to the conference.
A. a; the B. a; a C. the; the D. the; a
17. — What was Mary once? — She was ____ professor of medicine before she turned ____ writer.
A. a; the B. a; / C. the; / D. the; the
18. — I hear the workers in his factory are paid by ____ week.
— Correct, and most of them get about 400 Yuan ____ week.
A. the; a B. a; the C. /; a D. the; /
19. Could you do me ____ favor to turn on the light?
A. a B. the C. / D. some
20. She arrived here by ____ way of Hong Kong. In ____ way her health is much improved, but she still doesn’t feel well.
A. /; a B. a; the C. the; a D. the; the
21. I remember the writer lives in ____ west, so we should head ____ west.
A. the; the B. the; / C. /; the D. /; /
22. You have missed ____ “n” in your spelling of ____ word “government”.
A. an; a B. an; the C. a; the D. the; /
23. Alice is fond of playing ____ piano while Herry is interested in listening to _____ music.
A. /, the B. /, / C. the, / D. the, the
24. Beyond _____ stars, the astronaut saw nothing but _______ space.
A. the, / B. /, the C. /, / D. the, the
25. Alexander Graham Bell invented _____ telephone in 1876.
A. / B. a C. the D. one
26. He saw through the little boy’s tricks ______.
A. at glance B. at the glance C. at some glance D. at a glance
27. Many people are still in _______ habit of writing silly things in ______ public places.
A. the, the B. /, / C. the, / D. /, the
28. She is __________ newcomer to ________ chemistry, but she has already made some important
discoveries.
A. the, the B. the, / C. a, / D. a, the
29.—-I’d like ____ information about the management of you hotel, please.
--Well, you could have ____ word with the manager. He might be helpful.
A. some, a B. an, some C. some, some D. an, a
30. Many people agree that_______ knowledge of English is a must in_______ international trade today.
A. a; 不填 B. the; an C. the; the D.不填; the
31. －Have you seen _______ pen? I left it here this morning.
－Is it _______ black one? I think I saw it somewhere.
A. a; the B. the; the C. the; a D. a; a
32. Paper money was in_________ use in China when Marco Polo visited the country in thirteenth century.
A. the; 不填 Ｂ. the; the C.不填; the D.不填; 不填
33. Most animals have little connection with______ animals of _____different kind unless they kill them for food.
A. the; a Ｂ.不填; a C. the; the D.不填: the
34. The warmth of ______sweater will of course be determined by the sort of _____wool used.
A. the; the Ｂ.the; 不填 C.不填; the D.不填; 不填
35. Jumping out of _____airplane at ten thousand feet is quite ______exciting experience.
A.不填;the Ｂ.不填; an C. an; an D. the; the
36. The sign reads “In case of _______fire, break the glass and push _____ red button.”
A.不填; a Ｂ.不填; the C. the; the D. a; a
37. Summers in____ south of France are for ______ most part dry and sunny.
A. /; a Ｂ. the; / C. /; / D. the; the
38. Mr. Smith, there’s a man at ______front door who says he has ______news for you of great importance.
A. the; 不填 Ｂ.the; the C.不填; 不填 D.不填; the
39 I don’t like talking on______ telephone; I prefer writing ______letters.
A. a; the Ｂ.the; 不填 C. the; the D. a; 不填
40. There’s ______dictionary on_______desk by your side.
A. a; the Ｂ.a; a C. the; a D. the; the
41. One way to understand thousands of new words is to gain _________good knowledge of basic word formation.
A.不填 Ｂ. the C .a D. one
42. The cakes are delicious. He’d like to have ______ third one because _______second one is rather too small.
A. a; a Ｂ. the; the C. a; the D. the; a
43. I earn 10 dollars _______ hour as _______supermarket cashier on Saturdays.
A. a; an Ｂ. the; a C. an; a D. an; the
44. An accident happened at _______crossroads a few meters away from ______bank.
A. a; a Ｂ.不填; a C.不填; the D. the; 不填
45. On ______ news today, there were ______ reports of heavy snow in that area.
A. the; the B. the; 不填 C.不填; 不填 D.不填; the
46. The most important thing about cotton in history is _____ part that it played in ______ Industrial Revolution.
A.不填;不填 Ｂ. the;不填 C. the; the D. a; the
47. It is ______ world of wonders, ______ world where anything can happen.
A. a; the Ｂ.a; a C. the; a D.不填; 不填
48. Tom owns ______ larger collection of ______ books than any other student in our class.
A. the; 不填 Ｂ.a; 不填 C. a; the D.不填; the
49. 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; 不填 C a; the D. a; 不填
50. ________ will make a trip around the world during the coming Christmas.
A The Whites B the White’s C Whites D White’
51. When Linda was a child, her mother always let her have ______ bed.
A. the breakfast in B. the breakfast in the C. breakfast in D. breakfast in the
52.______ usually go to church every Sunday.
A. The Brown B. A Brown C. Browns D. The Browns
53. The train is running fifty miles ______.
A. an hour B. one hour C. the hour D. a hour
54. The investigators found that more should be done for ______ in India.
A. those poor B. a poor C. poor D. the poor
55. You look in high spirit. You must have ______ during your holiday.
A. wonderful time B. a wonderful time C. the wonderful time D. some wonderful time
56. The city assigned a policeman to the school crossing because ______ traffic there was so heavy.
A. a B. an C. the D. one
57. A new teacher was sent to the village in place of ______ one who had retired.
A. a B. the C. an D. its
58. If you go by train you can have quite ______ comfortable journey.
A. the B. one C. a D. that
59. I want an assistant with ______ knowledge of French and ______ experience of office routine.
A. the…the B. a…the C. a…an D. the…an
60. It is reported that today ______ president will have lunch with ______ President Omon.
A. the…the B. a…a C. the…/ D. /…/
61. Tianan Men Square and ______ Great Wall are tow of the places everyone should see in ______ People’s Republic of China.
A. the…the B. /…/ C. the…/ D. /…the
62. Their victory is ______, for they’ve lost too many men.
A. out of question B. out of the question C. out question D. of question
63. Many a girl wants to become ______.
A. some secretary B. a secretary C. secretary D. secretaries
64. He grabbed me ______ and pulled me onto the bus.
A. a arm B. an arm C. the arm D. by the arm
65. I’ll come in ______ minute; in fact I’ll come ______ moment I’m through.
A. /…the B. a…the C. the…a D. /…/
66. This is one of ______ interesting books on your subject.
A. the most B. the most of the C. most D. most of the
67. He enjoys life ______ the “Queen Anne”.
A. on a board b. on board C. in the board D. board
68. Most of the representatives think that ______ the meeting was very successful.
A. on whole of B. on a whole C. on the whole D. on the whole that
69. Hundreds of people are ______ now, so there are about 50 people trying for the same position.
A. out of the work B. out work C. out of work D. out of a work
70. Contrary to what I had expected, he lost for ______.
A. second time B. a second time C. second times D. the second time
71. Fashions change and people change too, but the old feeling remains ______.
A. the same B. same C. that same D. as same
72. This is ______ which is collected before the first rain in Spring.
A. one tea B. a tea C. the tea D. that tea
73.______ is known by its note, ______ is known by his talk.
A. A bird/a man B. One bird/one man C. The bird/the man D. Bird/man
74. Never travel with ______ who leaves you in case of danger.
A. the friend B. that friend C. a friend D. friend
75. I don’t think ______ is a better car than our makes.
A. a Ford B. Ford’s C. the Ford D. Ford
76. “What is Todger?” “He is ______.”
A. a poet and novelist B. a poet and a novelist
C. poet and novelist D. the poet and novelist
77. “How did you pay the workers?”
“As a rule, they are paid ______.”
A. by an your B. by the hour C. by a hour D. by hours
78. The DMZ extends about two hundred kilometers ______.
A. from east to west B. from the east to west
C. from the east to the west D. from eastern to western
79. The differences between ______ are gradually being eliminated.
A. the town and the country B. town and country
C. a town and a country D. a town and the country
80. Scientists hope to send an expedition to Mars during ______.
A. the 1990s B. the 1990 C. 1990s D. 1990’s
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