《2026年全效学习中考学练测英语外研版》

2. The horse is ______（a/an）useful animal to us.
【解析】此处泛指一种有用的动物，useful 的拼写虽然以元音字母开头，但读音以辅音音素/j/开头，故填入 a。
【归纳总结】填 a 或 an 是由单词首字母的读音决定的，而不是由首字母决定的。有些单词的拼写以辅音字母开头，但读音却以元音音素开头，这时应用 an；有些单词的拼写以元音字母开头，但读音却以辅音音素开头，这时应用 a。

答案： 2.a

3. Frank is ______ excellent sports player who made a great success in the sports meeting.（填入适当的冠词）
【解析】sports player 是单数名词，表泛指，用不定冠词修饰，且 excellent 以元音音素开头，故填入 an。
【归纳总结】在解答冠词的题目时，先理解句意，判断冠词所修饰的名词是表示泛指还是表示特指。表示泛指时，用不定冠词 a 或 an，a 用于以辅音音素开头的单词前，an 用于以元音音素开头的单词前；表示特指时，用定冠词 the。

答案： 3.an

1. Mrs Wang is ______ English teacher. She always makes her class lively.
2. —Mr Brown，I’ve run out of ideas. I can’t go on with my writing. —Relax for ______ while. Inspiration may come to you later. ［2025·湖北武汉改编］
3. When children do chores，they can get ______ sense of achievement because they can see the results soon after finishing the chores. ［2025·山东潍坊改编］
4. Alice，you must wear ______ uniform because it builds school spirit. ［2025·云南改编］
5. Generally，astronauts have ______ eight-hour sleep each day after they finish their task. ［2025·四川南充］
6. Although this was ______ important chance to continue higher education，he said he had no regrets about his decision. ［2025·山东烟台］

答案： 1.an 2.a 3.a 4.a 5.an 6.an