一、用适当的冠词填空，不需要的画“/”。

　　1.We're trying to think of ________ way out to solve the problem, but it's quite difficult to find one.

　　答案　a　该空泛指一种解决问题的方法，用不定冠词a。

　　2.As a teacher, Monica is ________ success, but as a singer, she is ________ failure.

　　答案　a; a　句意：作为一位老师，莫妮卡是一个成功者，而作为一名歌手，她却是一个失败者。抽象名词success和failure在此指具体的人或事物(即抽象名词具体化)，前面应加不定冠词a。

　　3.He went to hospital to attend his sick father three times ________ week.

　　答案　a　句意：他每周三次去医院照顾他生病的父亲。a在句中表示“每一;一”的概念。

　　4.Michael Kemeter, ________ Austrian climber, climbed a skyscraper in Changsha on September 15 this year.

　　答案　an　句意：迈克尔·凯米特，一个奥地利的攀登者，于今年9月15日爬上了长沙的一座摩天大楼。该空泛指一名攀登者，且Austrian的首字母发音为元音音素，故用不定冠词an。

　　5.All of ________ sudden some passengers on board let out screams, running upstairs like crazy.

　　答案　a　句意：突然，一些在甲板上的乘客发出尖叫声，疯狂地跑上楼梯。all of a sudden为固定短语，意为“突然”。

　　6.Of the two poems, I like the shorter one better. I think it's really ________ most interesting one.

　　答案　a　该空泛指一首非常有趣的诗。a most相当于a very，表示“非常”之意。

　　7.Exploring ________ space is exciting, yet dangerous.

　　答案　/　space意为“太空”时是抽象名词，其前不用冠词。

　　8.She removed ________ hat she was wearing when talking to people.

　　答案　the　hat被定语从句she was wearing所修饰，表示特指，所以用定冠词the。

　　9.With the world watching, Kate gave birth to a baby boy on ________ afternoon of July 22.

　　答案　the　句意：在全世界的关注下，凯特在7月22日下午生了一个男孩儿。特指某一天的下午，用定冠词the。

　　10.In order to find a better job, he decided to study ________ second foreign language.

　　答案　a　句意：为了找到一份更好的工作，他决定再学一门外语。the+序数词表示“第几”，而a+序数词表示“再一，又一”，由句意可知应填a。

　　11.This is ________ most moving scene I have ever seen in my life.

　　答案　the　句意：这是我一生中见过的最感人的场景。形容词最高级前面需要用定冠词the。

　　12.There was ________ chair by the window. On ________ chair sat a young woman with a baby in her arms.

　　答案　a; the　句意：窗户旁边有一把椅子。椅子上坐着一位年轻妇女，怀里抱着一个婴儿。第一空表泛指，故用不定冠词a;第二空指上文提到的那把椅子，应用定冠词the。

　　13.All the fellow workers were shocked by the news that Bob was appointed ________ director of the factory.

　　答案　/　句意：所有工友对于鲍勃被升为工厂主任的这一消息感到很震惊。表职位或官衔的名词作补语时，前面不用任何冠词。

　　14.Marco Polo is said to have sailed on ________ Pacific Ocean on his way to Java.

　　答案　the　句意：据说马可·波罗去爪哇岛的航行途中经过了太平洋。在江河、山脉、湖泊、海洋、群岛、海峡、海湾、运河等专有名词前要用定冠词the。

　　15.In a week or so, I'll be among ________ unemployed, I'm afraid.

　　答案　the　句意：恐怕大约一周以后，我也会失业。the unemployed意为“失业者”。“the+形容词”表示一类人。