考點二 定冠詞the
定冠詞限定名詞時主要表示特指，針對TOEFL應(yīng)注意以下幾點：
(1) the和可數(shù)名詞單數(shù)連用，表示一類人或物，如：
the fern(蕨類), the wallflower
(2) 序數(shù)詞之前必須用the，如：
the first woman, the nineteenth century
但前面有物主代詞時除外，如 my first baby
(3) 形容詞級之前必須用the(有物主代詞時除外)，如：
the largest city, the most advanced technology
(4) of連接的名詞前多用the, 如：
the development of the watch,
(5) 世界上獨一無二的東西前應(yīng)加the, 如：
the globe(地球)，the equator(赤道), the moon, the sun
在下列情況下，一般不用the：
(1) 表示人名、地名、國家名等專有名詞前, 一般不加，如：
Dennis Chavez(人名)，Alaska(地名)，English(英語), February(二月), America(美國)
但是在表示海洋、海峽、江、河、山脈、群島等專有名詞時要加上the
the Great Lakes(美國五大湖)， the Changjiang River(長江)
(2) 無特指的不可數(shù)名詞前，如：
algebra(代數(shù)學(xué)), advertising， accounting（會計學(xué)）
(3) 表示類別的復(fù)數(shù)名詞前，如：
Historians believe that…, Amphibians(兩棲動物) hatch from…
(4) 一些固定詞組中，如：
in history, in nature, at work, at home , go to school, go to bed, in bed
乘車的詞組：
by train(乘火車), by car (乘汽車), by bicycle(騎腳踏車), by bus (乘公共汽車),
by land(由陸路), by sea (由海路), by water (由水路) , by air (通過航空)
on foot (步行)， by plane(乘飛機)， by ship (乘船)，
打球的詞組：
play tennis, play baseball, play basketball
注意：表示職位的詞之前的冠詞有無均可, 如：He was elected (the) chairman of the committee.
例題：
(D)
Historically, ---- chief material for making furniture has been wood, but metal and stone have also been used.
(A) it was the
(B) that the
(C) there was a
(D) the
答案：D
解釋：空格后是主謂句，A、C可先排除，B使原句只有從句沒有主句，只剩下D可選，D是定冠詞作名詞material的限定詞，表特指
(2)
The Yukon River, which flows into the Bering Sea, gives its name to a region of Alaska and a territory of the Canada.
應(yīng)改為：of
解釋：Canada是國名，屬專用名詞，之前不能加定冠詞
(3)
The development of professional sports in the United States dates back tonineteenth century.
應(yīng)改為：to the nineteenth
解釋：nineteenth是序數(shù)詞，之前應(yīng)加the
定冠詞限定名詞時主要表示特指，針對TOEFL應(yīng)注意以下幾點：
(1) the和可數(shù)名詞單數(shù)連用，表示一類人或物，如：
the fern(蕨類), the wallflower
(2) 序數(shù)詞之前必須用the，如：
the first woman, the nineteenth century
但前面有物主代詞時除外，如 my first baby
(3) 形容詞級之前必須用the(有物主代詞時除外)，如：
the largest city, the most advanced technology
(4) of連接的名詞前多用the, 如：
the development of the watch,
(5) 世界上獨一無二的東西前應(yīng)加the, 如：
the globe(地球)，the equator(赤道), the moon, the sun
在下列情況下，一般不用the：
(1) 表示人名、地名、國家名等專有名詞前, 一般不加，如：
Dennis Chavez(人名)，Alaska(地名)，English(英語), February(二月), America(美國)
但是在表示海洋、海峽、江、河、山脈、群島等專有名詞時要加上the
the Great Lakes(美國五大湖)， the Changjiang River(長江)
(2) 無特指的不可數(shù)名詞前，如：
algebra(代數(shù)學(xué)), advertising， accounting（會計學(xué)）
(3) 表示類別的復(fù)數(shù)名詞前，如：
Historians believe that…, Amphibians(兩棲動物) hatch from…
(4) 一些固定詞組中，如：
in history, in nature, at work, at home , go to school, go to bed, in bed
乘車的詞組：
by train(乘火車), by car (乘汽車), by bicycle(騎腳踏車), by bus (乘公共汽車),
by land(由陸路), by sea (由海路), by water (由水路) , by air (通過航空)
on foot (步行)， by plane(乘飛機)， by ship (乘船)，
打球的詞組：
play tennis, play baseball, play basketball
注意：表示職位的詞之前的冠詞有無均可, 如：He was elected (the) chairman of the committee.
例題：
(D)
Historically, ---- chief material for making furniture has been wood, but metal and stone have also been used.
(A) it was the
(B) that the
(C) there was a
(D) the
答案：D
解釋：空格后是主謂句，A、C可先排除，B使原句只有從句沒有主句，只剩下D可選，D是定冠詞作名詞material的限定詞，表特指
(2)
The Yukon River, which flows into the Bering Sea, gives its name to a region of Alaska and a territory of the Canada.
應(yīng)改為：of
解釋：Canada是國名，屬專用名詞，之前不能加定冠詞
(3)
The development of professional sports in the United States dates back tonineteenth century.
應(yīng)改為：to the nineteenth
解釋：nineteenth是序數(shù)詞，之前應(yīng)加the