Exercise 7. Fill in the blanks with «the», «a», «an», or leave blank.

 

1. May I have a look at ___ book that I brought yesterday?

2. She is ___ chemist.

3. John likes __ rice.

4. Ann has decided to become ___ engineer, while Mike and Andrew would rather become __ geographers.

5. Where is ___ coffee that we bought last week?

6. ___ teachers want ___ students to succeed.

7. ___ water is essential for life.

8. Please pass ___ pepper.

9. ___ word processors can check ___ spelling.

10. In 1816 a Scottish natural philosopher invented ___ kaleidoscope.

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Exercise 8. Insert correct article or leave blank.

 

___ Oriental Art Museum, ____ Asia, _____ Great Lakes, __ Tampa Bay, __ Green Park, ___ Capitol, _____ Amazon River, ______ Andes, _____ White Street, _____ Netherlands, ___ John Hopkins University, __ Discovery Park, ___ Great Salt Lake, _____ Old Dominion University ___ Washington monument, __ Mediterranean Sea, ____ Golden Gate Bridge, ____ Greece ____ California, ___ University of Washington, _____ Philadelphia,

 

Exercise 9. Fill in the blanks with appropriate article or leave blank.

1. ___ Coal is second major natural resource found in large quantities.

2. ____ Abraham Lincoln was President of ___ USA during ___ Civil War.

3. Such mighty rivers as ___ Mississippi, ___ Ohio, __ Hudson and __ Colorado irrigate the croplands.

4. Jane wants to study ___ business at ____ University of Illinois.

5. ___ Panama Canal was under American control from 1904 to 1978.

6. He has graduated from ____ Ohio State University.

7. ____ Rhode Island is the smallest state in ___ USA.

8. Puerto Rico is an island of about 9,000 square kilometers in ____ Caribbean Sea.

9. Among the University's undergraduate schools are ___ College of Arts and Sciences, _____ School of Engineering and Applied Science, ___ School of Nursing.

 

Text B. Read the text and answer the questions that follow. Steps to better reading

Step 1. Preview

 

Good readers preview the text first, i.e. look over the whole passage for a moment. This helps to make them good and fast readers.

A. Read the title. The first thing to do when previewing is to read the title. Titles not only announce the subject, but also make the reader think.

В. Anticipate and predict. Anticipation and prediction are two basic reading skills that are used to guess or predict how the passage will develop. We anticipate before we read a passage, and we predict after the passage begins. Our anticipation is therefore related to our own personal background knowledge on the subject. After a passage begins we find "clues" that help us predict what is going to come next. These clues may be in the meaning or in the grammatical structure of a sentence or its vocabulary.

whole — the complete amount, entire укр. увесь, цілий to predict — to see or describe in advance as a result of knowledge, experience. Synonyms: to foretell, to forecast, to foresee, to make prognosis укр. прогнозувати clue — something, such as an object or a piece of information that helps to find an answer to the question: «I'll never guess the answer — give me another clue!» укр. підказ, ключ, інформація

C. Read the opening paragraph. Some writers may announce what they hope. to tell you, or why they are writing. Some writers just try to get the reader's attention — they may ask a provocative question.

D. Read the closing paragraph. Writers may have something important to say in the end. Some writers repeat the main idea once more, some draw a conclusion or summarize.

E. Glance through. Skim and scan the selection. When you're skimming, go through a passage quickly in order to get a general idea of what it is about. When you're scanning you look for specific piece of information (a figure, a date, a name) that you need.

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Step 2. Read for meaning.

 

Individual words do not tell us much. They must be combined with other words, and readers should see words in meaningful combinations. Read in «thought groups» (or message units) — try to group the words into phrases which have natural relationship to each other.