關於何時抽象名詞不加冠詞問題

OG11-117題答案選的是the splitting而OG 11-119題選的是increased pressure(題目附在下面),想請問一下何時抽象名詞可以加冠詞?

OG11-117題 New theories propose that catastrophic impacts of asteroids and comets may have caused reversals in the Earth’s magnetic field, the onset of ice ages, splitting apart continents 80 million years ago, and great volcanic eruptions.

(A) splitting apart continents

(B) the splitting apart of continents

(C) split apart continents

(D) continents split apart（B）

(E) continents that were split apart

而OG 11-119題The decision by one of the nation’s largest banks to admit to $3 billion in potential losses on foreign loans could mean less lending by commercial banks to developing countries and increasing the pressure on multigovernment lenders to supply the funds.

(A) increasing the pressure

(B) the increasing pressure

(C) increased pressure

(D) the pressure increased（C）

(E) the pressure increasing

前一个一方面加个the表示这是名词，一方面和前后名词保持一致，是指由impacts引起的splitting.

后面一个要和前面的less lending平行；意义上也不需要特指。

the从意义上要区分是不是加比较难，也比较花时间，毕竟我们母语不是英语。一般题目里面前后都有提示。

謝謝你這麼快回覆，你的意思是說抽象名詞可加可不加(如pressure也可加the)，至於判斷的法則就看題目其他部分給的提示來推斷嗎?

有沒有一些規則? 如某些抽象名詞一定不可以加the~~

感謝~~