题目内容
The second Sunday of May is ________ Mother’s Day. It’s ________ special day for children
to show their love for their mothers.
A.a;the B.the;a C.不填;a D.不填;the
C
【解析】
试题分析:句意:五月的第二个星期日是母亲节.对于孩子们来说这是一个特殊的节日.前文母亲为专有名词,前面不加冠词.下文泛指任何一个特殊的节日,故用不定冠词a,选C.
考点:冠词用法
点评:冠词是一种虚词,在英语中只能和名词一起使用。不定冠词用在名词前,表示泛指任何一个。定冠词用在名词前表示特指某一个。在专有名词及表示泛指的复数名词前一般不要冠词,叫做零冠词。应用中需结合一定的语境来判断是用不定冠词还是用定冠词。
阅读短文,根据短文内容,从短文的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一个选项为多余选项。(共8分,每小题2分)
A girl went to her father to ask his advice. She was having a hard time in life, and it seemed that as soon as one problem disappeared, another one appeared in its place.
Her father is a cook. 1 _______. He poured water into three pans and put them on to boil. After the water boiled, he put some carrots into the first pan, some eggs into the second pan and coffee into the last one. He waited without saying a word.
2 ________He took out the carrots and eggs and put them in a bowl. He poured the coffee into a cup. He asked his daughter, “Dear, what do you see?” “Carrots, eggs and coffee.” She replied. “Touch the carrots,” he told her. She did and felt that the carrots were soft. She found that the egg was hard. 3 _______. She asked, “What’s the meaning, Father?”
Her father said, “As you see, each thing reacted (反应)differently to the boiling water. The strong and hard carrots became soft and weak after boiling. 4 ________. The coffee beans were very special, but they changed in the water, too. ” “Who are you?” asked her father. “When trouble knocks at your door, how do you react? Are you carrots, eggs or coffee? ”
A. After 20 minutes, her father turned off the stove B. He took her into the kitchen C. The fragile(脆弱的) eggs became hard after being cooked D. So it’s easy to understand. E. At last, her father asked her to taste the coffee |