定冠詞限定名詞時主要表示特指,針對TOEFL應注意以下幾點:
(1) the和可數名詞單數連用,表示一類人或物,如:
the fern(蕨類), the wallflower
(2) 序數詞之前必須用the,如:
the first woman, the nineteenth century
但前面有物主代詞時除外,如my first baby
(3) 形容詞最高級之前必須用the(有物主代詞時除外),如:
the largest city, the most advanced technology
(4) of連接的名詞前多用the, 如:
the development of the watch,
(5) 世界上獨一無二的東西前應加the, 如:
the globe(地球),the equator(赤道), the moon, the sun
在下列情況下,一般不用the:
a. 表示人名、地名、國家名等專有名詞前, 一般不加,如:
Dennis Chavez(人名),Alaska(地名),English(英語), February(二月), America(美國)
但是在表示海洋、海峽、江、河、山脈、群島等專有名詞時要加上the
the Great Lakes(美國五大湖), the Changjiang River(長江)
b.無特指的不可數名詞前,如:
algebra(代數學), advertising, accounting(會計學) www.ExamW.CoM
c.表示類別的複數名詞前,如:
Historians believe that…, Amphibians(兩棲動物) hatch from…
d.一些固定詞組中,如:
in history, in nature, at work, at home , go to school, go to bed, in bed
乘車的詞組:
by train(乘火車), by car (乘汽車), by bicycle(騎腳踏車), by bus (乘公共汽車),
by land(由陸路), by sea (由海路), by water (由水路) , by air (通過航空)
on foot (步行), by plane(乘飛機), by ship (乘船),
打球的詞組:
play tennis, play baseball, play basketball
注意:表示職位的詞之前的冠詞有無均可, 如:He was elected (the) chairman of the committee.
例題:
(1 ) Historically, ---- chief material for making furniture has been wood, but metal and stone have also been used.
(A) it was the
(B) that the
(C) there was a
(D) the
答案:D
解釋:空格後是主謂句,A、C可先排除,B使原句只有從句沒有主句,只剩下D可選,D是定冠詞作名詞material的限定詞,表特指
The Yukon River, which flows into the Bering Sea, gives its name to a region of Alaska and a territory of the Canada.
應改為:of
解釋:Canada是國名,屬專用名詞,之前不能加定冠詞
(3) The development of professional sports in the United States dates back tonineteenth century.
應改為:to the nineteenth
解釋:nineteenth是序數詞,之前應加the
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