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在名詞前的純空格,一般填冠詞,即a/an/the (+形容詞)+名詞。自2014年開(kāi)始考查語(yǔ)法填空以來(lái),13套題中有9套各有一個(gè)小題考查冠詞,即共有9小題考查冠詞。現(xiàn)將考過(guò)的9道題按考點(diǎn)分類(lèi)詳解如下。
(2017全國(guó)Ⅲ卷) Instead, she is earning 6,500 a day as ________ model in New York.
點(diǎn)撥:在as (作為,當(dāng)作)后的表示職業(yè)或身份的單數(shù)名詞前,用不定冠詞,故填a,意為“在紐約當(dāng)模特,每天掙6500美元”。
(2016全國(guó)Ⅱ卷) Give your body and brain a rest by stepping outside for ______ while, exercising, or doing something you enjoy.
點(diǎn)撥:泛指“一段”時(shí)間,故填a。
(2017全國(guó)Ⅱ卷) This included digging up the road, laying the track and then building a strong roof over ________top.
點(diǎn)撥:特指在前面提到的鐵軌(the track)的上方,用the。
(2015全國(guó)Ⅱ卷) The adobe dwellings(土坯房)are admired by even __________ most modern architects and engineers.
點(diǎn)撥:因the most modern是modern的最高級(jí),故填the。
(2014全國(guó)Ⅰ卷)Now, years later, this river is one of ______ most outstanding examples of environmental cleanup.
點(diǎn)撥:因the most outstanding 是outstanding的最高級(jí),故填the。
(2017全國(guó)Ⅰ卷) As ________ result, people will eat more food to try to make up for that something missing.
點(diǎn)撥:因as a result (結(jié)果)是固定短語(yǔ),故填a。
(2016全國(guó)Ⅰ卷) ...while one is being bottle-fed, ________ other is with mum—she never suspects.
點(diǎn)撥:因one ...the other...[(兩者中的)一個(gè)……另一個(gè)……)]是固定搭配,故填the。
(2018全國(guó)Ⅲ卷) Unexpectedly, Im face-to-face with the gorilla, who begins screaming at __________ top of her lungs.
點(diǎn)撥:因at the top of (在……的頂端)為固定短語(yǔ),故填the。請(qǐng)比較:on the of(在……的頂上;緊挨著),over the top of(在……的上方)。at the top of ones lungs意為“用某人最大的聲音”。
(2018全國(guó)Ⅱ卷) Corn production has jumped nearly 125 percent over __________ past 25 years, while rice has increased only 7 percent.
點(diǎn)撥:因in /for /over the past few years (在剛剛過(guò)去的幾年里)是固定短語(yǔ),故填the,其中的past可換成last,few可換成任一基數(shù)詞。