【高中英语】冠词：特指与不特指问题

题目

【高中英语】冠词：特指与不特指问题
在下列空格处填入适当冠词：
What I need is ____ book that contains ____ ABC of oil painting.
解析：a;the.部分考生以为book后有定语从句修饰,故断定book应表特指,这种概念是错误的.名词被定语从句修饰,未必一定表特指.
The most important thing about cotton in history is ____ part that it played in ____ Industrial Revolution.
解析：the;the.根据part后的定语从句可知此处为特指,所以用the.
【这两题的答案解析很矛盾,看得我很纠结,不知道名词后有定语从句修饰到底是不是特指,】

答案

其实吧,个人觉得多从语义着手,比较好.第一句话,What I need is ___a_ book “我需要一本书” 并没有特别的词或者语境指出是某一本,只是泛指一本书,所以用a.而后面半句话,that contains _the___ ABC of oil painting ...