Ex. 18. Insert the articles with abstract nouns

1. They were surprised at ... curious silence into which he had fallen. 2. He is par­ticularly interested in ... ancient sculpture. 3. When in distress, people look for ... friendship. 4. After ... long silence he began his story. 5. I have ... perfect confidence in him. 6. Our city has ... population of two million people. 7. Sud­denly 1 felt ... sharp pain in my chest. ... pain was really strong. 8. ... curiosity killed the cat. 9. What we need now is ... time. 10. ... time we have is certainly not enough. 11. The lights in the garden suddenly went out. In ... darkness we felt lost. 12. ... detective genre is very popular among the readers.

Ex. 19. Insert the articles with abstract nouns.

1. What ... beautiful music he is playing! 2. What ... good idea you have! 3. What ... fine weather! 4. It's, ... pity you haven't seen the film. 5. I always appreciate … good advice. 6. What ... shame you didn't write down his address. 7. What … weather like today? 8. If you want ... detailed information on the subject turn lО the manager. 9. ... good health is one of his advantages. 10. It was ... cold bleak weather. 11. What ... silly mistake you've made! 12. What ... disgrace!

Ex. 20. Insert the articles with abstract nouns.

1. The book is about the man who lives ... double life. 2. Michael found Russian literature the most interesting subject here. 3. What a noble thing ... courage is! 4. You had to admit that he had ... certain shrewdness. 5. She guessed from ... silence with which he rang the bell, that something was wrong. 6. He left the room with ... strange feeling. 7. The flight was cancelled because of ... bad weather. 8. ... modern science is a wonderful thing. 9. Do you believe in ... supernatural? 10. ... feeling of ... superiority made him nervous. 11. She was glad to escape for a few moments ... solitude and sadness of her life. 12. His footsteps were heard at ... distance of several yards. 13. ... English natural history seemed familiar to her. It appeared that she had studied ... botany of the English woods. 14. When they were together, it was ... pure happiness.

Ex. 21. Explain the use of the articles with abstract nouns.

1. Such weather makes everybody disgusting. 2. I have no other feelings than the feeling of sympathy to you. 3. She has attached to youth and hope and now they failed her more than age and despair. 4. There's a peculiar tension about her. 5. In Italy they studied Renaissance and Baroque architecture. 6. He is insensible to kindness. 7. He asked her about it with intense interest. 8. He smiled for the first time during a period of many hours. 9. She sang so low, that the wind was as music. 10. She was a woman dressed with shabby neatness. 11. He felt honest admiration for her. 12. He had to surrender to the inevitable. 13. A dull rage rose in her. 14. Her husband got a salary of twenty pounds a week.

Ex. 22. Think of situations to the following sentences.

1. Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them. 2. That is the love that makes the world a miracle. 3. They will build a new life somewhere else. 4. It was bet­ter not to think of the past. Nothing could alter that. 5. Curiosity killed the cat. 6. No news is good news.

Ex. 23. Translate into English.

1. Гостеприимство характерная черта русского народа. 2. Иностранцы все­гда поражаются гостеприимству русского народа. 3. Весенняя природа час­то вдохновляла молодого художника. 4. на расстоянии двадцати шагов мы увидели странную фигуру. 5. Он чувствовал некоторую неловкость при встрече с ней. 6. Студенты второго курса должны знать английскую исто­рию. 7. Где деньги, которые я тебе оставил вчера? 8. Меня удивило спокой­ствие этой женщины. 9. Не выходите в такую погоду, если плохо себя чув­ствуете. 10. Я распечатал письмо с большой осторожностью. И. Молчание раздражало каждого, кто сидел за столом. 12. Будьте счастливы в жизни, которую выбрали.

Ex. 24. Translate into English.

1. Странно, что вы надеетесь найти здесь поддержку. 2. Ему не нравилась вежливость, с которой она обращалась к нему. 3. Спасибо за хороший со­вет. 4. Все народы мира борются против войны. 5. Война, в которой гибнут люди, не может быть справедливой. 6. Молчаливая война никого не удиви­ла. 7. Вчера мы весь вечер слушали русскую народную музыку. 8. Как жаль, что ты не сможешь выступить на соревнованиях. 9. Деньги интересо­вали его все больше и больше, когда он начал делать эту работу. 10. Я не уверен, хорошие ли это новости или плохие. 11. Какая отвратительная по­года! 12. Неожиданность нашего прихода ошеломила всех. 13. Мальчик сидел на дереве на высоте нескольких футов. 14. Это вопрос принципа, и мы должны обсудить его до того, как примем решение.

Ex. 25. Explain the use of the articles with nouns in some syntactic positions.

1. She was a good hostess. 2. Davis, the owner of the bar, introduced him. 3. I feel hot, Doctor. 4. I was still child enough to believe him". 5. What a pleasant man! 6. You are not the person you claimed to be. 7. He was appointed guardian. 8. Mr. Johnson, chairman of the committee, received me in the office. 9. She was wife of the manager of the firm.

Ex. 26. Insert articles with nouns in set expressions.

1. I'm thinking about traveling to Boston by ... train next month. 2. Could you describe the situation in ... detail? 3. He plays ... piano in the band. 4. He seems to have read all English classics in ... original. 5. Hewas always in ... debt. 6. She sent a letter by ... post. 7. I'd like to hear your playing ... violin from ... time to ... time. 8. I have never told him anything but ... truth. 9. He takes everything too much to ... heart and very often takes ... offence. 10. Don't do it in ... hurry. 11. "On ... whole, I liked the performance", he said in ... loud voice. 12. On ... one hand, it's easier to travel by ... plain, on ... other hand traveling by ... sea is much more exciting. 13. He fell in love with the car at ... first sight. 14. If you tell it to her, she will fly into ... passion.

Ex. 27. Make up dialogues, using set expressions.

Ex. 28. Insert the articles with nouns denoting unique thing.

1.The huge disk of ... moon was rising in ... east. 2. The clouds broke away and we had the advantage of ... full moon. 3. Magellan made the first voyage round ... world. 4. Quite ... new world opened before him. 5. The night was so dark that the sailors couldn't distinguish neither ... sky nor ... sea. 6. ...sea was sparkling under ... cloudless sky. 7. ... clear midday sky was suddenly overcast by heavy clouds. 8. ... high noon sun was incredibly strong. 9. We live in such ... mysterious universe, don't we? 10. I kept my eyes on ... horizon, sharp against the bright blue of ... winter sky. 11. ... moon hung low in ... sky like a yel­low skull.