抽象名词一般看作不可数名词,但有时也可与冠词连用，表示具体化。
●难点磁场
1.（★★★★★）Jumping out of airplane at ten thousand feet is quite________exciting experience. (NMET 2002)
A.不填；the B.不填；an C.an；an D.the；the
2.（★★★★★）Many people agree that________knowledge of English is________must in international trade today.
A.a；a B.the；an C.the；the D.不填；the
3.（★★★★★）One way to understand thousands of new words is to gain________good knowledge of basic word information. (上海2002)
A./ B.the C.a D.one
4.（★★★★）—I hear that as many as 150 people were killed in the earthquake.
—Yes，________news came as________shock to us.
A.the；the B.the；a C.不填；不填 D.不填；a
5.(★★★★)He has______great interest in history，especially in______history of Tang Dynasty.
A.a；the B.a；/ C./；the D./；a
●案例探究
1.For many Beijingers，dreams of living in___green area are becoming____reality.
A.a；a B.the；the C.不填；不填 D.the；不填
命题意图：表面看本题考查学生对冠词的用法，其实也考查了学生对抽象名词具体化的掌握，属于五星级题目。
知识依托：抽象名词并非都作不可数名词。
错解分析：D选项迷惑性较大，许多同学会认为reality为抽象名词，不能用a。
解题方法与技巧：抽象名词或物质名词前或后加上表示性质类别的修饰词，指概念的“一种”“一类”“一次”等时，可用不定冠词，例如：Physics is a science.
答案：A
2.The police have________power to arrest bad people by________law.
A.the；the B.a；a C.the；不填 D.不填；the
命题意图：考查学生对抽象名词具体化的理解，属于四星级题目。
知识依托：定冠词与抽象名词连用，特指双方都了解的人或事。
错解分析：许多学生会认为D正确，认为power是抽象名词，故不能用冠词。
解题方法与技巧：to arrest bad people是power的定语，故此处用the表示特指。
答案：C
●锦囊妙计
1.不定冠词与抽象名词连用表示：
①一种、一场或某个动作的一次、一番。例如：It was a war，have a look，have a try。
②某一品质的具体行动。例如：Thank you，Tim.You have done me a kindness.
③引起某种情绪的事。例如：It’s a pleasure to work with you. It’s a pity that you can’t swim.
2.定冠词与抽象名词连用，特指某一时、某一次的行动或情绪，或说话的双方都了解的人或事。
3.注意：有些词组中，有没有冠词含义是不同的。试比较：
●歼灭难点训练
1.(★★★★)He is________（help）to me.
2.(★★★★)Nowadays many young people get into________habit of smoking in________public and can’t kick it.
A.the；the B./；/ C./；the D.the；/
3.(★★★★★)—The news is spreading from mouth to mouth.
—Yes，it’s become________talk of________town.
A.a；a B.the；/ C.the；the D.a；/
4.(★★★★★)In face of________failure，it is the most important to keep up________good state of mind.
A./；a B.a；/ C.the；/ D./；the
5.(★★★★★)Having received________training of the Ms.Company，he was offered________important position in management.
A.the；an B.不填；an C.the；不填 D.a；a
6.(★★★★★)In________Sahara Desert，________rain was scarce，but in my hometown there is________heavy rain now and then，and the river around the town rises a lot after________.
A.the；the；a；a heavy rain B.the；/；a；heavy rains
C./；/；/；a heavy rain D.the；the；a；heavy rains
7.(★★★★)The building was completed in________September of 1956 not in________October,1955.
A./；the B.the；the C./；/ D.the；/
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