. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate article where necessary. 1. He lives in___south of___Australia. 2. In his novels Jack London, ___ famous American writer, described___life of___poor. 3. It seemed to him that nothing would break such___peaceful silence. Suddenly there was___scream, then___second and___third. 4. Can you play___guitar? 5. He came in one morning when we were having___dinner on___terrace of___ hotel and introduced himself. 6.___world tour costs ___lot of money. 7. Did he fail you? What___surprise! 8.1 don't believe you. I think you're telling ___lie. 9. Did you have___lovely time in___ Hague? 10. It was ___ early evening but I was feeling sleepy so I decided to have___nap. 11. He made___gross mistake.___ economists can't make such___mistakes. 12. Have___ look at the sky. It looks like___rain, 13. She'll have___ swim and return in___quarter of___hour. 14. I'll have to convince him that I'm telling___truth. 15. He wasn't used to driving on___left. 16.___Christmas Eve is on ___ 24th of December, 17, Don't worry, we'll get___home before___sunset. 18, I'd like to have___ sandwich with___sausage for___breakfast, 19. My favourite subject at___school was___biology. 20. He knows___ history of___French Revolution well. 21. To tell___ truth, I didn't expect to find___ homeless man here. 22. It's___ high time you stopped being so selfish. 23.___earth goes round ___sun. 24.___Lombard Street in___City of London is___centre of___banking in Great Britain. 25,___Queen Elizabeth___II won't speak on___radio tomorrow, 26.___English Channel is between___Great Britain and___France. 27.___ Trafalgar Square is ___ geographical centre of ___ London. 28. When___student, Jane spent two years in ___Europe. 29.___Pacific is___ largest ocean on our planet. 30. Have you ever been to___Museum of___ Fine Arts? 31. Show me___Bermudas on this map, please. 32.___Mississippi is___longest river in ___USA. 33. One of my classmates entered ___ Moscow State University last year. As for me, I chose___Higher School of___Economics. 34 ___Urals are old and not very high. 35. We are just taking___first steps into___ space.___universe is still terra incognita for us. 36. ___ Russians have wonderful folk song tradition. 37. Why don't you eat with___knife and ___fork? 38. They've been waiting to hear from him all___month. 39. We met on___wet Monday in___June. 40. Look out!___cat is on___TV! 41.___Queen Elizabeth had ___dinner with__ President Clinton. 42. lie was elected ___President in 1996. 43. Mr. Smith, „___ engineer of Black &Co., returned from his trip toMalta. 44. He sat to his letter to___ Sun, 45. Mary was talking with ___Dodges who were sitting near the fire-place. 46. I saw___beautiful Goya in Milan once. 47, He locked at me from___head totoe. 48.1 fought for.___freedom, for the brotherhood of___man, 49. He is___very sociable man. He always has many invitations to___ dinner, 50. On___one hand,___facts he presented are true, but on___other hand, I can't trust them. I know he often tells___lies. 51. He fell in love with her at___ first sight. 52. Don't take my words close to___heart. 53.___ Moscow of 1950's is not___Moscow of___1990's.
2. Yes, they are. Painting is more exciting for me.
3. I know many famous artists : Goya, Rafael, da Vinci. I like them very much
4. My favourite painter is Levitan because he painted wonderful landscapes.
5. I like landscape painting more. Well-known portraitists are Goya, Rubens, Repin, Perov. Well-known landscapists are Levitan, Savrasov, Shishkin.
6. Yes, he painted very beautiful seascapes. My favourite is his world-famous painting "The ninth wave."
I’m very fond of pets and any domestic animals. My grandparents have always had their own chicken coop and a group of adorable rabbits, so I’m used to having various animals around from the very childhood. They also keep one cat to protect their household from mice and one guard dog. All these creatures are of great help to people, however my favourite is the dog. As long as I remember myself I have always liked dogs of all sizes, colour and breeds. When I was little my father bought a German Shepherd puppy. Its name was Gina and it was a cute creature. We used to walk and play with her. Soon, my dad’s friend took Gina to guard his property. When I became older I fell in love with bulldogs, so we bought one puppy. It was of creamy colours and its name was Max. Max was very playful and funny. He could snore and grunt for hours. His favourite activities were eating, sleeping and playing. It was a lovable puppy. He knew that we loved him and he returned this love in all possible ways. When Max grew we took him to a special dog school, where he was trained to do different tricks and to be obedient. He became a good watching dog. Nobody could enter our house without his permission. Besides, Max was a smart creature. He would sometimes help around the house. For example, when we had guests over, he would bring them slippers to wear, which was rather nice from him. The only weakness he had was eating too many sweets. Each time we left him alone in the house, we put all the sweet stuff away.