冠词是置于名词之前、说明名词特性的一种词类,它不能离开名词而单独存在。在英语中,冠词有两种,一种是不定冠词a和an,一种是定冠词the。冠词的用法是历年中考试题的一个考查热点。本文以近几年全国部分省市中考试题为例,分析中考冠词的考查热点。考查热点一:不定冠词的用法(一 An article is a kind of part of speech that precedes a noun and describes the characteristics of the noun. It can’t leave the noun alone but exists. In English, there are two kinds of articles, one is the indefinite article a and an, and the other is the definite article the. The use of articles is a hot spot for examination questions in the middle school years. This article takes the examination questions of some provinces and cities in China as an example to analyze the hot spots of the examination articles. Examining Hotspot 1: Usage of Indefinite Article (1