请看下面一道题：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】此题容易误选D，想当然地认为news (消息)和 paper(纸)均为不可数名词，所以newspaper(报纸)也应是不可数名词；同时认为“眼泪”即“泪水”，“水”不可数，“泪水”和“眼泪”也应该不可数。但非常有趣，newspaper(报纸)和 tear(眼泪)却是两个可数名词，如可说 a newspaper, two newspapers, a tear, two tears 等。注：若不是将 newspaper 当作是供阅读或传递信息的一种东西，而只是把它当成一种“纸”来看待，也可用作不可数名词，如：Wrap it in (a sheet of) newspaper. 把它用张报纸包起来。