newspaper是可数名词还是不可数？

说明:引用此文请注明出处,并务请保留后面的有效链接地址,谢谢！ ? 请看这道题：When I came in, my father was reading __________ in bed. A. a newspaper B. a piece of newspaper C. newspaper D. a pile of newspaper此题应选 A。容易误选B，C。因为构成newspaper的news(消息)和paper(纸)都是不可数名词，所以不少考生受此影响误认为newspaper(报纸)也是不可数名词。其实，newspaper表示供阅读的一张一张的“报纸”，是规则的可数名词。如：Give me some newspapers to read. 给我几张报纸读。When I entered he was reading a newspaper. 我进来时他在读报纸。但是若不是将 newspaper当作是供阅读或传递信息的一种东西，而是把它仅仅当成一种“纸”来看待，则也可以是不可数名词。如：Wrap it in (a sheet of) newspaper. 把它用 (一张)报纸包起来。类似地：请注意tear(眼泪)一词，有的考生对此是这样推理的：“眼泪”即“泪水”，而“泪水”是一种水，水不可数，所以“眼泪”(tear)不可数。但事实上，tear在通常情况下却是一个可数名词。如：He was moved to tears. 他被感动得流了泪。 引用地址:

报纸是可数名词。
She is reading a newspaper。

不可数，
a piece of newspaper

可数