# Артикли | Articles tests

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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

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

101. Choose the appropriate articles.


... English he spoke was so bad that I had ... wish of giving it crutches.

1) a/a

2) -/the

3)+ the/a

4) a/the

5) the/the

102. Choose the appropriate articles.


... war is as old as ... mankind.

1) A/the

2) The/the

3) -/the

4)+ -/-

5) -/a

103. Choose the appropriate articles.


Do you have ... information about it?

1) a

2) an

3) the

4)+ -

5) and

104. Choose the appropriate articles.


... sending of electronic mail is now common.

1)+ -

2) a

3) the

4) an

5) and

105. Choose the appropriate articles.


It is a big decision to choose ... university.

1) -

2)+ a

3) an

4) the

5) and

106. Choose the appropriate articles.


... East of veiled beauties and bazaars exists only in your imagination.

1)+ The

2) An

3) A

4) -

5) Any

107. Choose the appropriate articles.


He put ... volume one back on ... shelf.

1) -/-

2) the/the

3)+ -/the

4) the/-

5) the/a

108. Choose the appropriate articles.


He taught ... ancient literature in ... little college in Lyon.

1) the/the

2) an/the

3)+ -/a

4) an/a

5) the/a

109. Choose the appropriate articles.


Astronomers believe that ... expanding universe is ... result of ... enormous and powerful explosion called the Big Bang.

1) an/-the

2) the/-/an

3) -/the/-

4) the/a/the

5)+ the/the/an

110. Choose the appropriate articles.


... trees are ... vital part of the global ecosystem, they give us the oxygen that we breathe.

1)+ -/a

2) -/-

3) the/-

4) -/the

5) the/a

111. Choose the appropriate articles.


Forty per cent of ... drugs are derived from ... plants and most of those come from ... tropical rain forests and from ... Amazon.

1) the/-/a/-

2)+ -/-/the/the

3) a/a/the/a

4) -/the/-/an

5) the/the/the/-

112. Choose the appropriate articles.


In 1959 Americans welcomed ... Alaska into the Union as the 49th state symbolizing ... change of attitude from that held in 1867, when ... peninsula was purchased from Russia.

1) the/-/the

2)+ -/a/the

3) an/-/a

4) -/the/a

5) a/a/-

113. Choose the appropriate articles.


... Smiths have ... nice house. ... house isn`t large, but it is comfortable.

1) The/an/The

2) -/a/The

3) The/the/The

4) The/a/A

5)+ The/a/The

114. Choose the appropriate articles.


Uncle Peter was ... old man with ... white hair.

1) the/a

2)+ an/-

3) an/the

4) an/a

5) the/the

115. Choose the appropriate articles.


... first thing we must do is to have some food and then go out for ... long walk.

1) A/the

2)+ The/a

3) The/the

4) A/a

5) The/-

116. Choose the appropriate articles.


... United Kingdom includes ... Great Britain and ... Northern Ireland.

1)+ The/-/-

2) The/the/the

3) -/-/-

4) -/-/the

5) The/the/-

117. Choose the appropriate articles.


... Amu-Darya flows into ... Aral Sea.

1)+ The/the

2) An/an

3) -/-

4) The/an

5) The/-

118. Choose the appropriate articles.


One of ... best-known monuments is ... mausoleum of Gur Emir in Samarkand.

1) the/a

2) the/-

3) a/the

4)+ the/the

5) a/a

119. Choose the appropriate articles.


Charles told Alice Liddell about ... adventures of ... little girl in Wonderland.

1) a/the

2)+ the/a

3) the/the

4) a/a

5) an/-

120. Choose the appropriate articles.


Father takes his son to the doctor and says: " ... doctor is ... very good and kind man".

1) a/a

2) the/the

3) the/-

4)+ the/a

5) -/a

121. Choose the appropriate articles.


Everybody knows that ... ships don`t stop at Ata, but once ... Mary Jane suddenly changed her course and went towards the island.

1)+ -/the

2) the/-

3) a/the

4) the/a

5) -/-

122. Choose the appropriate articles.


... ground was still quite wet after ... rain.

1)+ The/the

2) -/the

3) A/the

4) The/a

5) The/-

123. Choose the appropriate articles.


Braille is ... system of reading and writing by touch for ... blind.

1) the/-

2) a/-

3) the/the

4) a/a

5)+ a/the

124. Choose the appropriate articles.


... Lake Michigan is one of ... Great Lakes.

1)+ -/the

2) -/-

3) A/the

4) The/the

5) A/-

125. Choose the appropriate articles.


... Golden Gate Bridge connects ... San Francisco with ... Martin County.

1) -/the/-

2)+ The/-/-

3) The/-/the

4) -/-/the

5) A/-/-

126. Choose the appropriate articles.


... Hague is the capital of ... Netherlands.

1)+ The/the

2) -/the

3) -/-

4) The/-

5) A/the

127. Choose the appropriate articles.


... Christmas is ... most colourful holiday of ... year.

1) the/the/-

2) -/the/an

3) a/-/the

4)+ -/the/the

5) -/-/-

128. Choose the appropriate articles.


... most common type of ... celebration is ... New Year Party.

1) the/a/the

2)+ the/-/a

3) -/the/a

4) the/-/-

5) -/-/-

129. Choose the appropriate articles.


Which of... American ... holidays originated in ... USA.

1)+ the/-/the

2) an/the/-

3) -/a/the

4) the/a/the

5) -/-/-

130. Choose the appropriate articles.


I`d like to enter ... teachers` training college, I love ... children.

1) the/the

2) a/the

3) -/the

4) the/-

5)+ a/-

131. Choose the appropriate articles.


We`ll go by ... train to ... place called Dochester. It`s a long way, and there isn`t ... bus service there.

1) -/the/the

2) a/a /a

3) -/the/a

4)+ -/a/a

5) the/the/a

132. Choose the appropriate articles.


Carrie went straight forward until she crossed ... river and then turned into ... Fifth Avenue.

1) a/the

2)+ the/-

3) the/the

4) a/-

5) the/a

133. Choose the appropriate articles.


When I arrived in ... South America ... Blacks helped me find ... job.

1)+ -/the/a

2) the/-/-

3) the/-/a

4) -/-/a

5) the/the/a