冠词高考题的详解1

Question

26. Washing machines made by China have won ______worldwide attention and Haier has become _____popular name. （2009重庆）
A. a; the B./;a C./;the D. the; a

答案：B 句意：中国制造的洗衣机赢得了世界的关注，海尔已成为大众喜爱的一个品牌名称。attention是不可数名词，此处表泛指，用零冠词；name是可数名词，此处也表泛指，需用不定冠词修饰，故B项正确。

答案和解析在这里。我得问题是：worldwide attention前面为什么不加a？ 这属于抽象名词之前有形容词修饰后，需要加a来限定，为什么前面没有冠词？

Answer 1

冠词一向是考试的难点，很多都有一定的规律，但英语真的是太广博了，有很多用法都是不能用语法来解释的，毕竟语言是变化多端的，而语法是死的。所以说这种题碰上了只能记下来，还有就是要培养语感，多读多看英语文章，而不是一味地做题。下面是“attention”的解释和例句，没有一个是在前面加“a”的。

新牛津英汉双解大词典

attention
noun
[mass noun]
notice taken of someone or something; the regarding of someone or something as interesting or important
关注；注意
he drew attention to three spelling mistakes.
他注意到三个拼写错误。
you've never paid that much attention to her opinions.
你从未如此关注过她的想法。
■the mental faculty of considering or taking notice of someone or something
注意力
he turned his attention to the educational system.
他把注意力转移到了教育系统。
the action of dealing with or taking special care of someone or something
关心；照料
her business needed her attention.
她的事业需要她专心致志。
he was found guilty of failing to give a patient adequate medical attention.
他被认定对病人的治疗没有尽责。
■[count noun](attentions)a person's interest in someone, especially when unwelcome or regarded as excessive
（尤指不受欢迎的或过分的）关注
his primary aim was to avoid the attentions of the newspapers.
他的首要目的是要避开报界的关注。
■[count noun](attentions)a person's actions intended to express sexual or romantic interest in someone, sometimes when unwelcome
殷勤
she felt flattered by his attentions.
他的殷勤使她觉得很荣幸。
(Military)a position assumed by a soldier, standing very straight with the feet together and the arms straight down the sides of the body
(军)立正
Saunders stood stolidly to attention.
桑德斯笔直地立正。
we paraded outside for the Sergeant-Major, shivering at attention.
我们在外面为军士长进行队列操练，立正时瑟瑟发抖。
■[as exclamation]an order to assume such a position

新牛津美语大词典

attention
[əˈtenCHən]
noun
notice taken of someone or something; the regarding of someone or something as interesting or important:
he drew attention to three spelling mistakes
you've never paid that much attention to her opinions.
■the mental faculty of considering or taking notice of someone or something:
he turned his attention to the educational system.
the action of dealing with or taking special care of someone or something:
the business needed her attention
he failed to give the patient adequate medical attention.
■(attentions) a person's interest in someone, esp. when unwelcome or regarded as excessive:
his primary aim was to avoid the attentions of the newspapers.
■(attentions) a person's actions intended to express interest of a sexual or romantic nature in someone, sometimes when unwelcome:
she felt flattered by his attentions.
(Military )a position assumed by a soldier, standing very straight with the heels together and the arms straight down the sides of the body:
the squadron stood to attention when we arrived
midshipmen standing at attention.
■(as exclamation) an order to assume such a position.

Answer 2

不可数名词前不能用不定冠词a或an修饰，that's all.