第 1 讲 名词和冠词[小题夯基练]单句语法填空1．But without sunlight and good soil，soon the leaves began to fall down and the ________ (branch)began to dry.解析：branches [由空前的 the 可知，此处应用名词形式，且根据常识可知，树上不止一根树枝，而 branch 是可数名词，故填 branches。]2 ． Now ， Sanzhenzhai has approximately 100 ________ (outlet)across the country.解析：outlets [根据设空处前的数字 100 可推知空处需填名词复数形式。]3 ． The little boy ate so many ________ (potato) and so much meat that he threw up at dawn.解析：potatoes [potato 前有 many 修饰，故用名词的复数形式。]4．Buckingham Palace is a great tourist ________ (attract)，drawing millions of visitors every year.解析：attraction [句意为：白金汉宫是一个著名的旅游景点，每年都吸引上百万游客前去参观。tourist attraction 旅游景点，是固定短语。]5．There are many students living at school；the ________ (child) houses are all far from school.解析：children's [由 students 可以判断出横线处应填复数，且作 houses 的定语，所以应用其所有格形式，故答案为 children's。]6．Trust us.It might make you ________ genius.解析：a [考查不定冠词。句意：相信我们，它可能会让你成为一个天才。genius 是可数名词，此处表示泛指用 a。]7 ． We should treasure every moment of sincerity and gratefulness because ________ best things will be gone very easily.解析：the [句意：我们应该珍惜每一个真诚和感激的时刻，因为最好的东西会很容易消失。形容词最高级前要用定冠词 the。]8．Until last year he was still ________ unknown singer，but now his name has become ________ household name.解析：an；a [由语境可知这两个空都表示泛指，且其后均为可数名词单数，故用不定冠词，又因第一空后的 unknown 的发音以元音音素开头，故填 an；第二空后的 household 的发音以辅音音素开头，故填 a。]9．I usually go to my workplace coffee shop to place ________ order but this Wednesday，it was slightly different.解析：an [p...
