Тренировочные упражнения

1. Не переводя предложений укажите, в каких случаях вместо точек по смыслу возможно поставить одно из слов: какой-то, какой-нибудь, один, любой, всякий, каждый, этот, тот.

Определите, какой артикль следовало бы поставить перед соответ­ствующим существительным в английском предложении.

1) Я хочу почитать. Есть ли у вас ... интересная книга? — Да, у меня есть ... очень интересная книга. 2) Где ... телеграмма, которую вы получили сегодня утром из Ленинграда? — Вот ... телеграмма, возьмите ее. 3) Когда я шел домой, я встретил ... человека, который нес ... большой мешок; ... человек шел очень медленно, так как ,.. мешок был тяжелым. 4) Я встре­тился с ними в .., маленьком городе недалеко от Киева. 5) Вам надо пого­ворить об этом с ... специалистом по этому вопросу. 6) Мне говорил об этом ... опытный врач. 7) ... ребенок должен заниматься физкультурой. 8) Вот ... статья, которой вы интересовались. 9) Я принес вам почитать ... интересный журнал. В нем есть ... статья о сельском хозяйстве, которая, я уверен, вас очень заинтересует. 10) Дайте мне ... карту. Я хочу вам показать ... город, где работает Лена. 11) Кто приходил без меня? — ... молодой человек с ... девушкой. ... молодой человек сказал, что они зайдут позже. 12) ... человек, который занимается физкультурой, обла­дает хорошим здоровьем. 13) На нашей улице есть ... дом, который по­строен ... известным русским архитектором. 14) Приходила сюда ... девушка около часа тому назад? — Да, я видела здесь ... девушку. ... девушка, ка­жется, поднялась наверх. 15) ... машина требует время от времени ремонта. 6) ... человек, который изучает ... иностранный язык, должен работать систематически. 17) Посмотрите! На крыше стоит ... мальчик. ... мальчик совсем маленький. Он держит ... палку; ... палка больше ... мальчика.

2. Вместо точек вставьте, где требуется, артикли a, an, the, или местоимения some, any. (см. Ключ)

1) My brother can drive ... car. 2) I got ... interesting book from our library.....librarian said that I could only keep it for ... week as ... teacher of English also wanted it. 3) ... man who sells .. . books in ... shop is called ... bookseller. 4) There is ... meeting in ... conference hall this evening. 5) When ... moon passes between ... earth and ... sun, ... eclipse results. 6) There is ... red book and ... green book on . .. table in ... dining room. Will you bring me ... green one, please? 7) Can you tell me how to get to ... theatre? Go straight down ... street until you come to ... bridge. Then turn to the right and you will see ... large white building. That is ... theatre. 8) He brought ... books from ... library. 9) ... department store is ... shop where all kinds of ... things are sold. 10) I know ... students from this insti­tute. 11) I want to write ... letter to my sister. Have you ... fountain pen? 12) ... low stone wall separated ... house from ... road. 13) He asked ... teacher . .. questions. 14) He received ... letters from Leningrad yesterday. 15) Are there ... pictures in this magazine? 16) He is reading "An American Tragedy", ... novel by Theodore Dreiser. 17) ... door opened and ... man entered ... room. He was ... man of about 50 years of age. 18) Has ... post­man come? I am expecting ... letter from my father. 19) I have received ... letter of great importance. 20) I have bought ... overcoat with ... fur collar. 21) ... dog, which was running with ... piece of meat, came to ... stream, over which there was ... little bridge. 22) This morning ... postman brought me ... letter without ... stamp. 23) ... large branch lay across our path.

3. Вместо точек вставьте, где требуется, артикли или местоимения some и any. (см. Ключ)

1) ... coal is one of ... most important natural resources of our country. 2) ... silver is not so heavy as ... gold. 3) ... iron is ... metal. 4) ... iron ore found in that mine is of high quality. 5) Please cut ... grass in the garden. 6) Pour ... milk into the cup, please. 7) ... milk which you bought in the mor­ning is in the kitchen. 8) We make ... butter and ... cheese from ... milk. 9) ... tea is very hot, I must put ... milk in it. 10) Buy ... tobacco, please. 11) ... windows let in ... light and ... air. 12) ... water which we drink in our towns is filtered at waterworks. 13) This district is very rich in ... coal. 14) Is your shirt made of ... silk or ... cotton? 15) This is ... bronze, … net and ... copper. 16) I don't like ... milk, I like … tea. 17) I always drink … boiled water. 18) Bring me ... hot water, please. 19) Have you bought … butter?

4. Вместо точек вставьте, где требуется, артикли или местоимения some и any. (см. Ключ)

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William Shakespeare was born in ... year 1564 at ... Stratford-on-Avon in ... England. ... Stratford is ... small 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 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 he was born still stands. It is now ... museum. He went to ... school in ... Stratford. Shakespeare arrived in ... London about ... year 1586. Probably ... first work he did was at one of ... two theatres that 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 native town in 1597; but he didn't spend much time there till 1610. He spent ... last years of his life mostly at ... Stratford, but he often visited ... London and his .friends among ... actors and ... poets there. He died in 1616. ... monument with his bust by ... London sculptor was put up to him in ... Stratford ... few years later.

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… poor man had ... parrot. ... man taught it to say ... following words: "There is no doubt about it." ... parrot knew only these words. So when ... people asked ... parrot ... question he always answered: "There is no doubt about it"

One day ... poor man went to ... market to sell ... parrot. "Who will buy my parrot?" he cried. "Twenty pounds for my parrot." ... man, hearing ... high price, looked at ... parrot and said: - "Will anybody pay twenty pounds for you?" "There is no doubt about it," was ... parrot's answer. ... man liked ... answer very much and bought .. . parrot.

Some time later he was sorry that he had bought ... parrot. Standing near ... parrot's cage he said: "It was silly of me to pay so much money for ... parrot." "There is no doubt about it," cried ... parrot. And this time ... par­rot was right.

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