冠词 强化练习3

We’ll be traveling by ________ camel(骆驼) across the desert(沙漠) before we go to ________university.

• /; the

• the; /

• /; /

• the; a

Answer explanation

by +camel 表示乘坐交通工具，中间不用任何冠词；go to university 上大学，固定搭配。

Richard Powers’ The Echo Maker《回声制造者》, ____ novel set in ___ small town of Kearney, Nebraska, US, has won the 57th US National Book Award(国家图书奖) for fiction(小说).

• the; the

• a; a;

• a; the

• /; the

Answer explanation

（1） 一本小说，可数；

*注：美国作家理查德·鲍尔斯被誉为美国文坛在“后品钦时代”涌现的最重要、最令人敬佩的作家之一。他的小说致力于探索现代科学技术的影响，曾获麦克阿瑟奖。2006年，他的小说《回声制造者》（The Echo Maker）荣获美国国家图书奖。

（2）特指某个城镇，用定冠词。

He is in ____ control of the company. I mean, the company is in __ control of him.

• the; /

• /; the

• the; the

• /; /

Answer explanation

in control of sth. 人控制某事某物；

in the control of sb. 某事某物在人的控制下。

Now that Tom hates_______ school, the school becomes_______ prison to him.

• a；a

• /；a

• a；/

• /；/

Answer explanation

school此处指“读书”，非指“学校”，无需冠词；prison监狱，可数名词。

**像bed, table, class, school, college, church, prison等名词，在指这些家具、建筑或场所本身时用冠词，但若抽象地指它们所具有的作用或功能时，则不用冠词。

e.g. School is over at twelve. 12点放学。

Rose is a student and she loves school.

In _____ preparation for the launching(发射) of Shenzhou Ⅶ, scientists need ______ knowledge of weather changes.

• the; the

• a; ∕

• ∕; a

• the; a

Answer explanation

in preparation for... "为 ... 作准备", 固定搭配；

a knowledge of... "一门......知识"，可数。

Because of ______ high demand(需求) for Type AB blood, ______ supplies of it are usually limited(受限制).

• the; the

• 不填; 不填

• 不填; the

• a; the

Answer explanation

a demand for... “一个…需求”，固定搭配；

第二空格，the supplies专指前面 AB 血型的供给。

The sign reads “In case of ____ fire, break the glass and push ____ red button. ”

• 不填；a

• 不填；the

• the; the

• a; a

Answer explanation

fire 表示火、火灾，抽象 不可数；第二空格特指用法，“那个红色的按钮”。

I earn 10 dollars ____ hour as ____ supermarket cashier on Saturdays.

• a; an

• the; a

• an; a

• an; the

Answer explanation

一个小时可数，而且读音开头是元音，所以用 an;

作为一个超市收银员，是泛指可数。

There’s ____ dictionary on ____ desk by your side.

• a; the

• a; a

• the; a

• the; the

Answer explanation

桌子上有“一本词典”，不具体所指；你身边的桌子，特指。

—Where is my blue shirt?

— It’s in the washing machine. You have to wear ____ different one.

• any

• the

• a

• other

Answer explanation

泛指另外一件 T 恤。