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 that 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.
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
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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)-/ -/- C)the/ -/the D) -/ the/-
23. There are many illusions about ... theatre
... 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) - 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 ...
17th century used and wrote their books in.
A) The/the B) The/- C) -/the D) -/-
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