Exercise 45. Insert the article where necessary

Exercise 44. Insert the article where necessary.

Exercise 43. Insert the article where necessary.

… king cobra

1. … king cobra is … world's longest venomous snake. 2. … king cobra, or hamadryad, holds … record length of 24 ft. for … venomous snake! 3. … king cobra is unique among … snakes in that it makes … nest for its eggs, scraping up … leaves and other debris in which to deposit them, and remains in … nest until … young hatch. 4. It averages 3.7 m (12 ft) in … length but is known to grow to 5.5 m (18 ft). 5. It is … thin snake, olive or brown in … color, with … bronze eyes. 6. It is found in … Philippines, … Malaysia, … southern China, … Burma, and … Malay Peninsula.

… Decline and Fall of … Roman Empire

1. … complexity of … problem of … decline and fall of the Roman Empire is made evident by … wide variety of causes that are emphasized in varying degrees by … different authors. 2. Fortunately, … concise formulation of Edward Gibbon serves as … widely accepted basis for … modern discussion of … problem. 3. According to Gibbon, … empire reached its peak during … administration of … two Antonines. 4. After that, however, … extent of … Roman conquest became too great to be managed by … Roman government, and … decline began. 5. … military government was weakened and finally dissolved as … barbarians were allowed to constitute … ever-growing percentage of … Roman legions. 6. … victorious legions began to dominate and corrupt … government, weakening it at … time when it most needed … strength to overcome … other problems.

1. I like to read newspapers like … Times and … Washington Post.

2. … correctness was … quality he valued: … correctness of … machine, … correctness of … report.

3. Do you think … New Yorker and … Punch have much in common?

4. We can't be sure about the history of … human race, but … man developed earlier than we think, though we certainly weren't around at the time of … dinosaurs.

5. I like watching old films. I recently watched … Graduate and … Jaws on video.

6. The Ancient Greeks believed in … gods. The idea of … God was not known to them.

7. Because of “… greenhouse effect” … climate of … world is changing.

8. … United Nations may be a talking shop, but so is … Congress.

9. Look! … flashing light means we're running out of … gas.

10. My oldest son joined … Navy and now my youngest wants to join … Army.

11. France celebrated the 200th anniversary of … French Revolution in 1989.

12. In … many countries, … head of state is called … President.

13. Do you know who killed … President Lincoln?

14. I've read Homer's … Odyssey, but I haven't read Joyce's … Ulysses.

15. … teaching experience is … good foundation for … career in just about anything.

16. A lot of people object to attempts to bring up … Titanic.

17.... men and women have to face many problems in... living with each other.

18. … last month Janet told us about … advantages of … employee referral programme.

19. What was... name of... shop that advertised... discounts?

20. There used to be … beautiful old bridge over the river, but the whole area suffered in the war and the bridge was blown up.

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