冠词有两种，一是不定冠词a／an，另外一种是定冠词the(有的语法学家说有三种冠词，这另外一种是零念冠词，这里我们不讨论)。

一、不定冠词及其用法
1. 可数名词在表泛指时，要加不定冠词“a／an”表示“一个”，“每一”相当于one或表示某一

2. a用在辅音音素(即音标中的辅音而不是辅音字母)之前，如a European scientist。an用在元音音素(音标中的元音而不是指元音字母)之前，如an X-ray examination

3. 跟汉语一样，并列的两个单数名词表示一个概念，第二个名词前的不定冠词a可以省去，以避免重复


二、定冠词的用法
1. 一般来说，普通名词有特指和泛指，如果特指，就要加定冠词；如果泛指，可数名词前加不定冠词，或用其复数形式

2. 定冠词the主要和名词连用，表示某些特定的人或事物

3. 由of引起的限定性短语(作定语)所修饰的词前加the

4. 表示身体的某一部位，用the代替物主代词my, our, your, his, her等

5. 表示江河海洋，海峡海湾，山脉和群岛及有些湖泊之前用the

6. 定冠词the加姓氏的复数，表示某某一家人，如果做主语，谓语动词要用复数

7. 当一个抽象名词，不表示一般的概念而是表示某一特定的内容时加定冠词the

8. 由普通名词和一些其他词构成的专有名词前加the
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三、同步练习
1. ____rose is____beautiful flower.
2.Mr. Smith always smokes____cigarette with ____cup of coffee.
3.____door of____garage is broken.
4.____donkeys are ____ stupid animals.
5.____bread is made from ____ flour,and ____flour is made from ____wheat.
6.She is ____good musician;she plays ____piano beautifully.
7.Thousands of ____visitors go to ____Great Wall every ____day.
8.When he was enghteen,he joined ____navy.
9.He sent me ____letter and ____postcard;____letter didn't arrive.
10.Li is not at ____office;I think he's gone____home.
11.Is there ____telephone here?
12.She is studying ____English and ____French.
13.I bought ____pen and some paper,but I left____pen? in ____shop.
14.____machine is made of ____steel and ____copper.
15.____honesty is ____best policy.
16.____coal is 60 dollars ____ton at the moment.
17.I stay at ____home last night and listened to ____radio.
18.We went to Paris and saw ____Palace of? Versailles.
19.He goes back to ____ country to see his people once ____year.
20.____Liu's are going to ____cinema.


四、答案
1.the(或 a),a
2.a,a
3.the,the
4.x,x
5.x,x,x,x
6.a,the
7.x,the,x
8.the
9.a,a,the
10.the,x
11.a
12.x,x
13.a,the,the
14.the,x,x
15.x,the
16.x,a
17.x,the
18.x,the
19.the,a
20.the,the