Тест на артикли

Test 2

A. Choose the proper article.

1). (A, an, the, -) drawning man catches at (a, an, the, -) straw.

2). From now on I don’t move (a, an, the, -) step.

3). It’s just round the corner of (a, an, the, -) Forty-Fourth Street.

4). One of the greatest rivers of Africa is (a, an, the, -) Congo.

5). They had (a, an, the, -) lovely tea at their friends.

6). She felt like (a, an, the, -) Alice in Wonderland.

7). (A, an, the, -) London of our days differs greatly from (a, an, the, -) London of the days of Shakespeare.

8). (A, an, the, -) Indian ink is made in (a, an, the, -) China.

9). I have (a, an, the, -) few friends who are devoted to me.

10). (A, an, the, -) woman is physically weaker than (a, an, the, -) man.

11). I have (a, an, the, -) little money to spare for books and pictures. I need all the money that I have to live.

12). (A, an, the, -) Hague is in (a, an, the, -) Netherlands.

13). (A, an, the, -) winter of 1941 was severe.

14). (A, an, the, -) «Russia» is a very comfortable ship.

15). He will be back in (a, an, the, -) half (a, an, the, -) hour.

B. Fill in the articles where necessary. Correct. Wrong.

1). Life without ideal would be like sky without sun.

2). Little pot is soon hot.

3). Love of mother is blind.

4). Marriages are made in heaven.

5). Deaf husband and blind wife are always happy couple.

6). It is no use crying over split milk.

7). Attack is best form of defence.

8). Knowledge is power.

9). Mouse may help lion.

10). You cannot teach old dog new tricks.

11). Tree is known by its fruit.

12). Why keep dog and bark yourself?

13). He who laughs last laughs best but he who laughs first sees point.

14). Appetite comes with eating.

15). Man is known by company he keeps.

C. Fill in the blanks with articles if necessary:

Hob’s Visit to the Dentist

I had had 1 toothache for several days, but just hadn't enough courage to go to 2 dentist. As 3 matter of fact I went twice, but just as I got on his doorstep and was going to ring 4 bell, 5 toothache seemed to have gone away, so I went home again. But at last I had to go back, and this time I rang 6 bell and was shown into 7 waiting-room.

There were 8 number of magazines there, and I had just got into 9 middle of 10 exciting story when 11 maid came in to say Mr. Puller was ready to see me. I'll have to wait for 12 next toothache to finish that story!

Well, I went into 13 surgery and he told me to sit in 14 chair, and then he had 15 look at 16 inside of my mouth. He put 17 little mirror on 18 long handle inside my mouth and said, «I'm afraid we can't save that one, it will have to come out. I’ll just give you 19 injection.»

So he filled 20 syringe with 21 liquid. I felt 22 little prick on 23 gum and that was all. Then he waited for 24 minute or so. Then he took 25 instrument, got hold of my tooth, gave 26 twist, then 27 quick pull, and 28 tooth was out. He said, «There's 29 tooth, 30 very nasty one.»

«May I have 31 tooth, please?» I said. It has worried me 32 good deal for 33 last week, and so now I am going to put it on my dressing-table and watch it ache.

D. «Delights of Early Morning Bathing».

I notice that people always make gigantic arrangements for bathing when they are going anywhere near 1 water, but that they don’t bathe much when they are there.

It is 2 same when you go to 3 sea-side. I always decide when thinking over 4 matter in London that I’ll get up early every morning, and go and have 5 swim before 6 breakfast, and I pack up 7 pair of drawers and 8 bath towel. I always get 9 red bathing drawers. But when I get to 10 sea I don’t feel somehow that I want that early morning bath nearly so much as I did when I was in 11 town. On 12 contrary, I feel more that I want to stay in bed till 13 last moment, and then come down and have my breakfast. Once or twice I have got out at six and have dressed myself, and have taken my drawers and towel, and gone to 14 sea, but I haven’t enjoyed it. They seem to keep 15 specially cutting east wind, waiting for me, when I go to bathe early in 16 morning; and they pick out all 17 three-cornered stones and put them on the top, and they sharpen up 18 rocks and cover 19 points over with 20 bit of sand so that I can’t see them, and they take 21 sea and put it two miles out, so that I have to hop, shivering, through six inches of 22 water. And when I do get to 23 sea, it is rough.

One huge wave catches me up and as hard as ever it can, throws down on to 24 rock which has been put there for me. And, before I’ve said «Oh! Ugh!» and found out what happened, 25 wave comes back and carries me out to mid-ocean. I begin to swim to 26 shore, and wonder if I shall ever see home and friends again, and wish I’d been kinder to my little sister when 27 boy (when I was 28 boy, I mean). Just when I have given up all hope, 29 wave retires and leaves me lying like 30 fish on 31 sand, and I get up and look back and find that I’ve been swimming for my life in two feet of water. I hop back and dress, and crawl home, where I have to pretend I like it.