Тест по английскому языку (артикли)

1. Choose the best answer.
Against her parents` wish, she wants to be ... .

1. the journalists
2. journalist
3. the journalist
4. journalists
5. a journalist

2. Choose the best answer.
... gentleman stood up to give ... seat.

1. a/the
2. the/the
3. the/a
4. a/an
5. an/the

3. Choose the best answer.
"You see", said ... girl with ... smile.

1. the/an
2. a/a
3. a/the
4. the/the
5. the/a

4. Choose the appropriate articles.
... Easter is ... religious holiday.

1. -/-
2. an/the
3. the/a
4. the/the
5. -/a

5. Choose the appropriate articles.
- Do you know where ... Charles Dickens lives?
- Why? I think he, the great writer, died.
- No, I`m asking ... certain Charles Dickens about - not ... Charles Dickens.

1. -/a/the
2. -/a/-
3. -/the/a
4. -/the/the
5. -/-/-

6. Choose the appropriate articles.
... article was published in ... Times on ... April 14th.

1. The/the/the
2. -/the/-
3. The/-/-
4. The/the/-
5. An/an/the

7. Choose the best answer.
She was ... first in her class.

1. -
2. the
3. a
4. an
5. this

8. Choose the best answer.
Our team is ... third in the standings.

1. -
2. the
3. a
4. an
5. on

9. Choose the best answer.
... nuclear threat is frightening.

1. the
2. a
3. an
4. -
5. those

10. Choose the best answer.
Do this experiment ... first, ... experiment is on ... page 29.

1. -/the/-
2. the/the/the
3. at/an/the
4. -/an/the
5. -/the/the

11. Choose the best answer.
... Man proposes, ... God disposes.

1. -/-
2. a/the
3. the/the
4. -/the
5. the/-

12. Choose the best answer.
... money which he gave my father was coming to ... end.

1. The/an
2. -/the
3. A/the
4. The/the
5. A/a

13. Choose the best answer.
I know there is a man like you here and I`ll have ... eye on you ... day and night.

1. the/the
2. the/a
3. an/-
4. a/a
5. an/a

14. Choose the best answer.
... English people are forever complaining about the weather, but in fact ... British Isles have a reasonable climate on the whole.

1. The/-
2. The/the
3. An/the
4. -/-
5. The/a

15. Choose the best answer.
We always stay at the Palace Court Hotel because it is ... only one with ... facilities for ... disabled.

1. the/a/-
2. the/the/the
3. -/the/the
4. -/-/the
5. the/the/-

16. Choose the best answer.
... Swiss Alps are a good place to go if you like skiing. There is usually plenty of ... snow during the winter months.

1. -/a
2. -/the
3. -/-
4. The/the
5. The/-

17. Choose the appropriate articles.
The grasshopper had nothing to eat and an ant lived near him. He went to ... ant`s house and begged her for ... little corn.

1. a/the
2. the/a
3. an/the
4. the/an
5. the/the

18. Choose the best answer.
A few years ago ... crew of ... Japanese fishing boat were rescued from ... wreckage of their boat in the sea of Japan.

1. the/a/the
2. a/a/the
3. the/the/the
4. a/a/a
5. the/the/a

19. Choose the best answer.
... Koran is ... holy book of ... Islam.

1. -/a/-
2. the/a/-
3. the/the/-
4. a/a/-
5. -/the/-

20. Choose the best answer.
... Aztecs found ... unusual way to increase ... amount of land available for growing food.

1. the/an/an
2. the/the/the
3. -/a/the
4. the/an/the
5. -/an/an

21. Choose the best answer.
In 1519 ... Portuguese navigator, Ferdinand Magilian, persuaded ... Spanish king to pay for an expedition to explore ... Pacific Ocean.

1. a/the/the
2. a/a/the
3. -/a/the
4. the/a/the
5. the/the/-

22. Choose the best answer.
In ... dry lands that extend through much of ... Middle East, water has always been ... scarce and precious natural resource.

1. -/the/a
2. the/the/a
3. -/-/a
4. the/-/a
5. the/the/the

23. Choose the appropriate articles.
You should visit ... Science Museum when you are in ... London.

1. a/-
2. the/-
3. -/-
4. -/the
5. the/the

24. Choose the appropriate articles.
When we were in Washington D.C., we visited ... White House, ... Lincoln Memorial and ... Smithsonian Museum.

1. -/the/-
2. the/-/the
3. -/-/-
4. -/-/the
5. the/the/the

25. Choose the appropriate articles.
... Philippines were named after ... Philip II of ... Spain.

1. The/the/-
2. The/-/-
3. -/the/-
4. -/the/the
5. The/-/the

26. Choose the antonym to the underlined word.
... Wednesday before ... Thanksgiving is ... busy day for the family cook.

1. The/-/a
2. -/-/the
3. a/the/a
4. -/the/a
5. The/the/a

27. Choose the appropriate articles.
Professor Smith teaches ... course on ... literature of ... Middle Ages.

1. a/the/the
2. a/a/the
3. a/the/a
4. a/-/the
5. a/-/a

28. Choose the best answer.
- When are you leaving for ... Netherlands?
- In ... week. I`ve already packed all my things.

1. -/a
2. -/-
3. a/a
4. the/a
5. the/-

29. Choose the best answer.
When Dr.Watson entered ... room, Sherlock Holmes was lying on ... sofa with ... morning newspapers near him.

1. a/a/the
2. the/-/-
3. the/the/-
4. a/the/the
5. -/the/the

30. Choose the appropriate articles.
Today is ... May first. ... previous month was April.

1. the/the
2. -/The
3. the/-
4. a/-
5. -/-

31. Choose the appropriate articles.
... last time I saw her, she was ... blonde.

1. The/the
2. -/a
3. The/a
4. -/the
5. The/-

32. Choose the best answer.
... work is necessary.

1. A
2. The
3. An
4. -
5. At

33. Choose the best answer.
... coffee comes from ... Brazil.

1. The/the
2. A/a
3. A/the
4. The/a
5. -/-

34. Choose the best answer.
He says ... rich get richer and ... poor get poorer.

1. -/-
2. a/a
3. the/the
4. a/the
5. the/a

35. Choose the best answer.
He left his hat on the table, ... tall hat, in which he always went to ... church.

1. a/the
2. the/a
3. the/-
4. a/the
5. -/the

36. Choose the best answer.
Last night I felt ... friendship and ... sympathy for Mike, but today he has become ... enemy.

1. a/-/-
2. -/-/an
3. the/the/an
4. a/a/-
5. -/-/-

37. Choose the best answer.
As soon as he was dressed, he went into ... library and sat down to ... light French breakfast.

1. the/-
2. a/the
3. a/-
4. the/a
5. the/the

38. Choose the appropriate articles.
There is a sitting-room, a bedroom and a study in our flat. ... study is ... small room with ... bookshelves on ... walls.

1. a/a/the/the
2. the/the/the/the
3. -/a/-/the
4. a/the/-/-
5. the/a/-/the

39. Choose the appropriate articles.
At ... weekends ... Londoners often go to ... Brighton.

1. the/the/-
2. -/the/the
3. -/-/-
4. -/the/-
5. -/-/the

40. Choose the appropriate articles.
I was in ... England with ... group of ... students from my school.

1. -/a/-
2. the/a/-
3. -/the/a
4. -/a/the
5. the/the/a

41. Choose the appropriate articles.
There was ... epidemic of measles, ... serious and ... fatal disease.

1. a/the/-
2. an/a/-
3. the/an/-
4. an/the/a
5. the/a/the

42. Choose the appropriate articles.
... little way off, he saw his wife in ... long chair talking with ... Davidsons.

1. the/a/an
2. -/a/the
3. the/the/the
4. a/a/the
5. an/a/the

43. Choose the appropriate articles.
... captain spoke ... Indian like ... native.

1. the/-/a
2. a/a/an
3. the/the/a
4. the/an/-
5. -/-/the

44. Choose the appropriate articles.
In ... 1960s many students in ... United States participated in marches, because they were opposed to ... war in Vietnam.

1. the/a/-
2. -/the/a
3. the/the/the
4. a/-/the
5. an/the/-

45. Choose the appropriate articles.
... aeroplanes are ... popular means of travel.

1. the/the
2. the/a
3. -/a
4. -/the
5. -/-

46. Choose the appropriate articles.
He was elected ... chairman of ... meeting.

1. -/the
2. a/the
3. the/the
4. an/a
5. the/a

47. Choose the appropriate articles.
He got ... permission not to be present at ... lecture.

1. the/the
2. -/the
3. -/a
4. -/-
5. the/-

48. Choose the appropriate articles.
... factors that influence ... longevity of ... man are ... matter of dispute.

1. the/-/a/-
2. the/the/-/a
3. the/the/the/the
4. -/-/-/the
5. -/-/-/-

49. Choose the appropriate articles.
In his eyes I saw ... hate that no man could feel for ... enemy.

1. -/the
2. a/an
3. the/a
4. the/the
5. a/the

50. Choose the appropriate articles.
... love for one`s country cannot be acquired, it`s born with ... man.

1. -/-
2. the/the
3. -/a
4. a/-
5. a/a