一、冠词

冠词分为不定冠词（a, an），定冠词（the），和零冠词。

I. 不定冠词的用法

1 指一类人或事，相当于a kind of A plane is a machine that can fly. 2 第一次提及某人某物，非特指 A boy is waiting for you.有个男孩在等你。 3 表示"每一"相当于every，one We study eight hours a day. 4 表示"相同"相当于the same We are nearly of an age. 5 用于人名前，表示不认识此人或与某名人有类似性质的人或事 - Hello, could I speak to Mr. Smith?

-Sorry, wrong number. There isn't______ Mr. Smith here.

A. 不填 B. a C. the D. one

That boy is rather a Lei Feng.（活雷锋） 6 用于固定词组中 a couple of, a bit, once upon a time, in a hurry, have a walk, many a time 7 用于quite, rather, many, half, what, such之后 This room is rather a big one. 8 用于so(as, too, how)+形容词之后 She is as clever a girl as you can wish to meet. 9 用于抽象名词具体化的名词前 success(抽象名词)→a success(具体化) 成功的人或事

a failure 失败的人或事 a shame 带来耻辱的人或事

a pity 可惜或遗憾的事 a must 必需必备的事

a good knowledge of 精通掌握某一方面的知识 II. 定冠词的用法

1 表示某一类人或物 In many places in China, ___ bicycle is still ___ popular means of transportation.

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