Exercise 9. Insert articles where necessary. (Articles with names of persons.)      

      1. Margaret was talking to ____ Osbaldistons. 2. In ____ dim light streaming down ____ stairs from behind her, he scarcely recognised ____ Lily he had known.3. ____ barbaric Bertie got no hint whatever that he was barbaric. 4.____father and ____ daughter appeared at last. 5. Gradman is here, darling, and ____ mother, and ____ Aunt Winifred, and Kit and Michael. Is there anyone you would like to see? 6. Louis seemed rather ____ grave, still, retiring man, but ____ Caroline of this evening, which was not ____ Caroline of every day, thawed his reserve. 7. She watched ____ advent of ____ Tasburghs almost maliciously. Hubert and ____ young Tasburgh at once discovered mutual service in Mesopotamia. 8. My visit was specially made to ____ good Mrs. Ames. 9. ____ professor Beans is ____ man to whom you'll be responsible for your undergraduate teaching. 10. This Pat wasn't at all like ____ Pat of his memories. When she smiled he saw ____ Pat he had known, _____ Pat smiling at him from ____ worn photo that still lay in _____ pocketbook against his heart. But watching her, he grew aware that ____ family was divided in its attitude. Alice and Mrs. Baxter were partisans of ____ new Pat. He still felt that he couldn't bring ____ two Pats together; but he didn't hold that against ____ Pat of ____ present. 11. ____ flustered Clarice stood beside me. 12. If you are ____ Napo­leon, you will play ____ game of ____power; if you're ____ Leonardo, you'll play for ____ knowledge; ____ stakes hardly matter. 13. At that time I had ____ greatest admiration for ____ Impres­sionists. I longed to possess ____ Sisley and ____ Degas, and I worship­ped ____ Manet.14. ____ medical practitioner quite refused to accept ____ unhappy Selina's theory. 15. He cared to say no more; he had thrown quite dust enough into ____ honest Adam's eyes.16. This was ____ famous Frank A. Cowperwood whom he had read about.17. ____ certain Joseph Zimmerman suggested that he undertake operating in street railway shares for him.18. Elsie said she would ring up ____ Doctor Worple. 19. ____ poor Edward muttered something, but what it was nobody knew. 20. ____ differ­ence between ____ pair was that while ____ father was violent and ____ bully, ____ son had thrice ____ nerve and courage of ____ parent, and could not merely make ____ attack, but resist it; and finding that ____ moment was not come when ____ contest between him and his father was to be decided, he took his dinner with ____ perfect coolness and appetite before ____ engagement began. ____ old Osborne, on ____ contrary, was nervous and drank much.21. I have ____ address of ____ man in London to whom ____ Professor writes. 22. "I don't care about ____ Captain Dobbin's complexion," she said. "I shall always like him, I know." "There is not ____ finer fellow in ____ service," Osborne said, "nor ____ better officer, though he is not ____ Adonis, certainly."23. "Oh, good evening," he exclaimed, removing his cap and bowing. "How are you?" while his mind was registering that this truly was ____ beautiful, ____ exqui­site Sondra whom months before he had met at his uncle's. 24. ____ gentle, tender-hearted Ame­lia Sedley was ____ only person to whom she could attach herself in ____ least. 25. Yet ____ room itself was bright and elegant; on one wall was ____ fine Sisley, of poplars and sunny water, on another ____ still life by Nicholas de Stael, pastel fruit in ____ white dish. 26. ____ captain Cuttle lived on ____ bank of ____ little canal. 27. Mr. Tupman, by ____ nod, intimated that his question applied to ____ disappointed Rachel. 28. I am ____ Mr. Martin for whom you were to inquire. 29. I'm to meet ____ Professor Hallorsen on Monday. 30. If you're going West may I come with you? I want to see ____ Aunt Emily and ____Uncle Lawrence.

Exercise 10. Translate into English.

1. Он решил сходить к Ивановым. 2. Мой муж рев­нив, он настоящий Отелло. 3. И мать, и дочь приняли приглашение. 4. Подождите немножко, отец сейчас придет. 5. Мы сегодня пой­дем в театр. Идет «Дядя Ваня». 6. Вы – Коля, тот самый Коля, неуклюжий, застенчивый Коля?

Exercise 11. Insert articles where necessary. (Articles with geographical names.)

       1. After ____ tour in ____ Austrian Alps they had gone to ____ Ho­tel Splendide at ____ Montreux, in order to enjoy for ____ day or two ____ charms of ____ Lake of ____ Geneva. 2. Dusk was already falling on ____ noble curve of ____ Thames. 3. I hear he's off to ____ Central Africa. 4. In «Ivanhoe» Walter Scott describes ____ England of ____ Middle Ages. 5. ____ Capetown is in ____ South Africa. 6. In ____ heart of _____ Central Asia lies ____ Khoresm, ____ small fertile area in ____ sea of ____ sand. 7. ____ prospect ends  in little hills that come nearly to ____ sea; rudiments, these, of Atlas Mountains. 8. "We've been touring ____ world. We tried ____ South America. We lasted three days in ____ Australia. "Have you ever been to ____ States?"9. Michael looked quizzically at his parent. Did he quite understand ____ England of today?

Exercise 12. Translate into English.

1. Кордильеры находятся в Северной Америке. 2. Берега Рейна очень живописны. 3. Эльбрус - очень красивая гора. 4. «Пиковая дама» была написана Чайковским во Флоренции в 1890 г. 5. Средиземное море находится между Европой, Азией и Африкой. 6. Венеция расположена на берегу Адриатического моря. 7. Ливингстон погиб в Центральной Африке.

Exercise 13. Insert articles where necessary. (Articles with names of ho­tels, streets, ships, and newspapers).

    1. She nodded ____ command to ____ footman, and they drove off westward, down ____ Strand, and so into ____ little side street by ____ Charing Cross. 2. I am going to Folkestone to-day, and shall stay at ____ Metropole. 3. They were excited because they had been dining with ____ editor of ____ Times, and had been given ____ glimpse of next day's paper. 4. She sat in her superb private drawing room at ____ Hotel Cecil. 5. ____ boys loved him because he told them that ____ Navy had borrowed him from ____ U. S. Army just in time to blow taps on ____ Maine as she was sinking, and he remained long after everyone including ____  captain had abandoned ____ ship.6. He began to walk very rapidly up towards ____ Trafalgar Square. 7. He went out and ate ____ ices at ____ pastry-cook's shop in ____ Charing Cross; tried ____ new coat in ____ Pall Mall; and called for ____ Captain Cannon, played eleven games at ____ billiards with ____ captain, and returned to ____ Russell Square.8. ____ street was empty, unlighted save by ____ reflection from ____ Grandlieu Street behind them. 9. In 1905 ____ revolt broke out on ____ Potemkin, one of ____ battleships of ____ Black Sea Fleet. 10. Yet, in ____ bright drawing room in ____ Lord North Street, all he was thinking of was what ____ Telegraph, ____  Guardian, the popular press, would say next day.  

Exercise 14. Insert articles where necessary. (Articles with nouns modified by proper nouns.)

       1. I often go to ____ Pushkin Theatre. 2. I am very fond of ____Pushkin's short tragedies. 3. ____ Tretyakov gallery was founded nearly ____ century ago by Pavel Tretyakov. ____ Tretyakov's devo­tion to ____ art and his indefatigable efforts had ____ magnificent results and furthered ____ development of ____ Russian painting. 4. I am ____ medical student and have held ____ post of house surgeonat one of ____ London hospitals for some time. 5. ____ Fox apartment had ____ spacious old-fashioned feeling. 6. To­ wards ____ end of ____ year 1913 several young students living in Moscow founded ____ small group known as ____ Students' Drama Studio. It was from that group that ____ Vakhtangov Theatre sprang. Vakhtangov was _____ tireless innovator. Some of Vakhtangov's pupils became ____ capable producers. 7. ____ sets of furniture were imitations of one of ____ Louis periods. 8. ____ Pulkovo Observatory is over ____ hundred years old. 9. ____ chin of ____ founder of ____ Forsyte clan was settled comfortably between ____ widely separated points of ____ old-fashioned collar. 10. He had known all ____ pretty Mont joy sisters scattered over ____ society, but of them all Diana was ____ youngest, ____ prettiest, most tasteful and wittiest.