# 冠词

```
______ singer and ______ dancer is also good at drawing.

A. The; a
B. The; the
C. a; a
D. The; /
```

此题选择 D，因为看到 is 说明是三单，则前边应是一个则第二个空不能填写。一个冠词，表示同一个人，两个冠词，表示两个人。

```
I went to ______ London yesterday and saw ______ strange old man and a little girl, begging by the roadside.

A. /; a
B. a; /
C. /; the
D. the; /
```

城市前边不加冠词，看到 and 前后一直，所以选择 A。

```
It was ______ winter night and a pale moon hung low in ______ sky.

A. a; a
B. the; the
C. a; the
D. the; a
```

看到 and 前后一直，独一无二 sky 选择 the。选 C。

```
I am not sure whether New York is ______ biggest city in ______ world or not.

A. a; a
B. a; the
C. the; the
D. the; a
```

考查定冠词与不定冠词用法。biggest 是形容词最高级，在形容词最高级前面要使用定冠词；世界上独一无二的事物前也要使用定冠词，world（世界）只有一个。故选 C。

```
______ Yellow River is known to be ______ second longest river in China.

A. The; the
B. /; /
C. The; /
D. /; the
```

考查冠词的用法。江河、湖海、山脉前用定冠词 the；序数词、形容词或最高级所修饰的词前用定冠词 the。故选 A。

```
Shanghai is ______ biggest city in ______ China in terms of population.

A. the; the
B. the; /
C. /; the
D. /; /
```

考查冠词用法。形容词最高级前用定冠词 the；专有名词、物质名词、抽象名词前不用冠词。故选 B。

这里如果是中华人民共和国加 the。

```
I went to ______ Shanghai yesterday. On ______ train I met a famous pop star.

A. the; /
B. /; the
C. the; the
D. /; /
```

本题考查冠词用法。专有名词前不用冠词；特指的名词前用 the。故选 B。

```
______ Hong Kong is one of ______ busiest seaports in the world.

A. The; the
B. /; /
C. The; /
D. /; the
```

本题考查冠词用法。专有名词、地名前不加 the；最高级前用 the 修饰。故选 D。

```
Beijing, as the capital of ______ People’s Republic of China, enjoys ______ diverse range of people and cultures.

A. the; the
B. a; a
C. the; a
D. a; the
```

本题考查冠词用法。中国的全称是固定的表达，是独一无二的事物，要用 the；a range of 是固定搭配，意为“一系列”。故选 C。

```
Yesterday Mr. Smith bought _____ English dictionary while I got a Russian novel in the bookstore.

A. a
B. an
C. the
D. /
```

本题考查冠词用法。以元音音素开头的单词前用不定冠词 an 修饰。故选 B。

```
Becoming ______ American citizen takes a lot of work.

A. /
B. an
C. a
D. the
```

考查冠词。英语中的冠词分为两类：不定冠词 a/an（泛指）和定冠词 the（特指）。根据句意，美国公民是泛指，用不定冠词；而 American 以元音音素开头，应该用不定冠词 an。故选 B。

```
______ Pacific Ocean is ______ very large sea to the west of North and South America, and to the east of Asia and Australia.

A. The; a
B. A; the
C. The; the
D. A; a
```

大海选择 the，第二个空用 **a**，因为这里的 **sea** 是**可数名词单数**，而且表示的是“**一种/一个很大的海洋**”，属于**泛指**，不是特指。

```
The education of ______ young is always ______ hot and serious topic.

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

本题考查冠词的用法。the 加形容词表示一类人，例如 the poor 穷人；the rich 富人。后面的空用不定冠词 a，表泛指。故选 B。

```
14. It is known that ______ Galileo invented ______ telescope.

A. the; the
B. /; the
C. a; /
D. the; a
```

本题考查冠词的用法。人名之前不加冠词；the 加单数名词表示某一类事物，the telescope 望远镜。故选 B。

```
_____ Hongkong is often regarded as _____ international centre for business, finance and tourism.

A. /; an
B. An; /
C. The; /
D. /; the
```

**解析：** 本题考查冠词的用法。地名前不加冠词。国际中心非特指，用不定冠词 **a**。故选 A。