3. What did the author think of the sales-people and strange guides?

　　 A. He thought they were warm-hearted.

　　 B. He felt sorry about their hard lives.

　　 C. He thought they were honest.

　　 D. He didn’t like them very much.

2. What surprised the writer when he was in Cairo?

　　 A. People danced and sang to the music.

　　 B. Sales-people and guides were everywhere.

　　 C. Large numbers of people spoke English.

　　 D. The mosque woke Muslims up to pray.

1. Where does the writer come from?

　　 A. Egypt.　　　　　　　　 B. America.

　　 C. Middle East.　　　　　 D. England.

1、[单选]

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　　 Cairo is a big city in Egypt with a long history. It is the largest city in the Middle East.

　　 My visit was within days of Ramadan, when Muslims eat nothing from sunrise to sunset. Interestingly, people needed more food during Ramadan than at any other time of a year, and the citizens of Cairo certainly knew how to celebrate their evening meals. As I walked through the streets, the sweet smells of cooked meat mixed with clouds of smoke from the men’s pipes. Party boats traveled up and down the river, as people on boats danced and sang to the music.

　　 I was surprised by the number of Cairo citizens who spoke English. They warmly welcomed me to their city. "It’s good to see Americans visiting us,"one man told me. Unfortunately, the happiest people to see me were the crowds of sales-people and strange guides, who depended on tourism to make money. Tourists who were interested in their goods or services must try their best to make them cut down the price. If they were not interested, they must say so very firmly.

　　 Just a few hours into my first night in Cairo, I had an unexpected wake-up call. At 4:30 a.m., the mosque next door made the morning call to the Muslims over its loudspeakers. I stepped out of my room and watched as Muslims facing east prayed5, as they had done for centuries.

　　 Notes:1. Ramadan /5rAmEdAn/ n.

　　 (伊斯兰教的)斋月, 是伊斯兰教徒最重要的节日2. Muslim /5mJzlIm/ n.穆斯林3. mosque /mBsk/ n.清真寺4. loudspeaker /7laJd5spi:kE(r)/ n.喇叭5. pray /preI/ v.祈祷

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5. 零冠词的用法

　　 1) 学科名词前不用冠词。如:I like Math.

　　 2) 三餐的名词前不用冠词。如:Have you had supper?

　　 3) 表示打球、下棋、打牌等名词前不用冠词。如:play chess / football

4. 定冠词the的特殊用法

　　 1) 用于介词短语中的方位名词前。如:in the east / northwest

　　 2) 用于最高级的形容词或副词前。如:the most beautiful girl in our school

　　 3) 用于某些形容词或过去分词前表示一类人。如:the poor穷人；the injured伤者

　　 4) 用于表示国籍的形容词前,表示某国人的总称。如:the Chinese中国人

　　 5) "the +姓氏复数"表示"某夫妇或姓某的一家人"。如:the Smiths史密斯一家人

　　 6) 用于by the dozen / ton / year / month / day / hour等结构中表示计量单位,意为"按打、吨、年、月、日、小时等计算"。

　　 7) 用于"动词+ 人+ 介词+ the + 人体部位或衣着"中,动词常常是表示"打,抓,牵,拍,拉,踢"等之类的词。如:

　　 The soldier was hit and wounded in the leg.

　　 8) 表示弹奏乐器,乐器前要用定冠词the。如:play the violin

3. 不定冠词a / an的特殊用法

　　 1) 用于"of + a / an +名词"结构中,表示"同一"。如:

　　 Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚,人以群分。

　　 2) "a / an +人名"表示"……式的人物"或"一个名叫……的人"。如:

　　 He is a Lei Feng.

　　 A Mr. Black is calling you.

　　 3) 抽象名词具体化用a / an。如:

　　 It’s a pity that you didn’t come that day.

　　 They have a good command of English.

2. 基本用法:

　　 1) a / an 放在单数可数名词前；the 则可置于单数名词、复数名词和不可数名词前。

　　 2) a / an常泛指某一人或事物,the表特指的人或事物。如:

　　 A boy was sitting there just now.

　　 Do you know the boy sitting there?

1. 冠词有3个:不定冠词a / an；定冠词the；零冠词是指名词前不用冠词。