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EXERCISES TO CHAPTER 1
papers sell well because they print, throughout ... day, ... latest
sports results. 6. ... kitchen door burst open and struck ... wall
with ... noise like ... pistol shot. 7. ... night air blew into ... room
and ... night had cleared to reveal ... star. 8. His squint-eyed
search of our hiding places reminded me of ... newspaper picture
puzzles. 9. Get me ... crime story to read on ... way. 10. That’s ...
danger moment, don’t you get it? 11. All ... offi cer patients in ...
ward were forced to censor ... letters by ... enlisted-men patients.
12. They all laughed and teased her about ... millionaire friend
she had. 13. He had also added ... grass porch over ... steps and ...
kitchen annex. 14. On my way home I noticed ... cab-driver crowd
gathered in front of P. J. Clark’s saloon. 15. I was carrying ... bottle of Irish whiskey like ... dinner bell. 16. She wanted him to give
up ... air traffi c control; to quit and choose some other occupation.
17. He glanced at ... wall clock above him and ran to where ...
departure deck of Cross-Canada Airlines stood barlike in a corner. 18. «Good evening», came ... stewardess’ sprightly voice over
... public address system. «Please, fasten ... safety belts». 19. I
am rushing off to Vancouver to keep ... business appointment.
20. Behind them, four supporters were pouring rye into ... paper
tumblers.
Fill in the blanks with proper articles before nouns 17.
modifi ed by nouns in the common case.
1. Dun peered ahead at ... night sky. «Better switch on ...
seat-belt sign, Pete», he suggested. 2. ... window wiper swished
rhythmically in a broad sweep from side to side. 3. ... instrument
dials seemed to recede until they were far away. 4. He got halfway through the message and cracked an order to ... telephone
operator: «Get me ... Air Traffi c Control quickly. Then clear ...
teletype circuit to Winnipeg. ... Priority message». The operator
nodded and picked up ... stand microphone from ... radio desk. 5.
Then there came ... anxious knocking on ... communication door.
6. «Well, let’s see if I can send ... distress call. What’s ... fl ight
number?» 7. ... city fi re department is bringing all ... equipment
they’ve got into ... precincts. 8. What’s up? Is it ... top emergency?
9. «Are you going to give him ... practice approaches?» put in the
controller. 10. Many companies have discovered that ... business
school diplomas are ... thin defense against ... incompetence. 11.
When we look back – in ... twenty years time – we’ll be staggered
at ... progress that’s been made. 12. He had ... lion courage to do
what seemed right to him. 13. Harold told him ... story of his life in
... full, round, head tones of ... public address system. 14. Bullard
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was entranced. «... intelligence analyzer», he said, «it analyzed
intelligence, did it?» 15. ... neighborhood children were warned
away, not to make any noise. 16. Edison checked ... whole thing,
and it was in ... apple-pie order. 17. ... motion-picture camera was
set up at ... border – to record ... fabulous victory. 18. ... school bell
was Kenny Stearn’s secret love. 19. ... frozen food salesman was
sitting at supper with his wife and young son. 20. At ... lesson
time Maurie rapidly tried ... nine times table and found he knew
approximately half.
Read the following story and insert the proper arti-18.
cles. Mind the use of articles with nouns modifi ed by
nouns in the common case. Express your opinion on
the problem raised in the text.
A-LEVELS or &1m?
David Bolton is pupil at Wilson’s, highly academic grammar
school in Wallington, Surrey. While his schoolmates are struggling with A-levels he’s trying to perform uneasy balancing act
between schoolwork and making his fi rst &1m from computer
consultancy. Now Bolton sells his own programs to property
fi rms and to doctors wanting to put their patients’ records on
disk.
«It’s quandary», said schoolboy, who has turned up for morn-
ing assembly in his Porsche 924. «Business opportunities may not
come again if I don’t seize them now but I don’t want to destroy
my parents’ dream of my achieving Cambridge degree». Bolton
has just made it clear to his father, hospital worker, that he will
quit unless school rules are modifi ed to allow him to attend business meetings. He’s already started to write persuasive letters
to companies offering himself as computer consultant – usually
omitting his age.
Fill in the blanks with the proper articles before nouns 19.
modifi ed by nouns in the possessive case.
1. ... Committee was always hard to move when it came to
repairing ... assistants’ houses. 2. So great indeed was their faith
in ... mother’s love that they felt they could afford to be callous
for a bit longer. 3. ... Women’s clothes today have plenty of ...
colour. 4. People, who have long lost ... most subtle of ... physical
senses, haven’t even proper terms to express ... animal’s intercommunications with his surroundings. 5. First he decides that
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he likes ... competitor’s truck better after all. 6. I can pay off the
bills, Spencer refl ected broodingly, but not both, even on ... manager’s pay. 7. Still Doris would keep young Evans on ... right
track; ... doctors’ wives were wonderful like that. 8. Waitressing
was ... least attractive part of ... stewardess’ duties. 9. Do you
think that you are ... only living thing that craves to hear ...
cuckoo’s note again? 10. Funny how people seem to fi nd comfort
in ... medical man’s words. 11. ... prospect of ... sales manager’s
appointment now seemed absurdly trivial and unimportant. 12.
He felt he should have done more for those poor kids, ... world’s
best. 13. «Keep it down, will you?» said he to ... controller’s as-
sistant who was talking on the telephone. 14. ... lights of ... air-
port seemed pathetically small and far away, like ... child’s carelessly discarded string of red and amber beads. 15. Two Polgar
sisters – Judit, who won ... men’s international master status at
11, and Zsofi , who became ... women’s grandmaster at 13, have
subverted some old psychological explanations of ... women’s inferiority in top-level chess. 16. Eight soldiers ran ... regimental
brewery and supplied six gallons of beer ... day to ... commanding offi cer’s household. 17. As you haven’t ... least idea what ...
woman’s real life is like, you’d better keep still. 18. You’ve been
living in ... fool’s paradise, and now, having got yourself out of it
by ... tonight’s efforts, you’re busy building yourself ... fool’s hell
to live in. 19. She will be rich in ... possession of ... good man’s
heart, and that is better than ... fortune. 20. They have been
planning it out on the ship: ... mother’s rapture, ... father’s joy,
Nana’s leap through ... air to embrace them fi rst. 21. I struggled with ... child’s blindness added to ... student’s thirst for ...
knowledge. 22. I entered into ... search of ... philosopher’s stone
and ... elixir of life.
Fill in the blanks with the proper articles before nouns 20.
modifi ed by nouns in the possessive case.
1. Even ... stern captain’s stony face smiled at ... boy. 2. He
packed ... simple meal in ... luncheon-basket, remembering ...
stranger’s origin and preferences. Thus laden, he returned with
all speed, and blushed for ... pleasure at ... old seaman’s commen-
dations of his taste. 3. ... voice died away and ceased, as ... insect’s
tiny trumpet dwindles into silence. 4. He overtook ... horse, cast
off ... tow-rope, jumped lightly on ... horse’s back and urged it to
a gallop. 5. It’s beneath ... man’s dignity to listen to ... rumours.
6. She made ... sensible resolution to be contended with ... simple
wardrobe which suited ... poor man’s daughter. 7. He was grow-
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ing very fast and had ... young man’s hatred of ... subjection, ...
young man’s restless longing to try ... world for himself. 8. We
were married in ... St. Andrew’s Church. 9. You seem to imagine
that ... time of ... woman journalist in London is far more precious
than that of ... senior mistress at ... large girls’ public school. 10. I
don’t blame you, Madge. But for ... Lord’s sake, be human tonight.
11. It was quite deliberate on your part. It was jealousy of ... girl’s
possible happiness or just ... cheer, nasty female mischief. 12. I
don’t expect now to see ... penny of ... father’s money, and please
don’t expect to see any of mine. 13. There’s nothing mysterious or
scandalous about this business and obviously it has nothing to do
with ... wretched girl’s suicide. 14. You are ... member – ... prominent member – of ... Women’s Charity Organization, aren’t you?
15. He was treated in ... veteran’s hospital near Lake Placid. 16.
Billy was ... chaplain’s assistant in ... war. ... chaplain’s assistant
is customarily ... fi gure of fun in ... American army. 17. ... bullet-
proof Bible is ... Bible small enough to be spilled into ... soldier’s
breast pocket. 18. ... Americans, with Billy among them, formed
... fools’ parade on ... road outside. 19. He was under ... doctor’s
orders to take ... nap every day. 20. «So!» said Edison to Sparky.
«... man’s best friend, huh? Dumb animal, huh?»
Fill in the blanks with the proper articles. Mind the 21.
use of the possessive case with nouns denoting time
references.
1. What a fl op! I’ve just wasted ... two weeks’ work. 2. The
explorers returned home after ... year’s absence. 3. Naturally I
cherish my car as she cost me ... six months’ salary. 4. The tournament will begin in ... two weeks’ time. 5. Hurry up! The lesson starts in ... minute’s time. 6. I’ll return your book in ... two
days’ time. 7. ... captain had almost completed his rounds and
was enjoying ... few moments’ relaxed conversation with one of ...
passengers. 8. I won’t be late with the project, it’s ... day’s work
for me. 9. After ... moment’s pause the discussion went on even
more furiously. 10. I really think I ought to go. It’s at least half
... hour’s run to ... Pattersons. 11. In ... month’s time ... situation
was pretty much the same. 12. There was ... rustle behind them,
proceeding from ... wherein ... last year’s leaves still clung thick.
13. There was ... clang, ... instant’s suspense, and ... cage dropped.
14. They were returning across country after ... long day’s outing,
hunting and exploring. 15. He curled himself in ... straw, and had
... excellent night’s rest and ... pleasantest of dreams. 16. To all
appearances ... summer’s pomp was still at ... fullest height. 17.
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I’m afraid there’s ... heavy morning’s work in front of you. 18. ...
last week’s storm cost a lot of damage. 19. Last night I only had ...
two hours’ sleep. 20. My head aching severely I didn’t go to ... yesterday’s concert. 21. As my trip was to be of ... few hours’ duration
only, I made no endeavors to become acquainted with my fellow
passengers. 22. In ... spring when ... winter’s snow had melted, he
wandered in ... neighborhood looking for his bird.
Fill in the blanks with the proper articles. Mind the 22.
use of the possessive case with nouns denoting inanimate objects.
1.What is ... European Community’s policy about this? 2. We’ll
never solve ... Easter Island’s mysteries. 3. We stood near ... cliff’s
edge enjoying ... landscape. 4. ... Post-war Germany’s recovery
was a miracle. 5. ... London’s theatres are justly famous through
the world. 6. What’s the book about? – It’s a collection of ... United Nations’ resolutions. 7. Have you got any idea about ... Labour
Party’s policy? 8. Did you read ... Times’ leader on that problem?
9. I agree with ... Economist’s point of view. 10. This new particle
accelerator is one of ... Europe’s proudest achievements. 11. What
about you, Madge? Are you still building Jerusalem – in ... England’s green and pleasant land? 12. The captain calculated, after
consulting ... ship’s chart, that they should strike ... Azores about
st
of June. 13. As he looked across ... river ... dark hole in ...
... 21
opposite bank, just above ... water’s edge caught his eye. 14. Do
you happen to know which is ... New York’s tallest skyscraper?
15. In midmost of ... stream, embraced in ... weir’s shimmering
arm spread, ... small island lay anchored, set round with ... Nature’s own orchard trees – ... crab-apple, wild cherry and sloe.
16. Sudden and magnifi cent, ... sun’s broad golden disc showed
itself over ... horizon. 17. We conducted him to ... water’s side
and placed securely in ... bottom of ... boat. 18. Do you approve
of ... government’s decision on this problem? 19. ... town’s only
cinema has recently closed down. 20. Tourism is ... region’s main
industry. 21. Later ... width of ... brook’s outlet from … lake has
suddenly shrunk thirty feet.
Fill in the blanks with the proper articles before nouns 23.
modifi ed by the infi nitive.
1. He was not ... man to be trifl ed with. 2. But now they felt it
was ... time to have ... things out with her. 3. Now that ... chance
offered he was seized with ... immense eagerness to profi t by it.
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4. They had ... great deal to say to one another. 5. Is it ... attempt
to cheer me out of ... state of misery? 6. Then he got ... telegram
from Sweden to say his father was dying. 7. Two days later I got
... reply to inform that they were starting at once. 8. I found ...
message from Joseph Elliott’s manservant, to tell me that Elliott
was ill in bed. 9. Yes, the Grahams were ... clan to be reckoned
with. 10. Both sides strongly denounced ... efforts to divide ... fortune in equal parts. 11. We had ... special problems to deal with.
12. She became ... fi rst woman to work in that mine. 13. There
are ... two things to remember in any court of ... justice. 14. They
again opposed ... real efforts to bring ... peace in Mid-east. 15. ...
attempt to summarize ... results will be made soon. 16. That’s ...
kind of ... night to watch, when ... trouble starts to brew. 17. It
doesn’t follow that everyone who ate fi sh will be affected. You
could be ... one to avoid trouble. 18. In the control room Treleaven
took ... opportunity to gulp some coffee. 19. He couldn’t think of ...
thing to say. No witticism; no adequate word of thanks. 20. There
was no blue sky nor ... bright sun to be seen.
Translate into English. Mind the use of articles with 24.
nouns modifi ed by the infi nitive.
1.Собрать вещи – вот, что нужно сделать в первую очередь.
2. Вот письма, на которые нужно обязательно ответить. 3. На
этот факт нужно обратить особое внимание. 4. Вот человек,
с которым можно поговорить на эту тему. 5. Он тяжелый
человек; с ним трудно иметь дело. 6. Я вижу, вы ищете предлог,
чтобы отказаться от своего обещания. 7. Вот статья, которую
нужно прочесть к следующему семинару. 8. Вы как раз тот
человек, который может помочь нам в этом вопросе. 9. Собака
выказывала явное намерение вырваться и убежать. 10. Он
дал согласие занять эту должность. 11. Все присутствующие
проявили желание перейти к следующему пункту повестки
дня. 12. Мне не нравится твоя привычка постоянно
оправдываться. 13. Спички – опасная игрушка для детей. 14.
Он не тот человек, который откажется помочь вам в трудной
ситуации. 15. Это минерал, который можно обнаружить
только в этой части страны. 16. Вот список лекарств, которые
нельзя отпускать без рецепта врача. 17. Эти проблемы нельзя
обсуждать в присутствии детей. 18. У него был при себе
небольшой чемоданчик, который следовало сдать в багаж. 19.
Все было в полном порядке, не к чему было придраться. 20.
У него были престарелые родители, о которых он вынужден
был заботиться.
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Fill in the blanks with the proper articles before nouns 25.
modifi ed by the present participle (Participle I).
1.Pringle’s stockings were splashed by ... passing taxi. 2. I
see ... vast lands stretching out before me, beckoning, and I’m
eager to travel them. 3. It was … arresting face, pointed of ...
chin, square of ... jaw. 4. ... continuing dispute appeared to be
as far from ... resolution as ever. 5. Street lights fl ashed past
them in ... ever quickening succession. 6. I recognized her for
... lobster boat, bringing ... catch from Sardinia. 7. You should
sterilize those instruments in ... boiling water. 8. ... thought re-
minded him of ... annoying two days he would have to wait for
confi rmation. 9. From ... kitchen ... sound of ... breaking glass
could be heard. 10. All day long he sat by ... running stream
deep in ... thought.11. In ... town she was always ... walking advertisement for ... goods she sold. 12. «Well, sir», he said, lifting
... knowing fi nger. 13. Then ... laughing words of Ashley came
back to her. 14. She raised ... inquiring eyebrow. 15. She blinked
around and singled out ... boy wearing spectacles. 16. The view
from there is very fi ne: ... trembling surface of ... River Woods, ...
fi fty unfolding miles of ploughed farmland. 17. She was so goodlooking with ... dark eyelashes resting on her cream-coloured
cheeks. 18. I looked intently at ... two boys waiting in ... hall but
couldn’t recognize any. 19. There was ... fi re still burning in ...
stove, which appeared ... great consolation for everyone. 20. He
unlocked ... box with ... trembling hands and peeped inside with
... inquiring eyes.
Fill in the blanks with the proper articles before nouns 26.
modifi ed by the past participle (Participle II).
1. In general ... educational system fi nanced by ... state is ...
two-tier one of ... primary and secondary schools. 2. He crossed ...
carpeted fl oor. 3. ... brief word may be said regarding ... material
used. 4. It is evident that ... parties concerned do not resort to ...
use of force. 5. ... problem is how to use ... energy released by ...
earthquakes. 6. Ginny gave ... harassed glance at ... papers on ...
deck. 7. Suddenly she gave ... piercing cry and fell headlong on
the fl oor. 8. He stopped fi rst at ... seats occupied by Spencer and
Baird. 9. Panic is ... thing unknown in such places. 10. ... young
men sparkled down ... ski slopes like ... airplanes caught in the
sun. 11. Earlier she had dispatched her maid on ... invented er-
rand. 12. She relapsed into ... infuriated silence. 13. ... girls were
sharing ... giggled confi dences. 14. They were sitting in ... dazed
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silence. 15. Then with ... muttered curse he turned and grabbed
... lever. 16. I rushed in time to fi nd ... wall splashed and ... shop
empty. 17. Meyerheim has ... fi ne gallery on ... moneyed side of
... Seine. 18. He stepped into ... corridor covered with ... carpet.
19. After a few months ... newly-organized union shop went out
on strike. 20. ... girl exited by his words rushed out of the room.
21. ... recently-published study called «Women on Top Jobs» exa-
mines why this should be so. 22. Arm in arm we descended to
... summer-burned, September-burnished fi eld. 23. He hurried
across ... square shaded by ... trees. 24. ... measure passed by ...
Senate took ... shape two years ago. 25. ... petrifi ed streamers of
... heat-faded leaves detached themselves from ... moistureless
sockets and fell on ... baked ground.
Match a word in column A with the most likely word in 27.
column B. Use the proper articles with nouns modifi ed
by the past participle. Make your own sentences with
these set phrases.
A. B.
1. spoilt 1. goods
2. paid 2. food
3. stolen 3. offerings
4. sworn 4. angel
5. frozen 5. head
6. forbidden 6. child
7. burnt 7. ship
8. fallen 8. fruit
9. shrunken 9. enemy
10. sunken 10. assistant
11. hidden 11. promise
12. broken 12. catch
Translate into English. Mind the use of articles with 28.
nouns modifi ed by the present and the past participle.
1. Они проезжали мимо фермеров, подстригающих
виноградники и собирающих спелые персики. 2. Время от
времени ты будешь получать письма, сообщающие о моем
местонахождении. 3. В доме был крытый проход, соединяющий
кухню с гаражом. 4. Как только войдешь в холл, увидишь
лестницу, ведущую в подвал. 5. Лошадь, скачущая впереди
всех, выиграла такую же гонку две недели назад. 6. Мы
подошли к человеку, стоявшему на углу, и спросили у него
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дорогу. 7. Он хотел написать книгу, которая бы подытожила
его впечатления о путешествии. 8. Больные, ожидающие врача
в приемной, проводили время в оживленной беседе. 9. Ты
участвуешь в конференции, проводимой в нашем Университете
на следующей неделе? 10. При виде накрываемого к ужину
стола у него прямо слюнки потекли. 11. Внезапно мы
услышали звук ключа, поворачиваемого в замке. 12. Стоящие
в воде цветы долго оставались свежими. 13. Попавшая в сеть
птица отчаянно пыталась вырваться. 14. В комнате стояла
тишина, прерываемая лишь шуршанием газеты в его руках.
15. Печальная мелодия, которую играл ресторанный оркестр,
напомнила ему о давно прошедшей юности. 16. Наконец-то мы
получили долгожданный ответ. 17. Он специализировался на
лечении легочных заболеваний, вызываемых угольной пылью.
18. В газетах появились сообщения об урагане, разрушившем
несколько рыбацких деревушек. 19. Мнения, выражаемые
критиками и публикой по поводу этого спектакля, совершенно
различны. 20. Сверху слышался шум передвигаемой мебели.
21. Я никак не могу забыть рассказанную им историю. 22.
Решение, принятое на экстренно созванном совещании, не
было единогласным. 23. Овощи, выращиваемые в теплице, не
так богаты витаминами, как овощи, растущие в естественных
условиях. 24. Он осматривался вокруг себя как человек,
вернувшийся домой после долгого отсутствия. 25. За поимку
сбежавшего из цирка дрессированного медведя была обещана
награда. 26. На сцене не было ничего кроме огромного рояля
и пианиста, неподвижно сидящего перед ним. 27. Мальчишки,
сидящие на заборе, были похожи на стаю ласточек на
проводах. 28. Он подошел к окну и прислушался к невнятным
голосам, доносящимся снаружи. 29. Красная комната была
практически нежилым помещением, в котором спали очень
редко. 30. Взглянув на записку, лежащую на столе, он тотчас
узнал почерк своего брата.
Fill in the blanks with the proper articles. Mind the 29.
use of articles with nouns modifi ed by the gerund.
1. We badly need ... new frying pan. 2. ... water out of this
tap isn’t fi t for cooking; it isn’t ... drinking water. 3. I want to
leave ... note; would you give me ... writing paper and ... pen?
4. ... boiling point of exasperation was reached last week. 5. ...
business world is full of ... successful men who live by knowing ...
difference between ... buying price and ... selling price. 6. Young
Jolyon, on ... point of leaving ... club, had put on his hat and was
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in ... act of crossing ... hall, as ... porter met him. 7. It was very
kind of you to have taken ... trouble of talking to him. 8. ... idea
of staying there for another fortnight was extremely exiting. 9.
There was ... little hope of his coming back. 10. In summer you’ll
have ... chance of swimming in our private pool. 11. At ... party
I had ... pleasure of being introduced to you sister-in-law. 12.
He very quickly got into ... habit of cutting other people off. 13.
We took ... precautions against being spied on. 14. ... guitar is ...
most perfect instrument for winning ... girls’ hearts. 15. What is
... most effective method of improving your pronunciation in ...
shortest possible time?
Translate the following attributive groups into Eng-30.
lish and use them in the sentences of your own. Mind
the use of articles with nouns modifi ed by the gerund.
1. без признаков повреждения; 2. боязнь подвести друзей;
3. мысль о том, что он допустил ошибку; 4. честь быть
приглашенным; 5. возражения против того, чтобы поднимать
этот вопрос; 6. возможность продвинуться по службе; 7.
чувство, что уже видел; 8. преимущество, что знал язык лучше
других; 9. признание того, что был не прав; 10. перспектива
работать под его руководством; 11. опыт вождения машины;
12. возможность добраться туда на машине; 13. восторг,
когда они узнали об этом; 14. удобный предлог, чтобы уйти
пораньше; 15. истинная причина его возвращения; 16. страх
быть разоблаченным; 17. методы обучения, принятые на
нашем факультете; 18. возможность во всем разобраться
самому; 19. надежда на спасение; 20. удовольствие от встречи
с друзьями.
Fill in the blanks with articles before nouns modifi ed 31.
by of-phrases.
1. It always seemed to them that there hung about ... house
... acrid smell of ... opium. 2. Later he was offered ... post in ...
legal department of ... republican government. 3. For ... more
complete understanding of ... elements their thorough study is
called for. 4. ... idea of Emma at Grayhallock was very hard to
tolerate. 5. ... role of ... deceived husband is diffi cult to play with
... dignity. 6. She smiled ... bright hot smile which was forgetful
of anything but ... memory of his mouth on hers. 7. His origin
recommended him to ... American ladies of ... title. 8. ... modern
research tends to emphasize ... role of ... liver in maintaining ...
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