Exercise 1.7. Choose the correct item.

1. He crossed ___ stream stepping cautiously from ___ stone to ___ stone.

a) the, ___, ___ b) the, the, the c) а, а, а d) the, a, a

2. In ___ spring of ___ following year we went ___ abroad and were absent several months.

a) ___, the, ___ b) the, the, the c) ___, ___, ___ d) the, the, ___

3. After ___ lunch they sat down under the oak tree drinking ___ coffee.

a) the, the b) ___, ___c) ___, the d) a, a

4. At ___ tea, which they both took with ___ lemon, John spoke
about ___ summer.

a) ___, the, the b) ___, ___, ___, e) ___, ___, the d) the, the, the

5. ___ map of ___ world, until ___ end of ___ fifteenth century exhibited only ___ one hemisphere (полушарие), and even that was not completely explored.

a) the, the, the, the, the b) the,__, __, the, __c) a, the, __, __, __d) the, the, the, the, __

6. As ___ weather was fine, they had ___ pleasant walk across ___ park which stretched along ___ Thames.

a) the, the, the, the b) __, the, a, the c) the, __, the, __ d) the, a, the, the

7. On ___ first of ___ May, after their last year together at ___ college, Frank and Robert were on ___ tram.

a) the, the, __, __ b) __, __, __, the c) the, __, __, a d) the, __, the, a

8. "I am in ___ hurry. Turn to ___ left in ___ High Street and drive me down to ___ East End", I ordered taking my seat.

a) a, the, the, the b) a, the, __, the c) __, __, __, __d) the, a, the, an

9. ___ great Sahara, that frightful desert of ___ vast sand, stretching
from ___ Red Sea to ___ Atlantic.

a) the, __, the, the b)__, a, the, the c) the, the, the, __ d)__, __, __, the

10. He walked into ___ Green Park that he might cross to ___ Victoria Station and take ___ underground into ___ City.

a) the, __, the, the b) the, the, the, the c)__, __, __, __ d)__, __, an, __