4．在节日名称、星期、月份、季节前。如：

　 Today is Sunday.

　 Spring is the best season in the year.

Children’s Day

3．在复数名词表示一类人或事物时，如：

　 Horses are useful animals.

　 I like cakes.

2．名词前面已有用作定语的 this, that, my, your, some, any 等代词前，如：

　 The letter is from my father.

　 I have a book in my hand.

1．在不含普通名词或某些专有名词如表示人名,地名，机构等 　　　 China, Beihai Park

8．在一些用语中，如：

　 in the morning(/afternoon/evening), in the day, by the way, on the whole, the next morning, all the year around, the other day, at the same time

(三)不用冠词的情况

7．在江河、海洋、山脉、湖泊、群岛的名称的前面，如：

　 the North China Plain

　 the Rocky Mountains

　 the Yangtse River

6．用在某些专用名词前， 如：

　 the Great Wall

　 the People’s Republic of China

　 the United Nations

　 the Netherlands

5．用在某些名词化的形容词或过去分词前，表示一类人或事物， 如：

　 the rich, the sick, the new , the false, the wounded

4．用在序数词和形容词最高级前,以及在方位词前。如：

　 The Nile is the longest river in the world.

　 He won the first prize.

The sun rises in the east.

3．指前面提到过的人或事物，如：

　 Here is a picture of a modern car factory. My father works in the factory.