初三英语统一学业考试中的第五大题是通过多项选择，来考核学生对英语各个语言知识点所掌握的情况和程度。学生在分析、判断所选词语的正误时，不但要从语法角度去考虑，而且要从整句逻辑、习惯说法、词语不重复、用语须礼貌等各个方面去审视。这样，才能避免往往因粗心或偏解所造成的失误。
这一大题需要注意的是：在掌握英语各个语言知识点的一般规律之外，还需要注意英语各个语言知识点的特殊规律。在英语中，有许多语法结构与词语搭配都是因人、因事、因地而各不相同的，因此，不能像数学公式那样去生搬硬套。对于某些有特殊规律的语言知识点，学生一定要在平时加强注意和不断积累，在这方面是没有捷径可行的。此外，在学习时还要防止只重语感、不谙其意的片面倾向。
一. 冠词:
冠词用在名词的前面，有定冠词“the”与不定冠词“a；an”之分。定冠词表示“确指”，译作“这(那)个”；不定冠词表示“泛指”，译作“一个”。
例题解析:
( ) _____ lady over there is _____ university teacher.
A) A, the B) The, an C) The, a D) The, the
“over there”意为“那边的”，是后置定语，它表示前面名词“lady”（女士）是“确指”的说法，因此要加上定冠词“the”。后半句意为“一位大学教师”，是泛指的说法，因此要加上不定冠词“a”或“an”。由于“university”的读音起始于辅音“j”，因此要加定冠词“a”。所以本题答案应该选“C”。
( ) He prefers playing _____ piano to playing _____ hockey.
A) the, the B) the, / C) / , / D) / , the
“piano”意为“钢琴”，属于乐器，要求前面加定冠词“the”。后半句中“hockey”意为“曲棍球”，属于球类活动，要求不加任何冠词。所以本题答案应该选“B”。
( ) Mr. Black was made _____ manager of our company.
A) / B) a C) an D) the
“manager”表示被选的职位，前面不应加任何冠词。所以本题答案应该选“A”。
此外，冠词还有许多特殊的用法：
1. 由普通名词组成的专有名词前，要加定冠词，如：the Great Wall（长城）
2. 在拼音名词前，一般不加任何冠词，如：Thomas Green；Changfeng Park
3. 在江、河、湖、海前，即使是拼音名词，也要加定冠词“the”，如：the Dongting Lake
4. 一般用“单数名词加‘a’；复数名词不加‘the’”来表示“泛指”的意思。
习题训练：
Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案，用A、B、C或D表示，填入空格内):
( ) 1. There is _____ “u” in _____ word “uniform.”.
A) an, a B) an, the C) a, a D) a, the
( ) 2. _____ sign here stands for _____ mistake.
A) A, a B) A, the C) The, a D) The, the
( ) 3. We made Joyce _____ monitor ____ her experience.
A) a, because B) the, because C) / , because of D) the , because of
( ) 4.Two months ago Mr. Green wrote ____ article on Shanghai International Art Festival.
A) the B) an C) a D) /
( ) 5. Q: Is Mr. White _____ teacher of your school? A: Yes. _____ teacher is from Australia.
A) a, A B) a, The C) the, The D) the, A
( ) 6. Paul is _____ European student. He likes to study _____ history of China.
A) a, the B) a, / C) an, the D) an, /
( ) 7. This is _____ honey. As we all know, _____ honey is sweet.
A) / , the B) / , / C) the, / D) the, the
( ) 8. They didn't catch the last train because of _____.
A) some heavy traffics B) any heavy traffic
C) heavy traffic D) a heavy traffic
( ) 9. It won't take long, it's only _____ walk.
A) ten-minutes B) ten minutes' C) ten minutes D) ten-minute's
二.名词:
名词表示人或物体的名称，有普通名词(park)、专有名词(Peter；Party)、集合名词(family, class, police)、缩写名词(SARS, CEO, WTO)……等。总体上说，它们可以分成两大类；即可数名词和不可数名词。要注意它们在句中的不同要求和变化。
例题解析:
( ) His grandfather is _____.
A) Robert Bob B) Tom Black C) Kate White D) Black Green
英语中，人的姓名排列是倒过来的；先是名，即“first name”，后为姓，即“second name”，也可叫做“family name”或“surname”。做这类题目，必须先搞清楚哪个单词是表示名字，哪个单词是表示姓氏，名字还要分清男女性别。这道题中说的是“爷爷”，是男名，所以本题答案应该选“B”。
( ) _____ are playing tennis in the playground.
A) The Browns B) The Brown's C) Browns D) Brown's
英语中，姓氏前加定冠词“the”，后面加“s”，有“一家人”之意。所以本题答案应该选“A”。
( ) Be careful. There is a _____ hole in the ground.
A) two-foot-deep B) two-feet-deep C) two-foot deep D) two-feet deep
这道题目考的是复合形容词。在复合形容词中的名词应该用单数形式，在整个复合形容词中的各个单词都要用短横“–”来连接。由于它被看作为一个普通的形容词，因此，在可数名词前还要再加上冠词。此句中，“一个两英尺深的洞”应译为“a two-foot-deep hole”，所以本题答案应该选“A”。
( ) He’s got bad toothache. He’d better go to _____.
A) dentist B) the dentist C) the dentist’s D) see the dentists
“去看牙科医生”可译为“go to see the dentist”或“go to the dentist’s”。后一个词语中的“the dentist’s”表示“the dentist’s clinic”。所以本题答案应该选“C”。
( ) The _____ teachers wondered if the _____ students were in trouble.
A) woman, boy B) woman, boys C) women, boy D) women, boys
英语中，“女教师们”应该译为“women teachers”，而“男学生们” 应该译为“boy students”。 所以本题答案应该选“C”。
( ) _____ came that Houston Rocket won again and Yao Ming got the most scores.
A) A news B) Message C) Word D) Words
“据说”在英语中有多种说法：“It was said that”、“Word came that”、“News came that”、“A message came that”……等。所以本题答案应该选“C”。
( ) All of a sudden, something on the ground caught _____.
A) his eye B) his eyes C) his own eyes D) eyes of his own
“catch one’s eye”是固定词组，意为“引起某人注意”；即“be noticed by sb.”。此句中，“eye”是“视线”之意，由“eyesight”演变而来。随着语言的发展，一些词语会产生演变，大致上都是朝“简单化”方向发展，如：“countryside”→“country”、“mankind”→“man”、 “campsite”→“camp”、“in the daytime”→“in the day”……等。所以本题答案应该选“A”。
( ) The lady with long _____ found her husband had already got three gray _____.
A) hair, hair B) hair, hairs C) hairs, hair D) hairs, hair
要掌握英语中哪些是可数名词，哪些是不可数名词。但是有些名词具有可数和不可数两种性质，要靠具体说法来判别。如这道题中的“hair”（头发）就是这类词。前半句说的是“一头长发”，是不可数名词；后半句说的是“三根白发”，是可数名词。所以本题答案应该选“B”。
习题训练：
Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案，用A、B、C或D表示，填入空格内):
( ) 1. He has got _____ to tell you.
A) a good news B) some news C) a lot news D) many news
( ) 2. It’s seven o’clock. _____ are sitting at table.
A) Mr. Greens B) The Green's C) The Greens D) Greens
( ) 3. Your brother is the same ______ mine.
A) old as B) age as C) old like D) age like
( ) 4. Our bodies need food to give us ______.
A) health B) strong C) energy D) taste
( ) 5. A lemon is the same ______ as a banana.
A) yellow B) colour C) fresh D) sweet
( ) 6. What kind of ______ do you like best?
A) watermelon B) the watermelon C) a watermelon D) watermelons
( ) 7. Look at this magazine. Let’s do the ______ about eating habits.
A) quiz B) list C) cooking D) dinner
三.代词:
代词是名词的代用词，有指示代词(this, those)、人称代词主宾格(I, me)、形容词性物主代词(my)、名词性物主代词(mine)、反身代词(myself)、不定代词(either, others, anything, nobody)。其中，不定代词的变化最复杂。在不同的句子中，它们的变化和要求都不一样，这一点我们一定要有充分的认识，不能掉以轻心。
例题解析:
( ) Would you please give _____?
A) him it B) it him C) to him it D) it to him
英语中，当直接宾语（人）与间接宾语（物）都用人称代词时，一定要先讲间接宾语（物）后讲直接宾语（人），而且要在直接宾语（人）前加上介词“to”。所以本题答案应该选“D”。
( ) She always thinks of _____ more than _____.
A) others, her B) the others, she C) others, herself D) the others, herself
在英语中，“别人”属于“泛指”，应译为“others”。后半句是介词“of”的宾语。由于这里的“她”与主语的“她”是属于同一个人，因此不能用人称代词宾格作宾语，要用反身代词作宾语才对。所以本题答案应该选“C”。
( ) Some people like watching the sports news, _____ prefer TV series.
A) the others B) the other C) others D) another
在英语中，“一些……，另一些……”有两种译法：“Some …, the others …”是属于“非此即彼”的两部分情况，而“Some …, others …”是指有第三部分的情况存在。本题意为“一部分人喜欢看体育消息，而另一部分人比较欣赏电视剧”，显然还有其他人喜欢其他的内容，所以本题答案应该选“C”。
( ) The light in the room was too poor for _____ to see it clearly.
A) everyone B) someone C) anyone D) none
英语中，“too … to”意为“太……而不能”，具有否定的含义。因此，“for sb.”中应该选运用在否定句中的“anyone”才对。所以本题答案应该选“C”。
( ) _____ the fuel here is from foreign countries, so we must make full use of it.
A) Some B) Much C) The most of D) Most of
带有定冠词“the”的名词前，应该用代词词组：“some of”（意为“其中一些”）、“much of”（意为“其中许多”）、“most of”（意为“其中大多数”）……等。“the mose of”（意为“其中最多的”）在本句中的译法欠妥，所以本题答案应该选“D”。
( ) Can you call on my mother on Saturday or Sunday? I’m afraid _____ day is possible
A) either B) each C) both D) neither
在英语中，有“两者”和“三者以上”的不同词语说法：“both”意为“两者都”、“all”意为“三者以上都”、“neither”意为“两者都不”、“none”或“no one”意为“三者以上都不”、“either”意为“两者之一”、“one”意为“三者以上之一”、“between”意为“两者之间”、“among”意为“三者以上之间”。根据本题句意，答句应该是说“我恐怕没有一天能行”，所以本题答案应该选“D”。
( ) There are three bathrooms in the house. One is upstairs, _____ two are downstairs.
A) other B) the other C) others D) the others
在英语中，“另两个”的译法有多种：“the other two”、“the others”、“the rest”。由于本句中讲到三间浴室，“另两间”的说法应该是“确指”的，因此，必须有定冠词“the”。又由于后句已经写了“two”，因此这里要选作形容词用的“other”。所以本题答案应该选“B”。
( ) The dishes on Table One are much fewer than _____ on Table Two.
A) that B) those C) dishes D) /
要注意所比较的两个对象具有对称性：这句是“the dishes on Table One”（一桌上的菜）和“the dishes on Table Two”（二桌上的菜）作比较，因此后半句中的“菜”字不能省略。“that”与“those”是比较级句中的专用代词。由于该句中所比较的对象是复数，因此，要用“those”来代替前面的名词。所以本题答案应该选“B”。
( ) There are more people in this room than _____ in that one.
A) that B) those C) people D) /
要注意在“There is …”或“There are …”的比较级句型中，习惯上不用上题所讲到的专用代词。所以本题答案应该选“D”。
习题训练：
Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案，用A、B、C或D表示，填入空格内):
( ) 1. Show your watch ______ me. ______ is slow.
A) to, Mine B) to, My C) for, Mine D) for, My
( ) 2. ______ do you like ______, the summer holidays or the winter holidays?
A) What, better B) What, best C) Which, better D) Which, best
( ) 3. She wrote a letter and enclosed a photo of _____ taken in her housing estate.
A) herself B) her C) her’s D) myself
( ) 4. She told Jack, Tom and me to _____ among _____.
A) talk it over, us B) talk over it, us
C) talk it over, ourselves D) talk over it, ourselves
( ) 5. I’ll do it by myself. I won’t need _____ help.
A) anyone’s else B) anyone else’s C) anyone others’ D) other anyone’s
( ) 6. I heard _____ until my friend told me about it.
A) everything B) something C) nothing D) anything
( ) 7. Would you like _____ more bread, Jack?
A) any B) another C) little D) a little
( ) 8. Only one student got the right answer. But _____ didn’t.
A) the other B) another C) others D) the rest
( ) 9. He doesn't think _____ of them will go there with you.
A) none B) some C) many D) much
( )10. The film is dull and _____ people like it.
A) a few B) few C) a little D) little
( )11. Have you all _____?
A) got ready everything B) got everything ready for
C) got everything ready D) got ready for everything
( )12. Help _____ to some sweets, everyone.
A) yourselves B) your own C) yourself D) by yourself
( )13. He has six uncles. Five of them are doctors and _____ is a driver.
A) another B) the sixth C) other D) the other
( )14. Believe or not, I did it all by _______.
A) me B) us C) myself D) ourselves
( )15. A: Are these two books yours ? B: No, _____ of them is mine.
A) either B) none C) both D) neither
( )16. Neither of the twins _____ the toy train.
A) like B) likes C) is like D) are like
四.数词:
数词有基数词和序数词之分：基数词表示数量概念；序数词表示顺序概念。首先要注意一些数词在写法上的变化，如：forty；ninth；twentieth更要注意它们在句子中的不同用法和变化。
例题解析:
( ) About _____ students went to the picture show that day.
A) hundreds of B) two hundreds C) two hundred of D) two hundred
“about”意为“大约”，是指具体数量，因此，不能用表示不定数量的词语“hundreds of”（意为“成百个”）。在表示确定数量时，英语中的“hundred”不加“s”，即不变复数。再由于“students”前没有定冠词“the”，不是“其中”之意，因此，也不能加介词“of”。所以本题答案应该选“D”。
( ) _____ of _____ Class Four students have joined the singing group.
A) Three-fifths, the B) Three-fifth, the C) Three-fifths, / D) Three-fifth, /
英语中，“几分之几”的表达方式是分子用基数词、分母用序数词，中间用短横“–”连接。当分子大于“一”时，分母序数词要加“s”。再由于本题句中数量用的是“of”词组，即意为“其中的五分之三”，因此后面的名词“students”必定是“确指”的，要加定冠词“the”。所以本题答案应该选“A”。在这里要特别注意的是：不要看到“students”前有修饰词“Class Four”就不敢加定冠词“the”，要懂得这里的“the”是修饰“students”的。同样，“the English language”词语的表达形式也类似于此种情况。
习题训练:
Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案，用A、B、C或D表示，填入空格内):
( ) 1.John has twelve coins and Joan has _____ ones, three times as many as John.
A) thirteen B) fifteen C) thirty-six D) forty-eight
( ) 2.The post code used in our neighbourhood is _____.
A) 56348574 B) 200333 C) a quarter D) a dozen
( ) 3.Today is her brother’s birthday. _____ is on _____.
A) She, fifth of May B) She, May fifth C) Hers, May fifth D) Hers, May the fifth
( ) 4. _____ of the students go to school by bike.
A) Two-three B) Two-thirds C) Two-threes D) Two-third
( ) 5.There are about _____ seats in the hall.
A) two hundreds B) two hundred C) hundreds of D) two hundred of
( ) 6. A: How often should we publish the paper? B: _____.
A) In one week’s time B) Once a month C) After two weeks D) For half a month
( ) 7. About _____ the students went to the Science Museum last Thursday.
A) hundreds of B) two hundred C) two hundred of D) two hundreds
