考點(diǎn)二 定冠詞the
定冠詞限定名詞時(shí)主要表示特指,針對(duì)TOEFL應(yīng)注意以下幾點(diǎn):
(1) the和可數(shù)名詞單數(shù)連用,表示一類人或物,如:
the fern(蕨類), the wallflower
(2) 序數(shù)詞之前必須用the,如:
the first woman, the nineteenth century
但前面有物主代詞時(shí)除外,如 my first baby
(3) 形容詞最高級(jí)之前必須用the(有物主代詞時(shí)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(dú)一無(wú)二的東西前應(yīng)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:
(1) 表示人名、地名、國(guó)家名等專有名詞前, 一般不加,如:
Dennis Chavez(人名),Alaska(地名),English(英語(yǔ)), February(二月), America(美國(guó))
但是在表示海洋、海峽、江、河、山脈、群島等專有名詞時(shí)要加上the
the Great Lakes(美國(guó)五大湖), the Changjiang River(長(zhǎng)江)
(2) 無(wú)特指的不可數(shù)名詞前,如:
algebra(代數(shù)學(xué)), advertising, accounting(會(huì)計(jì)學(xué))
(3) 表示類別的復(fù)數(shù)名詞前,如:
Historians believe that…, Amphibians(兩棲動(dòng)物) hatch from…
(4) 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(jī)), 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(wú)均可, 如:He was elected (the) chairman of the committee.
例題:
(D)
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:空格后是主謂句,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
(2)
The Yukon River, which flows into the Bering Sea, gives its name to a region of Alaska and a territory of the Canada.
應(yīng)改為:of
解釋:Canada是國(guó)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(yīng)改為:to the nineteenth
解釋:nineteenth是序數(shù)詞,之前應(yīng)加the