Ex. 13. Insert articles where necessary.

1. I could never afford to stay at hotels like _____Brown’s or _____Hilton.

2. You can’t visit___ London without seeing__ Buckingham Palace.

3. We had an early dinner at___ Leoni’s and then went to play at_ Globe theatre.

4. Go down____ Oxford Street till you come to__ Oxford Circus, then turn right.

5. Do you know the song about _____London Bridge?

6. Look at the percentage of lawyers in__ Senate.

7. Two famous works of art are recently acquired by_ Tate Gallery, _London.

8. He spoke about the role of___ Labour Party during the election period.

9. And eventually___ Queen Elizabeth was put to sea.

10. The Kings and Queens of England were crowned and buried in _____ Westminster Abbey.

11. There is an interesting article in_ Times.

12. He never read___ Pravda.

13. He attended___ Congress only nine times.

14. Governmental offices line__ Whitehall, and on the right is_ Downing street.

Ex. 14. Insert articles where necessary.

1. When you are in___ sky, you see only snow in ____Arctic or _____Greenland. 2. You have glimpses of _____ Andes or _____ Pacific.

3. ____Riviera in____ Caucasus is the most popular place in sum

4. _____Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world.

5. _____Elbrus is the highest peak in__ Europe.

6. _____Hague, a city in___ Netherlands near___ North Sea, is the seat of the

_____ Government.

7. The home ownership rate in___ South East of___ England is higher than in

North.

8. _____Suez Canal was blocked.

9. _____Sahara is the greatest desert in__ North Africa, extending from _____ Atlantic Ocean to Nile.

10. _____Philippines is an archipelago which consists of thousands of islands.

11. West Indies is a chain of islands between_____ North and____ South America.

12. The surface of___ Mediterranean is never so blue as that of__ Adriatic.

Ex. 15. Insert articles where necessary.

I

I

1. “Queen Mary” was launched by Queen Mary in 1938.

2. There was a little sentimentality about_ Forsytes.

3. He is the nearest we have to___ English Leonardo da Vinci.

4. He has the humour of___ Chekhov.

5. To feel more comfortable you should have taken_ Pullman.

6. He predicted the victory of___ Mrs Thatcher in the 1979 election.

7. I know very little about him as you do - he is_ Mr. Tarantino.

8. One of the correspondents handed McCartney the paper and asked, “Are you _____ McCartney who wrote this?”

9. “I’ll run to Mother”, he said in loud whisper.

II

1. _____Willowbys left town as soon as they were married.

2. This wasn’t _____Beatrice she knew.

3. _____father and daughter appeared at last.

4. _____professor Keitel is man to whom you’ll be responsible for your undergraduate teaching.

5. This Pat wasn’t like _____ Pat of his memories.

6. If you are _____Napoleon, you’ll play______ game of________ power, if you’re__________ Leonardo you’ll play for_________ ______ knowledge.

7. Elsie said she would ring up ______ Doctor Hitchcock.

8. _ poor Edward muttered something, but what it was nobody knew.

9. _ gentle, tender-hearted Amelia sadly was_ only person to whom Becky could attach herself.

10. I am_____ Mr Keaton to whom you were to come

 

Ex. 16. Translate into English.

1. Кордильеры находятся в Северной Америке.

2. Берега Рейна очень живописны.

3. Эльбрус - очень красивая гора.

4. Они купили дом в Марлоу, который выходил окнами на Темзу.

5. Средиземное море находится между Европой, Азией и Африкой.

6. Венеция расположена на берегу Адриатического моря.

7. Ливингстон погиб в Центральной Африке.

8. Они любили гулять в Гайд-парке.

9. Она показывала мне фотографию замечательной долины в Баварии.

Ex. 17. Translate into English.

1. Вас ждет какой-то Медников.

2. Она вышла замуж за Кормана, с которым нас познакомили у Кэмеронов.

3. Константиновы поселились здесь два года назад.

4. Она была Клэптон, и, как все Клэптоны, очень умна.

5. Крылова называли русским Лафонтеном.

6. Москва наших дней - это не Москва XIX века.

7. И.В. Мичурин родился в 1855 г. в деревне Долгое, недалеко от Козлова.

Мичурины всегда были садовниками.

8. Крым и Кавказ расположены на берегу Черного моря.

9. Вам нравится эта картина? Это Шемякин.

10. Про какого Толстого вы говорите? - Про Толстого, который написал роман “Петр Первый”.

 

Ex. 18. Insert articles where necessary.

Names of Seasons

1.____ day had been fine and warm; but at___ coming on of____ night,____ air grew cool. 2. All___ nature was very calm and beautiful. 3. You see,_________ winter was very bad time for me, and I really had no money at all to buy___________ bread with. 4. summer drew to_______________________________ end, and________ early autumn. 5. It was _____ lovely evening in______spring time of_ year. 6. It was pretty late in_ autumn of year. 7.____ declining sun looked brightly upon____ little Wiltshire village. 8. There was going to be_____ election soon, we all knew: this was___ spring of 1955. 9. It was ___ cold fall and _____wind came down from______________ mountains.

Bed, School, Prison, Town

1. Maycomb was__ old town. 2. Dolores said nothing at all on ______way to town. 3. Before that she had taught history in_____________________ girls’ school. 4. school was not _____________ particularly good one. 5. I never knew____ lawyer yet who didn’t threaten to put me in ______ prison sooner or later. 6. In all probability he was already in town. 7. Among other public buildings in________________________ certain town ... there is one anciently common to most towns, great or small____________ workhouse. 8.____ hospital where Amy worked was in the East End. 9. They went to_____ church every Sunday morning. 10. He told with_____

perfect truth how he had in time been released from__ prison. 11. You take your man home, Mrs Douglas, and get him to____________________ bed before eleven. 12. I’m going to be out of _____________________________________ town for few days. 13. Unless we can give_______________________________________ rector____ bed, he had nowhere to lay his head this night. 14. Who could be in___________ prison_____ quarter of _____century, and be prosperous!