Exercise 1. Insert the proper article.

1. Charlie Chaplin was (1)_____ English film actor. He was also (2)_____ director. He
did most of his work at (3)_____ USA. Many people consider him (4)_____ greatest comic
actor of (5)_____ silent cinema. He appeared in many films as (6)_____ poor man with
(7)_____ small moustache and (8)_____ trousers and (9)_____ shoes that were too big for
him, causing him to walk in (10)_____ funny way.

2. (1)_____ people sell all kinds of things at (2)_____ flea market. Some vendors sell
(3)_____ old jewelry, others sell (4)_____ old wine bottles. You can also buy (5)_____
ordinary dishes, (6)_____ furniture and (7)_____ second-hand clothes. (8)… old glass is
interesting as it was blown by (9)… hand. You can save (10)_____ money at (11)_____ flea
market, but you can spend a lot, too.

3. (1)_____ fairy tale is (2)_____ story characterized by (3)_____ presence of (4)_____

fantastic figures. (5)_____ fairy tales have existed in (6)_____ oral, picture or even song
form ever before (7)_____ people started writing (8)_____ stories. Some of (9)_____ most
popular written fairy tales come from (10)_____ Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen.
It’s surprising that in many cases (11)_____ stories become much more famous than
(12)_____ writers.

4. As (1)_____ young man, Ian taught at (2)_____ Royal Scottish Academy of Drama
and Music. Later, he moved to (3)_____ village in (4)_____ Southern Spain. He was asked
to help (5)_____ local band in his spare time. At (6)… first (7)_____ players could not
distinguish between (8)_____ loudness and (9)_____ length of (10)_____ notes. (11)_____
players were rehearsing for (12)_____ important performance. (13)_____ success attracted
(14)_____ first new members for (15)_____ years. So many people wanted to play that Ian
founded (16)_____ music school. For (17)_____ most of (18)_____ young people in
(19)_____ village, (20)_____ music is now more important than (21)_____ sport.

5. (1)_____ bat may seem (2)_____ ordinary creature, but in fact it’s (3)_____ amazing
animal. (4)_____ bat has (5)_____ wings and is (6)_____ only animal capable of (7)_____
true flight. (8)_____ bats are (9)_____ nocturnal animals which become active only at
(10)_____ dusk. Many species rely on (11)_____ “radar” system to find their way around.
(12)_____ majority of bats survive on (13)_____ diet of insects while (14)_____ others eat
(15)_____ fruit. There are two species which eat (16)_____ fish and there are even some
bats which eat (17)_____ meat! Some vampire bats take (18)_____ blood from their
sleeping victims. These bats may carry (19)_____ deadly disease rabies.

6. Martin King lives in (1)_____ little village on (2)_____ edge of (3)_____ New Forest.
He writes (4)_____ books about (5)_____ natural history in (6)_____ general, and about
(7)_____ natural history of (8)_____ New Forest in (9)_____ particular. I have bought
(10)_____ copy of his latest book, (11)_____ Close Look at (12)_____ Nature. It contains some
of (13)_____ finest photographs of (14)_____ wild objects that I have ever seen. Martin’s
book deals with (15)_____ wide range of (16)_____ animal species, from (17)______
blackbirds to (18)_____ rare animals like (19)_____ otters.

7. Martin King lives in (1)_____ little village on (2)_____ edge of (3)_____ New Forest.
He writes (4)_____ books about (5)_____ natural history in (6)_____ general, and about
(7)_____ natural history of (8)_____ New Forest in (9)_____ particular. I have bought
(10)_____ copy of his latest book, (11)_____ Close Look at (12)_____ Nature. It contains some
of (13)_____ finest photographs of (14)_____ wild objects that I have ever seen. Martin’s
book deals with (15)_____ wide range of (16)_____ animal species, from (17)______
blackbirds to (18)_____ rare animals like (19)_____ otters.

8. We have just been to (1)_____ Lake District on (2)_____ holiday. At first we thought
of camping, but then decided to stay in (3)_____ hotels instead. It is (4)_____ wonderful
part of England and (5)_____ scenery reminds you of (6)_____ mountainous countries like
(7)_____ Switzerland. As (8)_____ matter of fact, we had such (9)______ good time that
we decided to have (10)_____ holiday there (11)_____ next year too. We also paid
(12)_____ short visit to (13)_____ Scotland. We went to (14)_____ Edinburgh to see
(15)_____ usual sights, including (16)_____ Castle and (17)_____ Prince’s Street. Then we
spent (18)_____ week in (19)_____ Highlands.

9. (1)______ news was so interesting: (2)_____ Japanese have invented (3)_____ new
electronic toy, (4)_____ British airplane was hijacked to (5)_____ Arab Emirates by
(6)_____ band of (7)_____ terrorists; (8)_____ Dutch have grown up (9)_____ new kind of
(10)_____ tulip; (11)_____ group of (12)_____ Swedes has reached (13)______ highest peak
of (14)_____Middle Asia – (15)_____ Everest; (16)_____ tiger is in (17)_____ danger of
(18)_____ extinction and needs (19)_____ protection; (20)_____ Government again is
promising (21)_____ help to (22)_____ poor, (23)_____ disabled and (24)_____ old.

10. (1)_____ Athens is becoming more and more attractive to (2)_____ tourists.
Although (3)_____ city may seem big and noisy, (4)_____ tourists can still find rather a
lot of quite places with (5)_____ romantic atmosphere to enjoy (6)_____ tasty Greek meal
and listen to (7)_____ traditional music. We found that (8)_____ prices in (9)_____
restaurants were very reasonable, not too expensive for (10)_____ average tourist.
(11)_____ service was a bit slow, but (12)_____ waiters were usually quite friendly. As for
(13)_____ transport, (14)_____ number of taxis in (15)_____ Athens is quite amazing. We
found (16)_____ cost of getting round by (17)_____ taxi much cheaper than in (18)_____
most European capitals but (19)_____ taxi-drivers can be a bit rude at (20)_____ times.
 11. I've been going to (1)_____ Pasta Restaurant once (2)_____ week for (3)_____ last ten
years. It is situated in (4)_____ little back street near (5)_____ central square, so (6)_____
visitor to (7)_____ town could easily miss it if she or he is not actually looking for it. It's
my favourite place to eat because (8)_____ food is superb and (9)_____ service is excellent.
Mario, (10)_____ manager of (11)_____ restaurant is (12)_____ very friendly man who
greets his customers with (13)_____ strong Italian accent. Eating at (14)_____ Pasta is
(15)_____ enjoyable experience, not only for (16)_____ tasty dishes, but also for (17)_____
hospitality of (18)_____ staff.