【2012全国II】7. He missed ______ gold in the high jump, but will get _____ second chance in the long jump.
A. the; the B. /; a C. the; a D. a; /
【2012四川卷】18. We are said to be living in ____ Information Age, ____ time of new discoveries and great changes.
A. an; the B. 不填; the C. 不填; a D. the; a
【2012江西卷】21．The Smiths don’t usually stay at hotels, but last summer they spent a few days at a very nice hotel by ________ sea.
A．/; a B．the; the C．/; the D．the; a
【答案】C
【考点定位】考察冠词
【解析】hotel为复数，前不会用定冠词the来修饰；江，河，湖，海前要加定冠词
【2012浙江卷】2. The development of industry has been_______ gradual process throughout _______ human existence, from stone tools to modern technology.
A. 不填, the B. the; a C. a; 不填 D. a; a[学,科,]
【考点定位】冠词—零冠词和不定冠词
【答案】C
【解析】第一空process是可数名词，第一次出现一般用不定冠词，且此次表示“一个”的概念；第二空existence是不可数名词，其此处表示抽象概念，故用零冠词。
【2012安徽卷】21. Carl is studying food science at college and hopes to open up meat processing factory of his own one day.
A. / ； a B. / ；the C. the ; a D. the ; the
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