Insert the appropriate articles where necessary. 1. ...door is locked. 2. Have you ... telephone? 3. ... telephone is out of order. 4. It is

Dear Sirs,
I am writing to protest against _______ who___________________________________.
______________________________________________.
There ______________________________
According to_________________________
I request that the matter be investigated immediately.

For example:
Slow as snail
Heather as fox

... oil and gas industries of... former USSR were one of... very few industrial success stories of the final years of ... Soviet regime. Today, those same industries, now operating within ... CIS, are in deep crises. Production and exports of ... sector's two key products - oil and gas -fell by almost... half between 1989 and 1994. It's not all bad news, of course: over ... first eight months of 1995,... rate of decline in fuel and energy production was less than ... 2% per cent compared to ,.. last year. Equally dramatic changes are yet to come as ... Ukraine and ... CIS countries shift to ... market economy.
Major Western oil companies, however, have been moving away from ... Ukraine because of... risks involved: unfriendly tax regimes,... uncertain political climate, financial problems and ... problems of negotiating with local, regional and central authorities. Last but not least, comes the difficulty of repatriating profits. According to ... official fuel and energy ministry figures, as of January 1, 1995, Ukraine had 1,910 oil fields and 410 gas fields, of which 1,020 are commercially operated, accounting for 72 per cent of all... reserves. 50.4 per cent of these reserves have already been worked out. ...oil was first produced commercially in...Ukraine in 1864.

1. They have built...school at...end of out road.2. Yuri Gagarin was...first man to travel through..space.3. ... thermometer is..instrument that tells you how hot or cold something is.4. - How do you learn..latest news? Do you watch...telly or listen to..radio?5. You must cross...bridge if you want to get to...opposite bank of...river.6. Let us wait till...moon rises.7. ...thief went to...prison for six years.8. ...queen bee is larger than other bees.9. I was so tired that i went straight to...bed.10. England lies to..north of France.11. John found..coin in..garden. ...coin turned out to be magic.12. I would like to become...astronaut, even though it is...dangerous job.13. Do you think that everybody should go to...college or to..university?14. ... only thing to do on...hot day is ti go swimming.15. In the US a lot of people still go to...church regularly.

home town. 2. I generally take the bus when I get about… town. 3. .. bus lines in our city connect … centre with suburbs. 4. Wen I go to… institute I most often use… second bus line. 5. Is there… good library in your home town? 6… chief adornment of …city is … opera-house. 7. My… friends live in Odessa in… Lenin Street. There is… trolley bus running along …street. …Lenin Street crosses… main street… of city,… Deribasovskaya Street. 8…. name of… river that flows through… Leningrad is… Neva. It is… beautiful river with …granite embankment and …five bridges… parks and… squares of… Leningrad are really picturesque… population of… city plant… flowers in… squares. 9. Moscow is the capital of… USSR. It is… large cultural centre of our… country. You can find many… institutes, …mills and …factories there …University is …multistoried building with… lecture halls,… libraries,… laboratories and… rooms for… students. 10... tram No.4 will take you to… Central Post Office. 11. He usually goes to his home town by … air.

1. They seemed (to quarrel): I could hear angry voices from behind the door.
2. They are supposed (to work) at the problem for the last two months.
3. The only sound (to hear) was the snoring of grandfather in the bedroom.