Артикл: 2008 йил тест вариантлари

Артикл: 2008 йил тест вариантлари

1. The two official languages of New Zealand are English and Maori.

... Maoris are native people of New Zealand.
A) A B) An C) The D) This

2. You remember my sister Jane? ... one who has always been afraid of ... spiders?

A) An / a B) - / the C) A / the D) The / -

3. I’m fond of ... painting, especially landscapes. ... Levitan picture is hanging in my living room.

A) a / The B) - / A C) the / The D) - / The

4. The Earth is the fifth largest planet in our ... solar system and the third planet from the sun.

A) an B) - C) a D) the

5. People use ... plants in many different ways. Plants supply us with oxygen. We use plant products to build houses and to make ... paper and textiles.

A) - / the B) the / the C) the / - D) - / -

6. When I went to visit her, I was shocked to find her wrapped in bandages from ... head to ... toe.

A) - / - B) the / the C) the / a D) - / the

7. In the first six months of 2006 ... Londoners left 5.874 mobile phones in taxis.

A) they B) - C) a D) these

8. - Is there any difference between ... English spoken in the United States and than of Great Britain?

- Yes, there is some difference in vocabulary, pronunciation and ... meaning of some words.
A) the / - B) the / the C) - / - D) - / the

9. In the north of ... Scotland there is a very famous lake ... Loch-Ness. It is not the largest lake in Britain, but it is thirty-five kilometres long.

A) the / the B) the / - C) - / the D) - / -

10. The average adult spends 3,5 hours reading for pleasure every week, ... children spend an average of six hours.

A) these B) - C) a D) those

11. It was an amazing example of ... love at ... first sight.

A) the / - B) the / a C) - / - D) a /the

12. Diana has a degree in ... engineering from ... University of London.

A) - / the B) the / the C) the / - D) an / a

13. If I went to a desert island, I would take ... football and my guitar so I could write music.

A) a B) an C) the D) -

14. Whenever people hear ... name of Louis Stevenson, they always remember him as ... author of “Treasure Island” - a story which has been enjoyed by millions of readers since Stevenson first published it in 1882.

A) the / an B) - / - C) the / the D) a / the

15. I’ve been to all countries of ... Europe with ... exception of Albania.

A) the / the B) - / an C) the / - D) - / the

16. A close friend of my mother lives in the county of Yorkshire, and she often goes to ... beautiful town of Harrogate to do her weekly shopping. After doing ... shopping she usually has tea in a small tea shop.

A) the / - B) the / a C) the / the D) a / the

17. We’ve moved to ... lovely house in the country. It has got views of fields and hills, and there’s a garden at ... back.

A) the / - B) a / the C) a / - D) the / a

18. Most mirrors are made from ... glass to which a thin layer of silver or aluminium is applied.

A) the B) - C) a D) an

19. In 1860, a man called Russel started the Pony Express. First of all he bought six hundred horses. Then he found men to ride them. Next he organized stations every ten or fifteen miles along the route. At there stations ... riders and horses could get food and rest. So the pony Express was started.

On a 1960 USA stamp there is ... picture of a Pony Express rider, galloping on his way.
A) - / the B) the / - C) the / the D) the / a

20. Easter Island is ... loneliest inhabited place in the world. The people of Easter Island have the same customs as the natives in ... Solomon Islands.

A) - / - B) the / - C) - / the D) the / the

21. - I wish we had ... washing machine.

- So do I. It would make it a lot easier to do our laundry.
A) an B) - C) a D) the

22. About ... thousand years ago there were very few people living in ... British Isles. Towns and villages were very small and in ... countryside people lived far from each other.

A) a/the/the B) the/- / - C) -/- / the D) a/the / -

23. There are many illusions about ... theatre among people who have never worked in it. One is that what happens on the stage is improvised. Actually, in ... serious production, the smallest movement, the shortest speech, is carefully rehearsed.

A) a / a B) the / a C) the / the D) - a / the

24. Dublin is a fine city with beautiful grey stone houses. It is situated on ... east coast of Ireland.

A) any B) that C) the D) an

25. - Can you repair my car for me?

-What is wrong with it?
- ... radiator has a leak, and one of the windshield wipers doesn’t work.
- Can you show me where ... leak is?
A) A / a B) A / the C) The / a D) The / the

26. A tomb of ... tribal chief is said to have been found on ... site of an ancient burial in Kazakhstan.

A) the / a B) a / the C) The / a D) - / the

27. - I have an idea. Let’s go on ... picnic next Saturday.

- O.K.
A) an B) some C) a D) the

28. In 1792 Mungo Pak sailed to ... Sumatra as ship’s doctor. After coming back home he published ... scientific paper on eight new kinds of fish he had discovered on the island.

A) the / - B) - / - C) - / a D) the / a

29. Today scientists in several countries, particularly ... United States, Britain and Russia, are working out ... theary behind machines that may break down the language barrier between nations.

A) - / the B) - / - C) the / the D) the / -

30. Venice is in ... north of Italy. It stands on 118 islands.

A) - B) some C) the D) a

31. Computers are now widely used aids for ... communication, calculation and other activities. Computers take part in ... designing large engineering projects and in the management of factories.

A) the / - B) - / the C) - / - D) the / the

32. One evening she was in such ... hurry to get there on time that she had ... accident.

A) a / a B) the / an C) a / an D) - / the
33. Tommy wants to be ... teacher when he grows up. He wants to follow his father’s footsteps.
A) the B) an C) a D) -

34. The first performance of the play was quite ... success and we had ... good time enjoying it.

A) a / a B) the / the C) the / a D) a / the

35. Can you keep ... secret? I’m getting married in ... fortnight’s time.

A) a / a B) the / the C) the / a D) a / the

36. Heathrow airport handles over 64 million passengers ... year. It was officially opened on 31 May 1946.

A) an B) a C) the D) that

37. Jim became ... furniture salesman after leaving ... school.

A) a / - B) the / a C) the / the D) a / the

38. When buying ... house you should take into ... consideration how near it is to public transport facilities.

A) a / a B) the / a C) a / - D) the / the

39. - Where is my blue shirt?

- O.K.
A) an B) some C) a D) the

40. Some people like studying at ... night whereas others find the early morning is ... good time to get things done.

A) - / a B) the / a C) the / the D) a / -

41. Do you ever gaze into ... space and wonder if other life forms exist in ... Universe?

A) the / - B) - / - C) - / the D) the / the

42. The more you know about how the menory works, ... more you can remember when you need it.

A) that B) - C) a D) the

43. Of course he’s having difficulty in catching up with ... rest. He’s been in ... hospital for three months.

A) - / - B) the / the C) the / a D) the / -

44. He will leave ... school soon and will go to ... university to study law.

A) the / the B) the / a C) a / a D) - / -

45. My friend Helen likes ... cream cakes sold in ... local bakery.

A) - / - B) - / a C) the / a D) a / -

46. As the weather was fine, they had ... pleasant walk across ... park which stretched along the Thames.

A) a / the B) the / a C) the / the D) - / a

47. Naples is the third largest city of Italy, and as a port second in importance only to ... Genoa.

A) the B) that C) - D) a

48. It was ... language that scientists even in ... 17^th century used and wrote their books in.

A) The / the B) The / - C) - / the D) - / -

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