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A    Geographical names.

1.They travelled by car around ___ Europe last month. 2. ___ Great American  Lakes are ___ Lake Huron, ___Lake Superior, ___ Lake Ontario, ___ Lake Michigan and  ___ Lake Erie. 3. ___ north of ___ Scotland is known for its wild beauty. 4. Are ___ Urals higher or lower than ___ Alps? 5. It was Burns who wrote “My heart’s in ____ Highlands”. 6. ___ Mediterranean Sea washes ___ Europe, ___ Asia and ___ northern coast of ___ Africa. 7. What oceans does ___ Panama Canal connect? – I suppose ___ Atlantic and ___ Pacific Oceans. 8. ___ Seine flows through ___  Paris to ___ Atlantic Ocean. 9. We get coffee mostly from ___ Brazil and ___ Columbia. 10. ___ Alaska is the biggest and coldest state in ___ USA. 11. Where are ___ Canaries situated? 12. ___ United Kingdom consists of four parts: ___ England, ___Scotland, ___ Wales and ___ Northern Ireland, or ___ Ulster. 13.  ___ Himalayas are the highest mountains in ___ Asia. 14. I went to ___ German Republic last summer, but I haven’t been to ___ Netherlands yet. Of course, I would like to see ___ Hague. 15. ___ Thames is not the longest river in ___ Great Britain but it is rather wide and navigable. 16. ___ America consists of two parts, ___South and North America, doesn’t it? 17. In ___ north there are ___ Cheviots. These are the mountains which separate ___ England from ___ Scotland. 18. Brazil is the largest country of ___ South America. ___ Amazon, the widest river in ___ world, flows there . 19. What city is the capital of ___ Philippines? 20. ___ Republic of ___ China is the largest country in ___ world after ___ Russia and ___ Canada.

B                  Abstract nouns and names of materials.

1.___ life is impossible without ___ water and air. 2. You can’t swim in the river. ___ water isn’t warm enough. 3. She hurried  in and found ___ coffee almost boiled away. 4. ___ oil is lighter than ___ water. 5. He has ___ deep knowledge in mathematics. 6. You can’t do any work without ___ Knowledge. 7. ___ life is ___ complicated matter. 8. ___ Browns lived ___ quiet life somewhere in South Carolina. 9. The Moslems don’t eat ___ pork. 10. ___ water is short in deserts and can be found in oases. 11. This is ___ coffee I am so fond of. I don’t think there is ___ better coffee than this. 12. ___ coffee is cultivated in the south of the island. 13. It seems to me Englishmen show ___ deep distrust of strangers.14. He wanted to give his son ___ good education. 15. ___ air was fresh and cool. 16. Nothing can travel faster than ___ light. 17. He can give you ___ good piece of ___ advice. He is fond of giving ___ advice. – But ___ advice he gave us did not help. 18. The patient was making ___ noticeable progress. 19. You can be satisfied with ___ progress you have made. 20. Our plane ran into heavy weather.

C                School, college, etc.

1.He had a headache and didn’t go to ___ work yesterday. 2. “What  did you get in ___ literature?” the mother asked her daughter when she came ___ home from ___ school. 3. It was twelve o’clock but Andrew was still in ___ bed. 4. Could you give me a lift to ___ college? 5. In summer they seldom go to ___ college. 6. I like to stay at ___ home on cold evenings. 7. Have you heard anything from John lately? – Yes, he graduated from ___ Cambridge University. 8. The queen is going to open ___ new hospital in the capital next week. 9. Mom came to ___ school to see my teacher yesterday. 10. “You must do this exercise at ___ school and that one at ___ home,” said our teacher in a loud voice. 11. I left my bag in ___ hospital when I was visiting Judy. 12. What a strange building! – It’s ___ prison. It was built to see my cousin, I found out that we had escaped two days before. 14. Look at this man. Can you imagine that he was in ___ prison five years ago? 15. Let’s meet at ___ church last Sunday but I couldn’t pray. There were too many people in ___ church. 17. The doctor hoped that the patient would not stay in ___ bed for a long time. 18. Look at this ring. What a fine piece of ___ work! 19. They called a plumber to ___ prison to repair bad taps. 20. The parents were waiting for their children outside ___ school. 21. Oh, what ___ beautiful church! Let’s go there to make some photos.

D              Proper names.

1.___ Mall is a wide avenue leading from ___ Trafalgar Square to ___ Buckingham Palace, the residence of the English kings. 2. The centre of ___ City is represented by three buildings: ___ Mansion House, ___ Royal Exchange and ___ Bank of ___ England. 3. When will he arrive at ___ Heathrow airport? 4. ___ Bolshoi Theatre is famous for its ballet performances. 5. What is on at ___ “Pushkinsky”? 6. ___ Princess Diana stayed at ___ Hilton Hotel. 7. People coming to London often do shopping in ___ Oxford Street. 8. ___ London Zoo is situated in ___ Regent Park in London. 9. If you are interested in churches and historical places, you should by no means see ___ Westminster Abbey, ___ Houses of Parliament, ___ St. Paul’s Cathedral and ___ Tower. 10. ___ British Museum is famous for its library, one of the richest in the world. 11. The English parks - ___ Hyde Park, ___ Kensington Gardens and ___ Kew Gardens where you forget that you are in the big city, struck me most of all. 12. Julius Caesar founded ___ Tower of London. 13. Across the road from ___ Westminster Abbey is ___ Westminster Palace, the seat of ___ British Parliament. 14. My train leaves from ___ Waterloo Station at 2.10 a.m. 15. ___ West End is the symbol of a wealthy and luxurious life. 16. If you like art galleries you should go to ___ National Gallery and ___ Tate. 17. Where do you live?  - I live in ___ High Street. 18. On ___ Wednesday ___ Financial Times published an article about the situation in ___ North Korea. 19. Are you going to stay at ___ St. Marcus Hotel? – No, at ___ Plaza Hotel. 20. If you want to do shopping, go to ___ Oxford Street or ___ Bond Street.

E             Nouns denoting parts of the day and names of seasons.

1.It was ___ evening. 2. It was ___ warm summer evening. 3. ___ evening was very pleasant. 4. Let’s meet in ___ evening, I’ll be busy in ___ afternoon. 5. It was ___ early in ___ morning. 8. We were shivering though it was ___ warm night. 9. They got up at ___ dawn. The sun was shining brightly, there were no clouds in the sky. but they started off late in ___ morning. 10. What do you usually do in ___ autumn? 11. The Russians like ___ hard winter with plenty of___ snow and ___ frost. 12. Nature is so beautiful in ___ spring. 13. In this country ___ spring is rather wet, ___ summer is sometimes hot, ___ autumn is windy and muddy, ___ winter is seldom cold and snowy. How can people live here? I prefer ___ summer all the year round. 14. She still remembers ___ autumn when he first told her of his love. 15. Nothing can be more beautiful than green forests in ___ early spring. 16. It was ___ late autumn. 17. ___ autumn of 1996 was very warm and sunny. 18. ___ spring and love make people feel young. 19. I am going to France in ___ summer. 20. In Great Britain ___ winters are not severely cold, while ___ summers are rarely hot.