不用冠词(零冠词)的情况
1. 球类、棋、牌类体育活动以及三餐名称之前;
play football/basketball/volleyball/chess/cards(牌); have breakfast/lunch/supper/dinner
2. 星期几、节假日、月份、季节等名称之前:
Wednesday, January, spring/summer/fall/winter; National Day, New Year’s Day, Christmas(Day/Eve);注意:the Mid-Autumn Festival; the Spring Festival
1.语言名称、各门学科、某些疾病名称之前:
Study English/Chinese/Japanese/physics
high blood pressure(高血压),liver trouble(肝炎)
2.头衔、呼唤语、单数可数名词表示家庭等成员的称呼以及在表语、补语或同位语中的职位名称之前:
eg: Who’s monitor in your class, girl?
They elected John chairman of the meeting.
We’ll meet Uncle/Father at station.
The man in black is captain of the football team.
3.在专有名词、抽象名词、物质名词(表示种类或泛指不定的量)、复数可数名词(表示一类的人或物类别或泛指)之前:
eg: John was in England, and he likes music.
Failure is the mother of success.
He doesn’t like coffee, but tea.
Horses are useful animals.
4.名词之前有this, that, these, those以及形容词性物主代词、不定代词(some, any, no, every, neither)时:
eg: That girl likes these dogs.
She has read every book on the shelf.
Come to see me any day this week.
5.与by连用的交通工具名称之前:
eg: He went there by car/bus/bike.
6.用在某些固定短语或习惯用语中:
at home, at night/noon/dawn, in fact, in danger, in debt, on foot, go to work, day and night, hand in hand, be in class/hospital, go to bed/class/school/college
【Exercise】:
1)______ man over there has been elected ______ of the university.
A. The, president B. The, the president
C. The, a president D. A, the president
2) My friend, Harry, his favorite sport is playing _____ golf.
A. a B. an C. the D. /
3) My father usually reads morning papers before going to _____ work.
A. the B. a C. an D. /
4) Matha, aunt is coming for_____ visit in _____ April.
A. the, the B. /, the C. /, a D. a, /
5) _____ Professor Lee hasn’t come back yet; he’s still in _____ hospital.
A. /, / B. The, / C. The, / D. A, a
6) Peter, you’d better stay and have ____ lunch with us. You need ____ good lunch after the long journey.
A. /, / B. a…/ C. /…a D. the…a
7) -What’s the matter with you?
-I caught _____ bad cold and had to stay in ____ bed.
A.a…the B. a…/ C. a…a D. the…the
8)-Which girl is your daughter, Mr White?
-Oh, look, that little one in _____ red.
A. a B. an C. / D. the
*9) The scientists from _____ United States live in ____ Ninth Street.
A. the…the B. /…the C. /…/ D. the…/
*10) 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