1. What _____ fun it is to jump into a pool or go swimming in a river in such _____ hot weather!
A. a; / B. a; the C. /; the D. /; /
2. —Could you tell me the way to _____ Smiths’, please?
—It’s _____ three-minute walk to the east.
A. a; / B. /; a C. /; / D. the; a
3. Smoking does _____ great harm to health and actually speeds up _____ weakening of the human body.
A. a; / B. /; the C. a; the D. /; /
4. — Do you have ____ boy called He Liang in your class?
— No. Are you sure you got ____ name right?
A. a; a B. the; a C. a; the D. the; the
5. — I’d like to see _____ Doctor Albert for my teeth.
— OK. Have you made _____ appointment with him?
A. the; an B. /; the C. the; the D. /; an
6. —How about going to Beijing by _____ air?
—I prefer to take _____ train rather than fly there.
A. /; a B. an; / C. /; / D. an; a
7. She takes _____ active part in social work and she is making _____ honest living.
A. an; a B. /; a C. /; an D. an; an
8. With the development of _____ Internet, will emails finally take _____ place of traditional letters?
A. the; the B. the; / C. an; / D. an; the
9. Jack is _____ taller of the two boys. As I know, he’s _____ most interesting boy.
A. the; / B. a; a C. a; the D. the; a
10. —What did you have for _____ breakfast?
—Some Chinese food. I’ve never had _____ better breakfast.
A. /; a B. /; / C. the; the D. /; the
11. _____ IT college student as he is, Li Hui’s dream is to become _____ Steve Jobs in China.
A. An; / B. /; / C. An; a D. /; a
12. Better not buy this type of jeans. For _____ start it’s expensive and secondly it’s on _____ way out.
A. a; the B. a; a C. /; the D. /; a
13. We are said to be living in _____ Information Age, _____ time of new discoveries and great changes. (2012四川)
A. an; the B. 不填; the C. 不填; a D. the; a
14. The development of industry has been _____ gradual process throughout _____ human existence, from stone tools to modern technology. (2012浙江)
A. 不填; the B. the; a C. a; 不填 D. a; a
15. I woke up with _____ bad headache, yet by _____ evening the pain had gone. (2012辽宁)
A. the; the B. the; an C. a; the D. a;
参考答案：
1-5 DDBCD 6-10 ADADA 11-15 DADCC
解析：
1. D。fun和weather都是不可数名词，其前都不用冠词。句意：——在如此炎热的天气跳进池塘或到江河里游泳是多么惬意!
2. D。the Smiths’史密斯家;a three-minute walk意为“三分钟的步行”。句意：——请告诉我去史密斯家的路好吗?——向东步行三分钟。
3. B。do harm to为固定短语，意为“对……造成伤害”。 第二空用the表示特指。
4. C。第一空为非确指的单数名词，故用不定冠词;第二空特指上句提到的He Liang这个名字，故用定冠词。
5. D。第一空在人名前不用冠词，表示说话人知道有这么一个人;第二空为非确指，make an appointment with…与……预约。
6. A。“by 交通路线的位置(地理名词)”表示交通方式，表示“由……途径”。如：by sea乘船，by air乘飞机，by land由陆路。take a(the) 交通工具名词”也表示交通方式，表示“乘、坐”。如：take a bus(乘公共汽车)，take a train(乘火车)等等。
7. D。take an active part in积极参加;make a living谋生，维持生活。句意：她积极参加社会工作，安分守己地过日子。
8. A。Internet(因特网)为专有名词，其前一般要用定冠词;take the place of意为“取代”。 句意：随着网络的发展，电子邮件会最终取代传统信件吗?
9. D。表示两者之中“较……”用the 比较级 of the two。不定冠词a与most连用，表示“非常”。句意：杰克是两个孩子中较高的。据我所知，他是个很有趣的男孩。
10. A。一日三餐前一般不加冠词;never与比较级连用常表示最高级的意思。句意：——你早饭吃的什么?——中餐。我从来没有吃过这么好的早饭。
11. D。第一空：as引导让步状语从句时，前置的名词不能带有冠词;第二空：Steve Jobs在此句中，已经弱化为一个普通名词，相当于a person like Steve Jobs。
12. A。for a start首先;on the way out即将被淘汰，即将过时。
13. D。句意：据说我们正生活在信息时代，一个充满新发现和巨大变化的时代。 定冠词可修饰表示历史时期、事件等的专有名词;第二空不定冠词意为“一个”，表示单数概念。a time...作同位语，解释前面的the Information Age。
14. C。process是可数名词，第一空用不定冠词表示泛指;existence为抽象名词，故用零冠词。
15. C。第一空用不定冠词表泛指。by the evening为固定短语，意为“到晚上的时候”。
