2016年托福语法解析:不定冠词
不定冠词(a/an 划线,80%都是错误的)
(1)a/an的區別(元音而非元音字母)
an: hour, undergraduate ,understanding ,oyster牡蛎 ,honest ,emotion, atom a : unique ,university, unite, yawn
The Everglades湿地, a large swamp (area), is (an) unique (wilderness) extending over (much) of southern Florida.
答案: B anàa
(2)a/an与复数名词的混用
a /an+ adj. + 单数名词
! the + adj. + 複數n 不一定
例题:
15. Jim Thorpe, (a football), track, and baseball (stars) from Pennsylvania, is considered (by many to) be the (greatest) all-around athlete of modern times.
答案: B starsàstar C中by many to=by many people
16. (For) a seagoing, cargo-carrying sailing (vessels), the clipper ship was (remarkably) (fast).
答案: B vesselsàvessel
(The) planet Mars is a (freezing), barren (deserts) with huge, dry canyons (and) towering volcanoes.
答案: C desertsà desert
The Rocky Mountains (were) explored (by) fur traders during the early 1800’s, in (a) decades (preceding) the United States Civil War.
答案: C aàthe