請(qǐng)看下面一道題：When I entered she was reading _________ newspaper, with _________ in her eyes.

A. a, tear????????????????? B. a piece of, tears????????? C. a, tears???????? D. a piece of, tear

【分析】此題容易誤選D，想當(dāng)然地認(rèn)為news (消息)和 paper(紙)均為不可數(shù)名詞，所以newspaper(報(bào)紙)也應(yīng)是不可數(shù)名詞；同時(shí)認(rèn)為“眼淚”即“淚水”，“水”不可數(shù)，“淚水”和“眼淚”也應(yīng)該不可數(shù)。但非常有趣，newspaper(報(bào)紙)和 tear(眼淚)卻是兩個(gè)可數(shù)名詞，如可說(shuō) a newspaper, two newspapers, a tear, two tears 等。注：若不是將 newspaper 當(dāng)作是供閱讀或傳遞信息的一種東西，而只是把它當(dāng)成一種“紙”來(lái)看待，也可用作不可數(shù)名詞，如：Wrap it in (a sheet of) newspaper. 把它用張報(bào)紙包起來(lái)。