17. The man and the woman standing there look like __________ husband and _________wife.

　 A. the, the　　　 B. a, a

　 C.　 /, /　　　 D. a, the

答：C。对应关系的两个词，若用来表示一个概念时，前边不加冠词。如：husband and wife夫妻，father and son父子，teacher and student 师生，enemy and friend 敌友，town and country城乡。

16. She is_________ newcomer to ________ Chemistry but she has already made some im-portent discoveries.

　A. the, the　　　 　B. the, /　

　C. a, /　　　　 　　D. a, the

答：C。but在句中是表示转折的信息词，否则学生可能认为B是正确的。其次应明确．表示新成员中的一位要用不定冠词。抽象名词或学科名词前不加冠词。

15. Beyond __________ stars, the astronaut saw nothing but ________ empty space.

　 A. the, /　　 B. /, the　

　 C. /, /　　　 D. the, the

答：A。thestars为特指，指宇航员能看到的恒星。space前一般不加冠词。如：in space在太空，fromspace从太空。

14. Paper money was in__________use in China when Marco Polo visited the country in thirteenth century.

A. the, /　 B. the, the　　 C. /, the　　 D. /, /

答：C。in use为惯用法。

13.　 In Hangzhou Mr Green was so struck by__________ beauty of_______ nature that he stayed for another night.

　 A. /, /　　　　 B. /, the　　

　 C. the, /　　　 D. the, the

答：C。beauty后有。f短语限定，应加定冠词。Rature指“自然”，前面不用冠词，如mnature在自然界中。若nature指“本性，属性，”前面可加定冠词。

12. _________will make a trip around the world during the coming Christmas.

A. The Evens　 　　B. The Evens’　　

C. The Evenses 　　D. The Evenses’

答：C。姓氏名词的复数前加定冠词可表示“一家人”或“夫妇俩”。

11. Many people are still in ____________ habit of writing silly things in ________ public places.

　 A. the, the　　 B. /, /

　 C. the, /　　　 D. /, the

答：C。in the habit of 是习惯用语。public places是复数名词，表示泛指概念，前面不用冠词。

10.-Have you seen___________ pen? I left it here this morning.

　 -Is it___________black one? I think I saw it somewhere.

　 A. a, the　　　　 B. the, the

　 C. the, a　　　　 D. a, a

答：D。根据Is it a black one? 可判断问句与答语中的pen均非特指。

9. -Where’s Jack?

　 -I think he’s still in __________ bed, but he might just be in __________ bathroom.

　 A. /, /　　　 B. the, the　

　 C. the, /　　 D. /, the

菩：D．inbed卧床，getoutOfbed起床，均为惯用法，不加冠词．in the bathroom为特指，指谈话双方都知道的事物

8. My friend is in. He is still in___________ hospital. I’m going to __________ hospital to see him.

A. the, the　　 B. /, /　　 C. /, the　　 D. the, /

答：C。in hospital住院，为惯用法．这类用法还有许多。如：in town;在城里，go to church 去做礼拜, go to bed去睡觉, go to school 上学, go to college 上大学, in pris-on 坐牢, by hand 手工, by machine机器制做, by radio 通过无线电 go to the hospital