1. Many _____ scientist wants to be _____ second Newton.
A. a; the
B. a; a
C. 不填;a
D. 不填;the
2. As is known to all, _____ tiger is in _____ danger of dying out.
A. the; 不填
B. a; 不填
C. the; the
D. a; a
3. Teaching _____ child to cook will improve many of the skills that he or she will need later in _____ life.
A. 不填;the
B. a;不填
C. a; the
D. the; a
4. As _____ rule, apples are sold by _____ weight and eggs by _____ dozen.
A. a; 不填; the
B. a; the; the
C. a; a; the
D. the;不填;不填
5. The building of that school was completed in _____ August of 2002, not in _____ September, 2003.
A. 不填; the
B. the; the
C.不填;不填
D. the; 不填
6. Peter won’t drive us to the station. He has _____ to drive us all.
A. a very small car
B. too small a car
C. a too small car
D. such a small car
7. —We spent all our money because we stayed at _____ most expensive hotel in town.
—Why didn’t you stay at _____ cheaper one?
A. the; the
B. the; a
C. a; a
D. a; the
8. It’s quite obvious that the aging population in China will cause _____ heavy pressure on _____ whole society in the future.
A. a; a
B. the; 不填
C. a; the
D. 不填; the
9. About 25% of _____European can speak _____ foreign language besides their native languages.
A. the; a
B. an; the
C. the; the
D. 不填;不填
10. What _____wonderful time we had at _____Browns’ then!
A. a; 不填
B. a; the
C. 不填;the
D. the; the
11. You made the same mistake for _____second time, dropping _____ “n” in the word “government”.
A. a; the
B. a; a
C. the; an
D. a; an
12.—Judging from _____number of the cars, there are not many people in the club.
—I think so. People would rather stay at home in such _____bad weather.
A. the; 不填
B. a; 不填
C. the; a
D. a; a
14. Which city in England do you think may be called _____Shanghai of _____West?
A. a; the
B. the;不填
C. the; the
D. 不填; the
15.—I hear the workers in this factory get paid by _____ week.
—Correct, and most of them get about 300 yuan _____week.
A. 不填;a
B. the;不填
C. a; the
D. the; a
16. Her dress was spotlessly clean and well made, but it was _____kind of _____dress which the daughter of a poor man might have worn.
A. the; a
B. a; a
C. the; 不填
D. 不填;不填
【预测精解】
1. B。many a (许多)是固定词组;序数词前加不定冠词，表示“又一”;另外，在专有名词前加不定冠词，表示“类似…的人、某人的作品、(说话人不认识的)有一位叫…的人”。如He is a Shakespeare of China.(他简直是中国的莎士比亚。) I bought a complete Lu Xun.(我买了套鲁迅全集。) A Mr Green wants to see you. (有一位格林先生想见你。)
2. A。表示某个类属的整体即所有成员时用the，不用a / an;in danger (of) (在危险中)是固定词组。
3. B。第一空是泛指，用a;in life (一生中)是固定词组。
4. A。as a rule(通常地)是固定词组;在度量名词前，表示付工资、卖、租等方式时，用the，又如paid by the hour / day / month / piece, sold by the yard / dozen / ton，比较by weight(按重量)。
5. D。月份前面一般不用冠词，但有of短语修饰时，一定要加the。
6. B。根据句型too…to do，排除A和D;a / an一般位于形容词前，但有too / as / so / how时，a / an要置于形容词与名词之间。
7. B。第一空是最高级前用the;第二空是泛指用a。
8. D。第一空是泛指用a, a heavy pressure意为“一种很大的压力”;当whole修饰单数名词表示“全(部的), 整个的”时，前面用one’s或the，又如the whole evening / truth整个晚上 / 全部真相。
9. A。the与某些表示国籍的形容词连用表示全体，又如the British / English / French / Japanese / Chinese英国人 / 法国人 / 日本人 / 中国人。句意为：大约25%的欧洲人除母语外还会讲一门外语。
10. B。time作“一段时间”解时，前面可加a，have a wonderful / good / nice time“玩得愉快”。又如Learning English takes quite a long time.(学会英语要花很长一段时间);at the Browns’意为“在布朗夫妇家”，“the+所有格”表示在某人家或某商铺，又如at the Watson’s / tailor’s / doctor’s在沃特森家 / 裁缝店 / 医务室。
11. D。第一空是序数词前用a表示“又一”;辅音字母n, f, h, l, m, n, r, s, x和元音字母a, e, i, o的读音，均以元音开头，所以第二空填an。
12. A。the number of “…的数量”;weather与fun, news, advice, information等均为不可数名词，无论什么情况，都不可直接与a连用。
13. C。the West (西方、西洋)是固定搭配;指类似于…的人或物时，专有名词前用冠词，而Shanghai又受of the West修饰，所以用the。
14. D。by the week按周付工资;about 300 yuan a week每周大约300元。
15. C。因有定语从句修饰，指穷人的女儿穿的“那种衣”，是特指，用the;(a / this / the) kind of 后的名词前不用冠词。顺便说一句，this kind of dress可说成dresses of this kind，后一表达方式中的名词前不用冠词，但一定要用复数。
