at (the) table; in (the) prison; at (the) sea; by (the) sea ; by (the) hand; go to (the) hospital; on (the) earth; out of (the) question; by (the) day; in (the) front of ; (the) three of us; the / a number of; have a word/ words with sb.; a singer and (a) dancer ; a knife and (a)fork ; a / the second time ; a / the most beautiful city

四．冠词的位置:

1.all / both / half / many / double / such / what / quite+ 冠词+(形容词)+名词:

half the books ; many a student ; such a fine day; What a lovely present! quite a big meal

2.as / so / how / too+形容词+冠词+名词: so fine a day; too difficult a problem; as clever a boy as you

【各个击破】

1.-----Jack, there’s ______ Mrs. Smith on ______phone for you.

------I’m in the bath.

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

2. Tell her not to stay in _____hotel next time she comes here. I can find _____bed for her in my flat. Now I’m sleepy and I want to head for_______ bed .

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

3. After I left _______university, I turned _______ lawyer.

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

4. ------What about ______lecture this morning?

------Oh, it was too difficult ________ lecture for me.

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

5. The manager decided to put _____plan into ______ practice because he thought it was ______most practical one.

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

6. People of _______kind fall into ______same group and things of _____kind flock together.

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

7. ------What do you usually have for_____ breakfast ?

------Some milk and bread.

-----What about Jim?

------He never has ______breakfast, for he always gets up too late, but this morning he had quite ________big breakfast.

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

8. He told me that it was _____pleasure to help others and he would do it with ______ pleasure.

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

9. ------I have telephoned him for three times this morning, but it seems that he is still in _____hospital.

-------Why not call him for _______fourth time? Maybe he’s back now. He told me yesterday the doctor allowed him to come home this morning.

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

10.It’s often less expensive to buy goods in ______quantity, but you’d better examine _______ quality before buying them.

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

11. Tim couldn’t remember the exact date of the earthquake, but he knew it was _____Sunday because everybody was at________ church.

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

12. The price of ________ jewel is decided by the sort of ______material used.

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

13. Apples are usually sold by ______weight and eggs are sometimes sold by ______dozen.

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