D. Insert the articles

1.... beef is kind of... meat. 2.... beef we had for dinner last night was excellent.

3. Jack is wearing... straw hat today. 4. Jack likes to wear... hats. 5.... hat is... article of clothing. 6.... hats are... articles of clothing. 7.... brown hat on that hook over there belongs to Mark.

10. Tommy wants to be... engineer when he grows up. II. John Roebling is... name of... engineer who designed the Brooklyn Bridge. He died in 1869 from... infection. He died before... bridge was completed. 12. … Brooklyn Bridge was designed by... engineer.

13.... people wear... jewellery to made themselves more attractive. 14.... jewellery Diana is wearing today is beautiful. 15. Mary is wearing... beautiful ring today. It is made of... gold and... rubies.... gold in her ring was mined in Canada.... rubies came from Burma.

16. One of the first things you need to do when you move to... new city is to find... place to live. Most... newspapers carry... advertisements (called "wantads") for... apartments that are for rent. If you find... ad for... furnished apartment,... apartment will probably contain... stove and refrigerator. It will also probably have... furniture such as... beds,... tables,... chairs, and may be... sofa. 17. My wife and I have recently moved to this city. Since we're going to be here for only... short time, we're renting... furnished apartment. We decided that we didn't want to bring our furniture with us.... apartment is in... good location, but that's about the only good thing I can say about it. Only one burner on... store works.... refrigerator is noisy, and... refrigerator door won't stay closed unless we tape it shut.... bed sags in the middle and creaks. All of the rest of... furniture is old and decrepit, too. Nevertheless, we're still enjoying living in this city. We may have to look for... another apartment, however.

E. Supply a, an, the or "—".

Jim got... B.Sc. from Durham University in 1988. 2. Celia is sure she's seen... UFO. 3.... EC does a lot of trade with the rest of the world. 4. I don't know how much... MP (Member of the Parliament) earns. 5. Which countries belong to... NATO? 6.... H2O is the chemical formula for water. 7. I've used my computer to learn... BASIC. 8.... NASA had a setback in 1986.

1. Both... English and... German are taught at school. 2.... Shelley has studied at... Oxford University. 3.... father is not at home but you may ask... mother's opinion. 4.... ground is covered with... snow in... January. 5. Shall we go to... pictures? 6.... dinner is ready. 7. We finished... dinner and went out into... garden. 8. They went to... seaside on... hot summer day. 9. It was... evening when we stopped working. 10. It took...two boys only... minute to reach... top of... tree. 11. George knows... lot about... USA. 12. He has studied... geography of... USA at... school. 13.... Americans spell some English words differently. 14. I have... few friends in St Petersburg. 15. We had... hot breakfast at... hotel in... Minsk. 16. We'll stay there for... month. 17. Why did you not read... last ten pages of... book? 18. May I have another... cup of... tea? 19.... child looked at us with... charming smile. 20. She stopped at... kitchen door. 21.... boy grew stronger from... day to... day. 22. Well,... young man, what can I do for you? 23. After... long silence she was... first to speak. 24. She broke... silence. 25. It was... pleasure to see... Urals. 26. I'll do it with... pleasure. 27. Ann was making... great progress.... teacher told us of... progress she was making. 28. What is... weather like today? 29.... life went on as usual. 30. Charles was sent to... school when he was seven. He was sent to secondary school. It was... oldest school in... town. 31. What will... future promise him? 32. He has... bright future before him. 33. Is... North Sea stormy in... autumn? 34.... Fleet Street is in... City of... London. 35.... Mount Cook is... highest peak in... Southern Alps of... New Zealand. 36. Besides... English,... French is also... official language in... Canada. 37. Let's go to see... uncle Alfred! 38. I want to read... next chapter now, there are only two chapters left before... last one. 39. It was almost... evening when I went home. 40. We wanted to reach... home before... sunset. 41. On... Saturday evening most of... schoolchildren had gone to the country. 42. It was raining for... three whole days. 43.... whole weekend was spoiled.

1. I'm really tired and I'm going to... bed. 2. Your shoes are under... bed. 3. Tim's been in... bed for hours. 4. We've bought... lovely new bed. 5. We took some photos outside... church. 6. We always go to... church on Sunday. 7. Have you ever worked in... factory? 8. Susan's in... class at the moment. 9. My father went to... sea when he was 14. 10. When do you hope to go to... university? 11. Martha's been taken to... hospital. 12. How long will she be... hospital? 13. There's a strike at... hospital. 14. We've got... fine new hospital. 15. When do you get home from... office? 16. John's at... work at the moment.

HIGH FLYER

I travel all over... world on business and my neighbour thinks my life is one long holiday. You know what... business travel is like: up at... dawn to catch... plane;... breakfast in...London,... lunch in... New York,... luggage in... Bermuda. When you're in... sky, you see only snow in.... Arctic or... Greenland. You have glimpses of... Andes or... Pacific. You're always exhausted. Your wife or husband complains you're never there to take... children to... school or put them to... bed. When you get home, your neighbour says, "Another nice holiday, eh?" Give me Home Sweet Home any day!

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