The Article Test 2

1. ____ African cheetah is believed to be ____ fastest animal on ____ earth.

A An, the, the C ____, ____, ____

B The, ____, ____ D The, the, ____

2. ____ most cats hunt in ____ dim light, but they also hunt in ____ dark and in ____ daylight.

A ____, ____, the, ____

B The, the, the, the

C ____, ____, ____

D The, the, ____, the

3. ____ Captain Cook reached ____ Cape of Good Hope in ____ spring of 1771 and sailed via ____ St. Helena in the South Atlantic before arriving in England in July 1771.

A The, the, ____, the C The, ____, ____, the

B ____, the, the, ____ D ____, ____, the, ____

4. We must organize ____ little dinner to celebrate ____ event. Tell her to come and see me at ____ noon. We’ll speak about it.

A ____, an , the C the, the, ____

B a, the, the, the D a, the, ____

5. She remained on desk until ____ midnight, and ____ following day she was carried up there again early in ____ morning.

A ____, ____, the, the C the, the. ____

B a, the, the D a, the, ____

6. On the second day of our voyage, before we reached ____ Zanzibar, ____ Camellia ran into ____ bad weather, and ____ most of the passengers became seasick.

A the, the, the, the

B ____, the, ____, ____

C ____, ____, a, the

D the, the, a, ____

7. Until the nineteenth century, ____ carpet was usually considered ____ work of ____ art and was made by hand.

A the, ____, ____, ____ C the, a, ____, ____

B a, a, the, ____ D a, ____, the, the

8. At last ____ war ended, but the transition from war to ____ peace was painful for both sides.

A the, the, the C a, a, a

B ____, ____, ____ D the, ____, ____

9. ____ morning after ____ morning of ____ late he has taken his walk in the same direction trying to see her again.

A A, a, the C ____, ____, ____

B The, the, ____ D A, a, ____

10. ____ common autumn phenomenon in ____ central and eastern USA and in ____ Europe is ____ Indian summer, a period of ____ unseasonably warm weather that sometimes occurs in ____ late September and October.

A The, the, the, the, the, ____

B A, the, ____, the, the, the

C A, ____, ____, ____, ____, the

D A, the, ____, ____, ____, ____

11. By ____ late 18^th century and ____ Captain Cook’s exploration of ____ southern Pacific, much of ____ world had been mapped.

A the, the, the, the

B ____, ____, ____, the

C the, ____, the, the

D the, ____, ____, ____

12. In 1620, ____ group of Leyden Puritans, 101 men, women and children, set our for ____, Virginia on ____ board ­­­­____ Mayflower.

A the, the, the, the C a, ____, a, the

B a, ____, ____, the D a, the, a, ____

13. At ____ zenith of their power in ____ Middle Ages craft guilds had ____ enormous power over their members.

A ____, the, ____ C a, ____, the

B the, the, an D a, the, ____

14. He was a page, that is ____ youth of ____ noble birth who left his family at ____early age to serve in the family of ____ man of ____ rank.

A ____, the, an, a, the

B a, ____, an, ____

C the, the, the, the, the

D a, a, an, a, ____

15. ____ dinosaur is a reptile that was ____ dominant land animal during ____ most of ____ Mesozoic Era but became ____ extinct at its close.

A The, the, the, the, the

B The, the, ____, the, ____

C A, a, ____, ____, ____

D A, the, the, the, the

16. Only ____ tiny percentage of ____ plant species are directly used by ____ humans for ____ food, shelter, fiber, and drugs.

A ____, ____, the, the C the, the, the, the

B a, ____, ____, ____ D a, the, ____, the

Test 3

1. ____ East End has frequently been characterized by ____ poverty, crime, and slums.

A The, the C ____, ____

B The, ____ D ____, the

2. The church calendar includes the fixed feasts, such as ____ Christmas, and ____ movable feasts, which depend on the date of ____ Easter.

A the, the, the C ____, ____, ____

B ____, the, ____ D the, ____, the

3. In 1722 several thousand Polynesians inhabited the island but ____ diseases and raids by slave trades reduced ____ number to fewer then 200 by ____ late 19^th century.

A the, the, ____ C ____, the, ____

B the, a, the D ____, the, the

4. The island was named by ____ Dutch explorer who landed here on ____ Easter Day in 1722.

A the, ____ C the, the

B a, ____ D the, an

5. Born is Salinas, California, Steinbeck was educated at ____ Stanford University. As ____ youth, he worked as ____ ranch hand and fruit picker.

A ____, a, a C the, the, the

B the, ____, ____ D ____, ____, a

6. ____ pearl is ____ abnormal growth resulting from the invasion of the body of the mollusk by ____ minute particle of foreign matter, such as ____ fine grain of sand.

A The, an, a, a C ____, the, ____, the

B A, ____, the, ____ D The, an, the, the

7. ____ jade has always been prized by ____ Chinese and Japanese as ____ most precious of all ____ stones.

A The, the, the, the C The, ____, the, ____

B ____, ____, ____, the D ____, the, the, ____

8. Sir Henry Morgan is said to have been kidnapped at Bristol when ____ boy and sold as ____servant on ____ West Indian island of Barbados.

A ____, ____, ____ C the, the, ____

B a, a, the D a, the, a

9. ____ wealth acquired from ____ trade enabled ____ upper classes to live in ____luxury.

A The, the, the, the C ____, ____, the, ____

B ____, ____, the, the D The, the, ____, _____

10. ____ cotton is still a principal raw material for ____ world’s textile industry, but its dominant position has been seriously eroded by ____ synthetic fibers.

A The, the, the C The, ____, ____

B ____, ____, the D ____, the, ____

11. ____ American inventors Elisha Grey and Alexander Graham Bell applied for ____ patent on ____ telephone on the same day.

A The, a, the C ____, a, a

B ____, the, the D The, the, ____

12. ____ jade is ____ highly valued gemstone used in ____ jewelry.

A The, the, ____ C ____, a, ____

B ____, the, the D The, a, the

13. ____ porcelain was ____ first made by ____ Chinese.

A The, ____, the C ____, ____, the

B The, the, ____ D ____, the, ____

14. ____ gold is extremely inactive. It is unaffected by ____ air, heat, moisture, and ____ most solvents.

A ____, ____, the

B The, the, ____

C ____, ____, ____

D The, ____, ____

15. ____ optical phenomena, such as rainbows and halos occur when ____ light shines through cloud particles.

A ____, ____ C The, the

B The, ____ D ____, the

16. ____ stone picked up by ____ child on the banks of ____ Orange River in ____ South Africa in 1866 was a big diamond.

A ____, a, the, the C ____, the, ____, the

B A, a, ____, ____ D A, a, the, ____

17. ____ E-mail and ____ Internet are ____ latest technologies that are spreading ____ American English

A ____, ____, ____, the C The, the, the, ____

B ____, the, the, ____ D The, ____, ____, the