Task 1. Supply the appropriate articles where necessary to complete the following sentences. (32 points)
1. The Duchess wore jacket made of velvet. 2. artist can express everything. 3. When he came into the room, Smith went at once to woman in the uniform and bowed to her. 4. He picked 1) album from one of 2) lower shelves, and came back across 3) room. 5. week or two passed, but he hadn’t got a job. 6. Universe is an awfully big place. 7. What 1) optimistic animal 2) man is! 8. 1) nickel will get you on the subway, but garlic will get you 2) seat (old New York proverb). 9. 1) man walked into 2) kitchen, 3) man she had never seen before. 10. 1) camera is 2) piece of equipment used for taking photographs. 11. I love first movement of Beethoven’s 6th Symphony. 12. 1) Japanese have invented 2) gadget for moving 3) satellites in space. 13. On Saturday, I played round of golf with my boss. 14. He who buys 1) diamond purchases a bit of eternity, runs 2) ancient Hindu saying. 15. It had not occurred to her before that rich could be daft in the head. 16. 1) place was deserted, all 2) locals had left with 3) summer residents. 17. cycle of life is endless, and it never changes. 18. 1) arch of 2) sky was 3) darkest of blues.
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Task 2. Translate the following into English. You are supposed to provide as many words for the answer as many spaces are underlined. There are no spaces for articles, though. (13 points)
1. 1) (Молодые) and 2) (старые), 3) (бедные) and 4) (богатые) have their own problems.
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2. Doctor Francisk Skaryna was 1) (первый переводчик и издатель) of 2) (Библии) into 3) (на белорусском языке).
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3. Nobody can decide which came first – 1) (курица) or 2) (яйцо).
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4. Grammar is not just (набор правил).
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5. So this is (это место). I’ve always wanted to have a look at it.
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6. (Стиральная машина) saves a lot of time and energy.
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7. I always pass on good advice. It is thing (единственное) to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself (Oscar Wilde).