Артикль

Упр. 33. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

It was ____ hot day. ____ sun was shining brightly in ____ blue sky. ____ wolf and ____ lamb met at ____ stream. ____ water in ____ stream was cool and clear. ____ wolf saw that ____ lamb was fat and wanted to eat it. He began to shout: «You, ____ fool, you are making ____ water dirty!» ____ lamb was afraid. It looked at ____ wolf and said in ____ thin voice: «But, ____ Mr. Wolf, I cannot make ____ water dirty for you from ____ place where I am standing, because ____ stream runs from you to me.» «Stop talking!» shouted ____ wolf in ____ angry voice. «I know you! I met you six months ago, and you were very rude to me.» «You are wrong, ____ Mr. Wolf,» cried ____ lamb, «you could not meet me six months ago: I am only four ____ months old.» «Never mind,» said ____ wolf, “if it wasn't you, it was your brother." And with these ____ words he seized ____ poor lamb and carried it into ____ wood.

Упр. 34. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

1. Bill Robins was ____ very rich man. He was ____ richest man in ____ village. 2. Pete is ____ tallest boy in our class. Nick is ____ shortest boy, but he is very ____ strong. He is ____ stronger than many boys who are ____ taller than he. I think Nick is ____ strongest boy in ____ class. 3. Granny often tells us ____ long stories. Today her story was still ____ longer. It was ____ longest story. She began telling it after ____ dinner and finished only before ____ supper. But ____ story was very interesting. I think it was ____ most interesting of Granny's stories. 4. Which was ____ most difficult exercise in ____ test-paper? 5. Which is ____ best season of the year? 6. February is ____ shortest month of the year. 7. Do you know ____ longest river in our country? 8. In ____ May ____ days are ____ longer than in ____ April.

Запомните следующие застывшие словосочетания:

in the north in the south in the east in the west

to the north to the south to the east to the west

Упр. 36. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

1. ____ Neva flows into ____ Gulf of ____ Finland. 2. ____ Pacific Ocean is very deep. 3. ____ Urals are not very high. 4. ____ Kazbek is ____ highest peak of ____ Caucasus. 5. ____ Alps are covered with ____ snow. 6. ____ Shetland Islands are situated to ____ north of ____ Great Britain. 7. ____ USA is ____ largest country in ____ America. 8. ____ Crimea is washed by ____ Black Sea. 9. ____ Lake Baikal is ____ deepest lake in ____ world. 10. ____ Paris is ____ capital of ____ France. 11. Lomonosov was born in ____ small village on ____ shore of ____ White Sea. 12. Gogol was born in ____ Ukraine in 1809. 13. ____ Caucasus separates ____ Black Sea from ____ Caspian Sea. 14. ____ Europe and ____ America are separated by ____ Atlantic Ocean. 15. ____ Baltic Sea is stormy in winter. 16. There are many small islands in ____ Pacific Ocean. 17. ____ North Sea separates ____ British Isles from ____ Europe. 18. ____ Balkans are old mountains. 19. ____ Nile flows across ____ north-eastern part of ____ Africa to ____ Mediterranean Sea. 20. Which are ____ highest mountains in ____ Russia?

Упр. 37. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

1. ____ Thames is ____ short river. 2. ____ Russia is washed by ____ Arctic Ocean in ____ north. 3. Kiev is to ____ south of ____ Moscow. 4. ____ Europe is ____ continent. 5. ____ Moscow is ____ capital of ____ Russia. 6. Is ____ Asia ____ island or ____ continent? 7. ____ Black Sea is in ____ south of our country. 8. ____ White Sea is in ____ north of our country, 9. This is ____ map of ____ world. What can you see on ____ map? What ____ colour are ____ valleys on ____ map? 10. Petrov is ____ architect. He is ____ experienced architect. He is in ____ Far East. He has ____ wife. His wife is ____ typist. They have ____ son and ____ daughter. 11. ____ Philippines are situated to ____ south-east of ____ Asia.

Упр. 38. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

1. This is ____ pen. It is ____ good pen. ____ pen is black. It is on ____ table. 2.1 have got ____ dog. ____ dog's name is Spot. He is ____ big grey dog. ____ dog is very strong. 3. My friend has ____ sister. Her name is Ann. ____ girl is ____ pupil. 4. We have ____ picture in ____ living-room. ____ picture is very good. It is on ____ wall. 5. ____ Irish Sea is between ____ Great Britain and ____ Ireland. 6. There is ____ map on ____ wall of ____ classroom. It is ____ map of ____ world. There are many seas and lakes on ____ map. This is ____ Mediterranean Sea and that is ____ Red Sea. These are ____ Himalayas. They are ____ highest mountains in ____ world. 7. We live in ____ St. Petersburg. ____ St. Petersburg is ____ very large city. It is one of ____ largest cities in ____ Russia. 8. My brother is ____ doctor. His flat is in ____ centre of ____ city. It is in ____ new house. There are three rooms in ____ flat. ____ living-room is .. largest of all. It is ____ nice light room. There are ____ pictures on ____ walls. There is ____ round table in ____ middle of ____ room. There is ____ sofa at ____ wall with ____ large thick carpet in ____ front of it. ____ study and ____ bedroom are small, but very comfortable.

Запомните следующие застывшие словосочетания:

to have a good time

from morning till night

all day long

a lot of

Упр. 40. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

1. Did you have ____ good time in the country? — Oh yes. ____ weather was fine. We were out of ____ doors from ____ morning till ____ night. We played ____ football, ____ volley-ball and ____ other games. We came ____ home late at ____ night and went to ____ bed at once. 2. Look at ____ clock! It is ____ quarter past ten. Go to ____ bed at once. 3. ____ sun rises in ____ east and sets in ____ west. 4. We spent last summer in ____ Ukraine, in ____ little village on ____ bank of ____ big river with ____ very warm water. There was ____ wood on ____ other side of ____ river. We often went to ____ wood and gathered ____ lot of ____ mushrooms. 5. My friend likes to play ____ chess. He is ready to play ____ chess all ____ day long. He is ____ best chess player in our school.

Перед названиямиуниверситетов артикльне употребляется.

E.g. I shall study at St. Petersburg University.

My grandfather graduated from Oxford University

Упр. 41. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

1. Teckle comes from ____ very old country on ____ Nile. It is called ____ Ethiopia. ____ Ethiopia is ____ beautiful mountainous country. Teckle is ____ young man. He wants to become ____ engineer. He is very happy to be ____ student of ____ St. Petersburg University. He spends ____ lot of time at ____ library reading and studying different subjects. Very often in ____ evening his new friends and he walk about ____ city talking about their native countries. 2. Galina lives in ____ Ukraine. She lives in ____ small village near ____ Odessa. She is ____ librarian. In summer she has ____ lot of ____ work: she takes ____ newspapers and ____ magazines to ____ people who work in the fields. Galina wants to enter ____ Moscow University and now she is preparing for ____ entrance examinations. 3. My friend lives in ____ America. He is ____ student. He studies ____ history at ____ Harvard University.

Запомните следующее застывшее словосочетание:

What' the use?

Упр. 42. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

Once there lived ____ man who was very fond of ____ gold. He used to say: «While I have my gold, I am ____ happiest man in ____ world.» And so all his life he saved ____ money. One day he was travelling in ____ desert of ____ North Africa. He lost his way. He had no ____ food or ____ water. He was almost dying of ____ hunger. He was so weak that he could not walk, he could only crawl. ____ heat was terrible. There were only ____ stones and ____ sand around. Just then he saw ____ bag lying on ____ sand. He hoped that he would find ____ food in it and ____ water, too, He crawled up to ____ bag and opened it. He saw that ____ bag was full of ____ gold. What is ____ use of ____ gold to ____ hungry man in ____ desert? He left ____ bag on ____ hot sand, crying bitterly: «I am ____ most unhappy man in ____ world.»

Запомните следующиезастывшие словосочетания:

to the cinema to the theatre to the shop to the market

at the cinema at the theatre at the shop at the market

to go for a walk

Упр. 43. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

1. Let'sgoto ____ shop. I must buy ____ bread and ____ milk. 2. I was at ____ cinema yesterday. — What ____ film did you see? — Oh, I saw ____ very good film. I think it is ____ best film of ____ year. 3. Do you often go to ____ theatre? — No, I don't. I like to go to ____ theatre, but I am very busy. I work from ____ morning till ____ night. I even have no ____ time to play ____ piano. 4. Oleg has ____ lot of ____ interesting books at ____ home. 5. ____ lot of ____ tourists from ____ different countries come to ____ St. Petersburg. They want to see one of ____ most beautiful cities in ____ world. 6. My new friend said to me: «I am ____ student of ____ first course.» 7. We went to ____ cinema in ____ evening. 8. What ____ foreign languages does your father speak? — He speaks__English. He studied ____ English at ____ school. 9. I am interested in ____ history.

10. We played ____ tennis at ____ lesson of ____ physical training yesterday. We had ____ good time. 11. Did you go for ____ walk yesterday? — No, we didn't. ____ weather was bad, and we went to ____ cinema. 12. What are your friends doing? — Mary is playing ____ piano. Tom and Nick are playing ____ chess.

Упр. 44. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

Once there lived ____ king. His name was Midas. He had ____ little daughter. They lived in ____ beautiful palace with ____ wonderful garden around it. Now ____ king was very fond of ____ gold. He loved ____ gold more than anything else in ____ world. One day, when ____ king was looking at his gold, ____ young man appeared before him. «You are ____ very rich man, Midas,» said ____ young man. «Yes,» said ____ king, «but I would like to be richer. I would like to have ____ golden touch. I want everything that I touch to turn into ____ gold.» ____ young man was ____ magician, and he gave ____ king ____ golden touch which he wanted to have. ____ king was very happy. He touched ____ table, and ____ table became gold. He went into ____ garden. There were ____ beautiful roses in ____ garden. He touched ____ roses, and they also became gold. ____ king's daughter, who loved ____ roses very much, saw it and began to cry. «Don't cry, ____ dear daughter,» said ____ king and touched his daughter's head. ____ next moment ____ girl turned into ____ beautiful gold statue.

Упр. 45. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

Three men came to ____ New York for ____ holiday. They came to ____ very large hotel and took ____ room there. Their room was on ____ forty-fifth floor. In ____ evening ____ friends went to ____ theatre and came back to ____ hotel very late. «I am very sorry,» said ____ clerk of ____ hotel, «but ____ lifts do not work tonight. If you don't want to walk up to your room, we shall make ____ beds for you in ____ hall.» «No, no,» said one of ____ friends, «no, thank you. We don't want to sleep in ____ hall. We shall walk up to our room.» Then he turned to his friends and said: «It is not easy to walk up to ____ forty-fifth floor, but we shall make it easier. On ____ way to ____ room I shall tell you some jokes; then you, Andy, will sing us some songs; then you, Peter, will tell us some interesting stories.» So they began walking up to their room. Tom told them many jokes; Andy sang some songs. At last they came to ____ thirty sixth floor. They were tired and decided to have ____ rest. «Well,» said Tom, «now it is your turn, Peter. After all ____ jokes, I would like to hear ____ sad story. Tell us ____ long and interesting story with ____ sad end.» « ____ story which I am going to tell you,» said Peter, «is sad enough. We left ____ key to our room in ____ hall.»

Запомните следующиеконструкции:

The famous English writer Dickens lived in the 19th century. Dickens, a famous English writer, lived in the 19th century.

Запомните следующие застывшие словосочетания:

on horseback on board a ship

Упр. 46. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

Swift, ____ famous English writer, was travelling one day on ____ horseback with his servant. ____ weather was bad, it was raining, and ____ roads were muddy. In ____ evening the two1 men came to ____ inn. Before going to ____ bed Swift told his servant to clean his boots. But ____ servant was lazy and did not do it. In ____ morning Swift asked ____ servant why he had not cleaned ____ boots. «What's ____ use cleaning ____ boots now?» said ____ servant. « ____ roads are muddy, and ____ boots will soon be dirty again.» «All right,» said ____ writer. «Let's go. We must continue ____ journey.» «But I haven't had ____ breakfast,» said ____ displeased servant.« »Well, what's ____ use giving you ____ breakfast now?« said Swift: •'You will soon be hungry again.»

Запомните следующие застывшие словосочетания:

in fact

the same

Запомните употребление артикля в восклицательных предложениях, начинающихся со слова «what»:

What a good boy! What a long story! What aday!

1Обратите нниманик на употребление определенного артикля перед количественным числительным. В этом случае определенный артикль имеет значение «эти»: «Эти двое мужчин;» «Эти дна человека».

Упр. 47. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

In ____ small town in ____ East there was once .., man who had ____ parrot. ____ parrot was taught to say ____ words: «There is no doubt about it.» It used to repeat these words all ____ day long. Every time it was asked ____ question, it gave ____ same answer, «There is no doubt about it.» One day ____ man decided to sell ____ bird; so he put ____ parrot into .., cage and went to ____ market with it. «Twenty pounds for ____ very clever parrot!» he cried. ____ man who was passing by heard this and turned to ____ parrot «Are you worth twenty pounds?» he asked. «There is no doubt about it!» answered ____ parrot. «What ____ clever parrot!» said ____ man and bought ____ bird, He took ____ parrot home and invited his friends to look at ____ clever bird. ____ friends came and looked at ____ parrot and talked to it. Now you must know that ____ man was not rich. In ____ fact, he was often short of ____ money. So ____ week or two later, sitting in ____ armchair and looking at ____ parrot, he said: «What ____ fool I was to throw away such ____ lot of ____ money!» «There is no doubt about it!» cried .., parrot. And this time ____ bird was right.

Запомните следующиезастывшие словосочетания:

it's high time to take care of to take aim such a ____

Упр. 48. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

____ crow once said to her children: «It's ____ high time for you to look for ____ food.» With these words she turned them out of ____ nest and took them to ____ field. But ____ crow's children did not like ____ idea. «We'd rather go back to ____ nest,» they cried. «It's so nice when you bring ____ food to us!» «Indeed!» said their mother. «You are big enough to feed yourselves. My mother turned me out of ____ nest when I was much younger, and I had to take ____ care of myself.» «But ____ people will kill us with their guns,» said ____ young crows. «No ____ fear of that,» answered their mother. «Before ____ people shoot, they take ____ aim, and that takes ____ time. When you see ____ man raising ____ gun to his face, you must just fly away.» .«That's ____ simple thing to do,» said ____ children, «but supposing ____ man or ____ boy wants to throw ____ stone at us: in such ____ case he won't have to take ____ aim.» «Well, then he will have to bend down to pick up ____ stone,» said ____ crow. «But what if he carries ____ stone in his hand ready?» «Why, if you are clever enough to think of that,» said ____ mother, «you are clever enough to take ____ care of yourselves.» And she flew away leaving ____ young crows in ____ field.

Упр. 49. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

1. Is this ____ interesting book? Is this ____ very interesting book? Is this ____ very interesting book you have spoken about so much? It is such ____ interesting book. Is it ____ same book you have recommended to us? 2. She is ____ teacher. She is ____ good teacher. She is ____ teacher of our school. She is ____ teacher of ____ English. Here is ____ teacher, ask her about ____ question which interests you. 3. There is ____ word in ____ text which I cannot understand. There is ____ very difficult word, too, which I cannot pro nounce. Here is ____ word I was looking up in the dictionary. This word is ____ adverb. 4. ____ first men wore vegetarians. 5. Serfdom was abolished in ____ Russia in ____ 19th century. 6. Columbus, who discovered ____ America, was ____ native of ____ Genoa, 7. ____ Rome is ____ ancient town. 8. ____ Ireland, .., Scotland and ____ Wales are parts of ____ United Kingdom.

Упр. 50. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

____ Russia is such ____ large country that when it is night in one part of ____ country, it is day in another part, when it is winter in one part of ____ country, it is already summer in another. Imagine it is ____ beginning of ____ May now. It is spring in ____ St. Petersburg. ____ weather is fine. It is still cool at ____ night, but it is quite warm in ____ afternoon. It sometimes rains, but ____ rain is warm, too. ____ ground is covered with ____ soft green grass, and ____ trees are covered with ____ green leaves. But while it is spring in St. Petersburg, it is still winter in ____ north of our country at ____ beginning of ____ May, Here it is cold and sometimes frosty, ____ rivers and ____ seas are covered with ____ ice. ____ ice does not melt in some places even in summer. ____ ground is covered with ____ deep snow. In ____ south of our country ____ weather is quite different. It is already summer in ____ Caucasus and in ____ Crimea. It is much warmer than in St. Petersburg. It is sometimes even hot. ____ sky is usually cloudless and it seldom rains here. People wear ____ summer clothes.

Упр. 51. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

____ train stopped at ____ little station. ____ passenger looked out of the window of ____ train carriage and, saw ____ woman selling ____ cakes. ____ man had not had.' ____ breakfast in ____ morning. He was hungry and wanted to buy ____ cake. ____ woman was standing rather far from ____ carriage. ____ man did not want to go and buy ____ cake himself because he was afraid to miss ____ train. He saw ____ boy who was walking along ____ platform near ____ carriage. He called ____ boy and asked him: «How much does ____ cake cost?» «Three pence, sir,» answered ____ boy. ____ man gave him a sixpence and said: «Bring me ____ cake, and with ____ other three pence buy ____ cake for yourself.» ____ boy took ____ money and went to ____ woman. A few minutes later ____ boy returned. He was eating ____ cake. He gave ____ man three pence change and said: « ____ woman had only one cake, sir.»

Запомните следующее застывшее словосочетание:

Thefact is (was) that ____

Обратите внимание на употребление артикля со словом other(другой):

another— другой (неопределенный), какой-то другой, еще один (во множественном числе или перед неисчисляемым существительным — other.)

theother— другой (определенный), тот другой, другой из двух.

Упр. 52. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

____ group of ____ farmers were sitting in ____ village house, and among ____ other things they began talking about ____ echoes. One of ____ farmers said that there was ____ wonderful echo in ____ field near his farm where there was ____ large group of ____ trees. All ____ other farmers said that they would like to hear ____ echo, and ____ farmer invited them to come ____ next afternoon. But ____ fact was that ____ farmer did not really have ____ echo he had told ____ other farmers about. So when he came ____ home, he sent for ____ son of ____ cook and told him to go to ____ field, hide himself among ____ trees and imitate everything that was said. ____ next day ____ other farmers came, and ____ farmer took them to ____ field to listen to ____ wonderful echo. When they were in ____ field, he shouted at ____ top of his yoice: «Are you there?» The answer came back: «Yes, I've been here for two hours!»

Упр. 53. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

It was ____ nice summer day. ____ weather was fine, ____ sun was shining in ____ blue sky, ____ air was fragrant with ____ smell of ____ grass and ____ flowers. ____ dog which was running about ____ streets of ____ little town saw ____ butcher's ____ stall with ____ lot of ____ meat. ____ dog cautiously approached ____ stall and, when ____ butcher turned away to talk to ____ woman, quickly seized ____ big piece of ____ meat and ran away with it. On ____ way home ____ dog had to cross ____ stream by ____ narrow bridge. As he was crossing,£ he looked down into ____ stream and saw his reflec tion in ____ water. He though it was ____ other dogf with ____ other piece of ____ meat. He snapped at ____ reflection and dropped his own piece of ____ meat. That's how ____ dog was punished for ____ greediness.

Запомните следующиезастывшие словосочетания:

after a while

from place to place

Упр. 54. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

____ guide was once showing ____ group of ____ rich American tourists ____ places of ____ interest in ____ little town in ____ south of ____ Italy. He took ____ tourists from ____ place to ____ place, but as ____ town was small, after ____ while ____ guide could not think of anything that might be of ____ interest to ____ Americans. «Tell us something unusual about ____ weather or ____ climate of this place,» said ____ American lady to ____ guide. «What can I tell her about our climate?» thought ____ guide. Then he had ____ idea. «Well,» he said, «there is one unusual thing about our climate. One can easily notice that the wind here always blows from ____ west.» «Really?» said ____ lady in ____ surprised tone: «What ____ interesting thing!» But ____ other tourist said: «You must be wrong. Look! ____ wind is blowing from ____ east now!» At ____ first moment ____ guide did not know what to say. But he was ____ clever man and soon found ____ way out. «Oh,» he said, «is that so? Well, then it must be ____ west wind coming back.»

Запомните следующие застывшие словосочетания:

It was morning

It was night

It was daytime

It was evening

Упр. 55. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

Once ____ Frenchman was travelling in ____ Sweden. He stopped at ____ hotel in ____ little Swedish town. It was ____ evening, ____ man was tired, so he went to ____ bed at once. In ____ morning he had ____ breakfast in ____ hotel restaurant. After ____ breakfast he went for ____ walk. He walked along ____ streets of ____ town, visited ____ museum and ____ shops. Presently he felt hungry and dropped into ____ cafe for ____ lunch. He sat down at ____ table, called ____ waiter and ordered ____ mushrooms. But ____ Frenchman did not know ____ Swedish and ____ waiter did not know ____ French. Nobody in ____ cafe could speak ____ French. Then ____ Frenchman took ____ piece of ____ paper and ____ pencil and drew the picture of ____ mushroom. ____ waiter looked at ____ picture and left ____ room at once. Five minutes later he returned with ____ umbrella.

Запомните следующиезастывшие словосочетания:

at sunrise at sunset

in the country to the country

by bus by tram by train by car

in town to town

Упр. 56. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

On ____ Sunday our family went to ____ country. We got up at ____ sunrise and quickly had ____ breakfast. After ____ breakfast we left ____ home. There is ____ little village not far from ____ St. Petersburg where we have ____ friends. We went thereby ____ train. We had ,.. very good time in ____ country. ____ weather was fine. ____ sky was blue and ____ sun was shining. We stayed out of ____ doors all ____ day long. We played ____ volley-ball and ____ tennis. We returned to ____ town late in ____ evening. When we came ____ home, we had ____ supper and went to ____ bed at once.

Запомните следующие застывшие словосочетания:

in spring inS summer

in autumn in winter

Упр. 57. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

1. Look at ____ sky. It is covered with ____ dark clouds. Let's hurry ____ home. 2. It was very pleasant to live in ____ country in ____ summer. ____ weather was fine and it seldom rained. Summer is ____ fine season. 3. How lovely ____ night is! There are no ____ clouds in ____ sky and ____ air is so fresh, 4. When spring comes, ____ sun shines brighter, ____ snow melts, ____ days become longer. 5. Winter is ____ good time for sports. 6. On ____ Sunday my friend and I usually go to ____ country. We ski, skate, play ____ snowballs and have ____ very good time. 7. ____ fog is so dense that it is difficult to walk. 8. My friend is ____ very good chess-player. 9. In ____ summer we lived in ____ country and went up to ____ town by ____ train. 10. Tomorrow is ____ Sunday. If it is too hot in ____ town, we shall go to ____ country. And on ____ Monday we shall come back.

Упр. 58. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

Mr. Jones was ____ teacher of ____ physics at ____ school, He was fond of the experimental method in ____ physics and often told his pupils to use this method. One day Mr. Jones came to ____ school on ____ new bicycle. ____ bicycle had ____ pair of ____ pneumatic tyres, which had just been invented, and none of ____ pupils had ever seen them. During ____ lesson ____ teacher took ____ pupils into ____ school yard and showed them ____ new invention. «Now, ____ children,» he said, «who can tell me what is inside this tyre that makes it so hard and yet so elastic?» ____ boys touched ____ tyres. « ____ cotton-wool,» said one of them. « ____ steel springs,» said ____ other. «Oh no,» said ____ teacher, «you are wrong.» Suddenly ____ little boy, who was standing beside ____ bicycle, cried out, looking very happy: «I know what it is! There's ____ wind inside.» Mr. Jones smiled and said: «You are right: there's ____ air inside. But how did you find it out?» «Well, I used ____ experimental method,» said ____ boy: «I stuck ____ nail into ____ tyre, and some wind came out of it.» For ____ first time in his life Mr. Jones did not like ____ use of ____ experimental method.

Упр. 59. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

1. I bought ____ new hat yesterday. ____ shop-assistant said it was ____ latest style. 2. I want to ask you to accompany rne to ____ shop. I must buy ____ dress. 3. Where did you buy this overcoat? — I bought it at ____ big store in Nevsky Prospect on ____ Tuesday. 4. My sister bought ____ blue hat on ____ Wednesday. ____ colour suits her very nicely as she has got ____ blue eyes. 5. I must buy ____ pair of ____ new gloves. 6. Where is ____ shoe department? — It is on ____ third floor, 7. I think ____ coat is a little tight. 8. We came to ____ big store to find out if we could have ____ suit made to order. 9. I don't like ____ hat you have chosen. ____ colour is not becoming to you. 10. Here is ____ department of ready-made clothes. Let's go in and see if we can buy ____ nice pair of ____ trousers for you. 11. I am going to give him ____ tie as ____ birthday present.

Упр. 60. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

I knew ____ man who had travelled very much in his life. He had visited many ____ countries in ____ east and in ____ west. He loved ____ children and often told them ____ interesting stories. I remember some of ____ stories which he told me. One of ____ stories was about ____ adventure he had had in ____ London. He was ____ young man at that time and was interested in ____ history of ____ architecture. One day he visited one of ____ towers of ____ Houses of ____ Parliament. He came out on to ____ balcony of ____ tower and began to look at ____ ornaments on ____ walls. Then he climbed up on ____ roof. Suddenly ____ man came running to him and seized him by ____ arm. He began shouting something in ____ English, but my friend knew only a few words of ____ English and did not understand him. ____ Englishman called ____ policeman. ____ fact was that he thought that ____ Russian tourist wanted to kill himself by jumping from ____ top of ____ tower. Later, when everything became clear, they laughed ____ lot over it.

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1. Everyone in our country knows Lomonosov, ,.. founder of ____ first Russian university. 2. Nekras-ov. ____ famous Russian poet, described ____ life of ____ Russian peasants. 3. I don't want to miss ____ concert which will take place at ____ Philharmonic on .,. 15th of ____ April. 4. He graduated from ____ uni versity six years ago. Now he is ____ scientist. And though he is ____ young scientist, his name is well known. 5. My aunt is ____ teacher of ____ physics. 6, Yesterday I read ____ book by Dickens, ____ famous English writer. 7. I am sorry, I don't know ____ way to ____ nearest cafe: I am ____ stranger here myself. 8. ____ town I was born in is on ____ Volga. 9. Who is ____ author of this book? 10. ____ quarter of ____ hour was left before ____ beginning of ____ concert. We entered ____ hall and saw ____ group of ____ pupils of our school. We joined them. 11. During ____ vacation I attended some interesting lectures. I remember two of ____ lectures best of all. They were about ____ Russian music. 12. I am sure he won't stay in ____ town for ____ vacation. 13. Two weeks are left before ____ end of ____ school year. ____ examinations are coming. On ____ first of ____ June we shall take ____ examination in ____ literature. 14. Today is my day off. I am going to spend ____ day in ____ country. 15. My brother brought ____ new book yesterday. When I looked at ____ title, I was very glad: it was ____ book which I had wanted to get for ____ long time. 16. My sister is acquainted with ____ actor who played ____ leading part in ____ play you saw yesterday. 17. «What ____ river is ____ longest in ____ Europe?» «Why, what ____ strange question to ask! Any schoolboy can tell you that it is ____ Volga.» 18. I am afraid you will have ____ lot of ____ trouble with this business. 19. ____ day was not bright yesterday. ____ sky was covered with ____ clouds.

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...English king Richard the Lion Heart was ____ tall, strong man. He was very proud of his strength and liked to show ____ people how strong he was. Once, as he was riding on ____ horseback in ____ coun try-side, his horse lost ____ shoe. Luckily he was not far from ____ village and soon he found ____ blacksmith. «Give me ____ good horseshoe,» he said to ____ man. ____ blacksmith gave ____ king ____ horseshoe. Richard took it in his hand and broke it in two. «This horseshoe is no good,» he said, «give me ____ better one.» ____ blacksmith did not say ____ word. He gave ____ king ____ other horseshoe, but Richard broke it, too. The blacksmith gave him a third shoe. This time Richard was satisfied and ordered ____ black- smith to shoe his horse. When ____ work was done, Richard offered ____ man ____ coin. ____ blacksmith took ____ coin between his fingers and broke it in two. Now it was Richard's turn to be surprised. He took ____ larger coin out of his pocket and handed it to ____ blacksmith. ____ man broke it, too, saying: «This coin is no good, give me ____ better one.» Richard smiled and gave ____ man ____ gold coin.

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to go on strike to be on strike

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Many years ago ____ London theatre performed ____ play in which there was ____ great storm on the sea. In those days ____ theatres had no ____ machines. That is why ____ manager engaged ____ several boys to make ____ waves of ____ sea. They jumped up and down under ____ big piece of ____ sea-green cloth. ____ boys received ____ shilling ____ night for their work. They worked for ____ several weeks. But then ____ manager decided to pay them less ____ money — only six pence ____ night. So ____ boys decided to go on.., strike. During ____ performance, when ____ storm be gan, when ____ wind blew and it was raining, ____ sea remained calm — there was not ____ single wave on it. ____ angry manager lifted one corner of ____ «sea» and said to ____ boys: «Make ____ waves, ____ boys, make ____ waves!» «Do you want ____ waves for ____ shilling or for sixpence?» asked ____ boy in ____ loud voice, «Oh, for ____ shilling,» answered ____ manager. ____ boys began to jump up and down, and did it so well, that ____ storm looked quite real

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toset S sail

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In ____ fifteenth century ____ people knew only three continents: ____ Europe, ____ Asia and ____ Africa. They knew nothing about such ____ big continent as ____ America. ____ man who discovered ____ America was born in 1451 in ____ Italy. His name was Christopher Columbus. He became ____ sailor at ____ early age. Knowing that ____ earth was round, he decided to reach ____ India sailing to ____ west. He tried to arrange ____ expedition, but did not have ____ money, and nobody wanted to help him. At last ____ king of ____ Spain gave him ____ money for ____ expedition. He set ____ sail in 1492. ____ voyage was very dangerous and difficult. On ____ 12th of ____ October his ship reached ____ land. When they landed, they saw ____ strange trees and ____ flowers. ____ men and ____ women with ____ olive-coloured skins gathered around ____ sailors and looked at them with ____ great surpriseColumbus was sure that he had discovered ____ new way to ____ India. Some time later ____ other sailor reached ____ America. ____ name of ____ sailor was Amerigo Vespucci. He understood that it was ____ new continent.

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1. My brother read to me ____ extract from ____ book which he had brought ____ day before. ____ main character of ____ book is ____ young doctor who went to ____ distant village in ____ Siberia. 2. ____ weather was very bad in ____ October. 3. When he came into ____ room, he saw ____ man sitting on ____ sofa. He at once remembered that it was ____ man he had seen

at ____ theatre ____ night before. 4. Yesterday I saw ____ film you are speaking about. 5. He took ____ taxi and gave ____ address to ____ driver. 6. Tower Bridge is ____ first bridge over ____ Thames coming from ____ sea. Built in 1894, it is ____ suspension-bridge. ____ central portion of it can be opened to admit ____ ships to ____ docks in this part of ____ river. When ____ ship arrives, ____ traffic is stopped and ____ great bridge opens in ____ centre: its two halves go up into ____ air and ____ ship passes through.

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____ room in which ____ boys were fed was ____ large stone hall, with ____ copper at one end, out of which ____ cook took ____ gruel which he put into each bowl at ____ meal-times. Each boy had one portion of ____ gruel, and no more, and on ____ Sundays they had two ounces and ____ quarter of ____ bread besides. ____ bowls never needed washing — ____ boys polished them with their spoons till they shone again. At last ____ boys got so wild with ____ hunger that one boy said he was afraid he would some night eat ____ boy who slept. next to him. ____ boys believed him. ____ council was held. Oliver was chosen to go up to ____ cook that evening after ____ supper and ask for more. ____ evening arrived, and ____ boys took their places. ____ cook stood at ____ copper. ____ gruel was served out and disappeared. Then Oliver rose from ____ table and advancing to ____ cook, said in ____ weak voice: «Please, sir, I? want some more.» ____ cook was ____ healthy man, but he turned pale. «What?» said he in ____ trembling voice. ____ man could not believe his ears.

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____ Africa is ____ very large continent lying to ____ south of ____ Europe and to ____ south-west of ____ Asia to which it is joined by ____ Isthmus of Suez. Less than one hundred years ago ____ men knew almost nothing of ____ middle of ____ continent. ____ travellers from ____ Europe made ____ long journeys into ____ centre but they met with ____ terrible difficulties, for ____ continent is covered with ____ forests full of ____ fearful wild animals. Some travellers died of .., hunger or ____ thirst or ____ strange illnesses, ____ others were killed by ____ lions, still ____ others by ____ natives; but nevertheless bold men were found ready to go along ____ rivers into ____ heart of ____ Africa. The merchants who came from ____ European countries had much to sell, and here were ____ millions of ____ people ready to buy; here was ____ country, ____ richness of which was unimaginable.

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the restofthe...

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In the old days it was necessary for all ____ parts of ____ city to be close together, in order that ____ defensive wall might surround it, and ____ streets, therefore, were made as narrow as possible. Many ____ European cities began with ____ walls round them. But in ____ America there was little need for ____ defensive walls, and that's why many ____ American cities have been built on ____ regular plan, modified a little according to ____ natural surroundings, .. streets in ____ American cities, instead of having ____ names, are numbered, and so when one has once understood ____ plan of ____ American city, it is very easy to find one's way from one part of it to ____ other. ____ old part of ____ New York lies in ____ southern half of ____ Manhattan Island, and there ____ streets are narrow and twisted, as in ____ towns of. ____ old world. But ____ rest of ____ streets, with but few exceptions, all run in ____ straight lines. There is олеstreet in ____ city, however, that does not follow ____ straight line. And that is Broadway, ____ New York's most famous street. It starts within sight of ____ dancing waters of ____ harbour and runs between tall skyscrapers in ____ north-western direction. This great street is ____ longest in ____ world.

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in a day in a week

in а month in a year

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«Is there ____ post-office near ____ house you live in?»«

»Yes, there is. Go t6 ____ corner of ____ street along which ____ trams run. Then turn to ____ left and walk...I short distance down ____ street. Do not cross ____ street, of course. You will see ____ sign over ____ door which says «Post-and-Telegraph Office.»

«Thank you very much. I am sure I shall find if without ____ difficulty. I must buy ____ stamps, send ____ telegram and ask whether they receive ____ parcels there. I want to send ____ parcel to ____ old friend, It will be her birthday in ____ week. Perhaps you can tell me where I can find ____ shop that sells ____ nice things that one can give as ____ presents?»

«Yes, certainly. There's ____ very good shop not' far from here. You can easily walk there in a few minutes. Go straight down ____ street that you will see directly in ____ front of you when you come out of ____ Post-office till you. come to ____ wide street along which ____ buses and ____ trolley-buses run. Then turn to ____ left again and almost immediately you will come to ____ beautiful shop with ____ big windows full of all sorts of ____ things. I am sure you will find ____ nice presents there.»

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for life a great deal

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Until near ____ end of ____ 19th century it was the law in ____ England that if ____ man was unable to pay ____ debt, even ____ small one, he could be imprisoned. This imprisonment might very well be for ____ life, as it was impossible for ____ people in prison to work at their ordinary occupations and so make ____ money to repay ____ sum they had borrowed. If they had ____ friends who could bring them ____ materials to work with, they might work with their hands, sewing or making ____ boots, for instance.

____ great English novelist Charles Dickens knew ____ great deal about the debtors' prisons from personal experience, for when he was about ten, his father was imprisoned for debt, and ____ whole family had to go arid live with him in ____ prison because they had nowhere else to live. ____ mother and ____ children, however, could leave ____ place when they wished; but at ten o'clock every evening ____ great gates were shut for the night, and no one could leave or enter until morning. Dickens described ____ life in the debtors' prisons in some of his novels. It was largely because of Dickens' sharp criticism that ____ English Government was finally forced to do away with ____ debtors' prisons.

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At ____ beginning of ____ 19th century ____ little boy was born in ____ family of John Dickens, ____ clerk at ____ office in ____ Portsmouth, and was named Charles. He had ____ sister who was older than himself, arid there were several other children in ____ family. When Charles was seven, he was sent to ____ school. He was not ____ strong child. He did not like to play ____ cricket or .. football and spent all his free time reading. In 1821 ____ family went to ____ London, and little Charles left behind him ____ happiest years of his childhood. His father was in ____ money difficulties, and ____ family became poorer and poorer. ____ boy hadto give up his studios. Mr. Dickens was put into ____ debtors' prison. Little Charles learned to know all ., horrors and cruelty of ____ large capitalist city. He had to go to work at ____ blacking factory. He worked there from ____ morning till ____ night. When his father came out of prison, Charles was sent to ____ school for some time. Soon he got work as ____ clerk. Then he learned ____ stenography and became ____ reporter; in Parliament. In 1836 at ____ age of 24 Charles Dick-1 en? published his first book. It was ____ collection of ____ stories. ____ title of ____ book was «Sketches by Boz.» There were followed by «Pickwick Papers» and «Oliver Twist» and many other famous novels. Charles Dickens is one of ____ greatest writers of ____ 19th. century. His novels are now translated into most languages of ____ world.

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'William Shakespeare, ____ greatest English playwright, was born in 1564 in ____ Stratford-upon-Avon in ____ England. ____ Stratford is ____ small country town in ____ farming district near ____ centre of ____ England. ____ Avon, which is ____ pretty river with ____ grass and ____ trees all along its banks, runs through ____ Stratford, Not much is known of ____ Shakespeare's father. He was ____ farmer who, at ____ different times of his life, sold ____ meat and bought and sold ____ wool. He was poor and was often in ____ money difficulties. Very little is known about ____ life of his only son William also. ____ little house in which ____ great writer was born still stands. It is now ____ museum. William went to ____ school in ____ Stratford. In 1586 he went to ____ London. Probably ____ first work he did there was at one of the two theatres that there were in ____ London at that time. Then he became ____ actor and soon began to write ____ plays for ____ company of actors to which he belonged. Shakespeare bought ____ largest house in his home town in 1597, but he did not spend much time there till 1610. He spent ____ last years of his life mostly in ____ Stratford, but he often visited ____ London. He died in 1616.

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1. George Bernard Shaw, ____ well-known English playwright, was born in ____ Ireland in 1856. He was ____ son of ____ clerk and had to begin working at ____ early age. At ____ age of twenty he moved to ____ London where he became ____ journalist.

2. ____ play «Widowers' Houses» shows ____ egoism and hypocrisy of some businessmen who got their profits from ____ London slums where ____ poorest people lived.

3. While travelling in ____ Germany Harry Trench, ____ young English doctor, got acquainted with Mr. Sartorius, ____ respectable-looking gentleman, and his daughter Blanche. ____ young people fell in love with each other and were going to get married. Trench knew that Sartorius was rich, but he did not know what ____ kind of ____ property he had. He learned about it from ____ conversation with Lickcheese, Sartorius' rent collector. It turned out that Sartorius was ____ owner of some tenement houses in the London slums, and that all ____ property he had was built by getting ____ money out of ____ poor people who lived there. Trench was greatly shocked. He did not want to take ____ money from Blanche's ialher. But Blanche said she could not live on ____ small income Trench had. They had ____ quarrel, and Trench left ____ house. After some time Trench learned that ____ land on which Sartorius' houses were built belonged to Trench's aunt and that he himself was living on ____ money got in ____ same way. Everything comes out «all-right» in ____ end: Trench marries Blanche and becomes ____ partner in Sartorius' business. The author shows that in ____ fact Trench is no better than Sartorius, Lickcheese and the like.

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During ____ American War of ____ Independence, ____ commander of ____ small unit of soldiers was giving ____ orders to his men about ____ heavy cannon that they were trying to lift to its place at ____ top of some fortifications. It was almost beyond their power to lift ____ weight, and ____ commander kept shouting ____ encouraging words. ____ officer, not in uniform, was passing by, and he asked ____ commander why he did not help ____ soldiers. Greatly surprised, ____ man turned round and said proudly: «Sir, I am ____ corporal!» «Oh, you are, are you?» replied ____ officer: «I did not know that. I beg your pardon, Mr. Corporal.» Then he got off ____ horse he was riding and, taking hold of ____ rope that ____ men were pulling at, he pulled with all his strength. And when ____ cannon was in its place, he turned to ____ little great man and said: «Mr. Corporal, when you have ____ other job like this and have not enough ____ men, send for your commander-in-chief, and I shall gladly come and help you.» ____ corporal was struck with ____ astonishment. ____ man who had helped his soldiers was George Washington.

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Robert Burns, ____ son of ____ small farmer in Ayrshire, was born on ____ 25th of ____ January, 1759. His parents were poor, so that Burns could not get a good education. He worked hard as ____ plough boy. He was fond of reading and always had ____ ballad-book before him at ____ dinner. After ____ death of his father Robert and his brother and sisters took over ____ farm together. Working in ____ fields Burns wrote many wonderful songs. However, things became so bad on ____ farm, that ____ poet decided to go to ____ Jamaica hoping to get ____ job on ____ plantation there. Luckily some friends helped Burns to publish ____ book of poems. ____ book was noticed and praised highly. In 1786 Burns went to ____ Edinburgh, and his book of poems unlocked ____ doors of ____ rich Edinburgh houses to a peasant with such a wonderful talent. In 1788 he married Jean Armour and spent ____ peaceful and happy year. ____ rest of his life-story is ____ tale of ____ poet's hardships. ____ hard life ruined ____ poet's health, and on ____ 21st of ____ July, 1796 he died at ____ age of thirty-seven.