定冠词的基本用法定冠词的考点性用法
定冠词的基本用法
1. 表示特指:特指某(些)人或某(些)物(包括用于上文提到过的人或物之前,以及说话双方都知道的人或物)。
We have a cat and two dogs. The cat is black and the dogs are white.
2. 表示独一无二:用在世界上“独一无二”的事物的名词前。
The earth goes round the sun.
He looked up at the stars in the sky.
3. 用于最高级前:即用于形容词或副词的最高级前。
Who picked the most apples?
Of the four of us, I sang the worst.
4. 用于序数词或方位词之前。
He was the first man to think of it.
Italy is in the south of Europe.
5. 用于乐器名词前:表示相应乐器的演奏。Besides the violin, he plays the piano and the flute.
6. 表示人体部位:用于某些介词短语中指身体的某个部位。
He patted me on the back.
We caught him by the arm.
7. 用于表示一家人:用于在姓氏的复数形式之前表示一家人或夫妇二人。
The Smiths live in the apartment above ours.
8. 用于江河湖海等前:用于江河湖海、山脉群岛、海湾海峡等地理名词前。如:
The Yellow River flows into the Yellow Sea.
9. 用于某些含有普通名词的专有名词前:用于某些国名、组织机构、建筑物、报纸杂志、会议条约等含有普通名词与其他词构成的专有名词。
We visited the Great Wall yesterday.
定冠词的考点性用法
1. 用于整十的复数数词前:表示几十年代。
This happened in the seventies.
2. 用于比较级前:用于“the+比较级,the+比较级”结构中表示“越……就越……”。
The sooner we operate now the safer.
The better I knew him, the more I liked him.
3. 用于表示类别:用于“the+某些形容词或过去分词”中表示一类人。
Do you think the rich should pay more taxes to help the poor?
The sick and the wounded were sent home.
4. 用于国籍名词前表总称:用于“the+某些国籍的形容词”中表示某国人的总称。
The French are famous for their food.
The British drink a great deal of tea.
5. 用于集合名词前表总称:用于“the + police / public等集合名词”中表示这类人的总称。
The police are looking for the murderer.
6. 用于修饰same, only, very等形容词:即用于“the same / only / very +名词”结构中。
That’s the only reason.
Do you belong to the same class?
My view is the very opposite of his.
7. 用于单位名词前表示标准:即用于“单位词”(hour, day, month, year, dozen, gallon, ton, yard等)前表示标准,相当于汉语的“按”“论”“每”等。
They let out cars by the day.
Do you sell eggs by the kilo or by the dozen?
但是,by weight(按重量)习惯上不用冠词。
Bananas are usually sold by weight.
越来越多的汽车进入了我们的家庭,改善了我们的生活,但同时也带来了很多问题,如塞车和车祸,给家庭和社会带来极大危害。作为中学生,我们应该怎样做呢?
请写一篇有关交通安全的短文(100词左右)
内容提示:
1. 遵守交通规则,如走人行道/过斑马线。
2. 别在街道或马路上玩耍和踢球。
3. 劝父母不能酒后驾车。
注意:1.可以适当增加内容,让短文通顺,过渡自然。
2.首句已给出,不计入总词数 。
参考词汇:sidewalk 人行道 zebra-crossing 斑马线
With more and more cars coming into our families, we are happy that it has greatly improved our life.____
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