Тест по английскому языку (артикли)

51. Choose the appropriate articles.
... young country girl was one day going along ... road with... bucket of milk in her hand.

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

52. Choose the appropriate articles.
Young doctor: Why do you always ask your patients what they have for ... dinner?
Old doctor: It`s ... most important question, for according to their menus I make out my bill.

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

53. Choose the appropriate articles.
People should work for ... benefit of ... society.

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

54. Choose the appropriate articles.
Yesterday we were at ... meeting organized by ... organization ... «Greenpeace».

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

55. Choose the appropriate articles.
... person with ... smile is always welcome.

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

56. Choose the appropriate articles.
Did you know that ... Hawaiian Islands were seized by ... United States and made ... colony in 1898?

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

57. Choose the appropriate articles.
Ben`s brother is in ... hospital.

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

58. Choose the appropriate articles.
Life is all right if you have a job, but things are not so easy for ... unemployed.

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

59. Choose the appropriate articles.
Sweden is in ... northern Europe, Spain is in ... South.

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

60. Choose the appropriate articles.
He went to ... hospital to visit his brother.

1. –
2. the
3. a
4. an
5. an, a

61. Choose the appropriate articles.
Ann bought ... new type of ... coffee.

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

62. Choose the appropriate articles.
Tim`s ... horse was bigger than ... rest.

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

63. Choose the appropriate articles.
... first path we took was ... wrong one.

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

64. Choose the appropriate articles.
Tony is such ... powerful swimmer that he always wins ... races.

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

65. Choose the appropriate articles.
My son, ... sooner you go in for sports, ... stronger you will be.

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

66. Choose the appropriate articles.
Don`t stay in ... sun for ... long time, you`ll get sunburnt.

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

67. Choose the appropriate articles.
In ... lagoon ... water was deep and ... ships could anchor comfortably.

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

68. Choose the appropriate articles.
After ... United States bought ... Alaska in 1867, ... gold and oil were discovered there.

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

69. Choose the appropriate articles.
There are, on ... average, over 700000 fires ... year in homes and apartments in ... United States.

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

70. Choose the appropriate articles.
... museum has 14 doors, which have been made in ... ancient traditional ... style.

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

71. Choose the appropriate articles.
It is almost twelve o`clock by ... clock on ... wall.

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

72. Choose the appropriate articles.
He goes everywhere by ... bike. I think he hasn`t got ... car.

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

73. Choose the appropriate articles.
We had ... very good weather while we were on ... holiday.

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

74. Choose the appropriate articles.
Nobody seemed to have heard ... sound of ... shot.

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

75. Choose the appropriate articles.
She has ... perfect command of ... English language.

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

76. Choose the appropriate articles.
... women`s clothes today have plenty of ... colour.

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

77. Choose the appropriate articles.
Oh, I don`t want anything. I had ... cocktail and ... delicious lunch.

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

78. Choose the appropriate articles.
I asked who told him ... news, he answered: « ... gentleman called Mr. Brown».

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

79. Choose the appropriate articles.
Between ... Bronze Age and about ... 6th century BC, Britain was inhabited by Picts and European Celts.

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

80. Choose the appropriate articles.
By ... early 19th century, Italian opera had become popular in ... United States.

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

81. Choose the appropriate articles.
In November 1993, Uzbekistan issued ... temporary currency, ... soum-coupon, to replace the Russian rouble.

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

82. Choose the appropriate articles.
... region of present-day Uzbekistan was ... site of the ancient Persian province of Sogdiana.

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

83. Choose the appropriate articles.
Tokyo, ... financial and commercial center of the country, has ... population of over 13 million.

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

84. Choose the appropriate articles.
There is one channel for holders of ... European Community passports, and ... second channel marked «Other Passports» at London Heathrow Airport.

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

85. Choose the appropriate articles.
If I had ... plenty of money I would go to ... Saudi Arabia.

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

86. Choose the appropriate articles.
At the moment Anna is staying with a cousin in Putney, ... suburb of London. ... two girls do not get on well together.

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

87. Choose the appropriate articles.
... Trafalgar Square was so named to commemorate Nelson`s victory at the battle of ... Trafalgar.

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

88. Choose the appropriate articles.
I like ... music by Shostakovich. Dana likes ... same music.

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

89. Choose the appropriate articles.
I remember he came in ... May. It was ... cold May.

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

90. Choose the appropriate articles.
Do you like ... Drama theater? By ... way I like it too.

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

91. Choose the appropriate articles.
- Do you remember ... day we went on ... excursion last summer?
- Oh, yes, it was ... lovely sunny day and we greatly enjoyed ourselves.

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

92. Choose the appropriate articles.
You say, you have come from ... certain place. I should like to know ... place. I hope you`ll tell me ... truth.

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

93. Choose the appropriate articles.
... town towards which we are moving is ... one I used to live in.

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

94. Choose the appropriate articles.
She took off ... dress and put it on ... bed.

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

95. Choose the appropriate articles.
... dinner we had yesterday was ... very tasty one.

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

96. Choose the appropriate articles.
... ignorance is like ... delicate exotic fruit: touch it and the bloom is gone.

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

97. Choose the appropriate articles.
Lomonosov was ... son of ... fisherman.

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

98. Choose the appropriate articles.
To give ... good wine to ... beautiful woman is the real pleasure.

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

99. Choose the appropriate articles.
I own ... house in ... Belgrave Square.

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

100. Choose the appropriate articles.
Before ... end of ... week I shall have got rid of the profligate Harry.

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