VII. Use the correct article where necessary (a, an, the -) (12 points)
1.___ Manila is ___ capital of ___ Philippines.
2. ___ Andes is a mountain range in ___ South America.
3. She spent ___ morning working in ____ library.
4. On ___ top of all, one child was in ____bed with ____pneumonia.
5. Usually, it is ___ matter of discussing things we reach ___ agreement.
VIII. You are going to read a newspaper article about a Spanish design student in London. Eight sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A-I the one which fits each gap (1-8). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.
Designer Living
It is hard to tell whether Hector Serrano is very serious or just has a dry sense of humour. When you enter his flat you are greeted in two languages. 'Hallo,' he says in a thick Spanish accent, as he opens the front door in his green glasses, brown woolly jumper, and orange leather slippers. 1____.
Serrano graduated from the RCA's* Product Design MA course that year. While he was still there he won the £16,000 Peugeot Design Award, beating his tutor Roberto Feo. 2_______.It is difficult to get into the house because the hall is cluttered with their bikes and there are piles of books and papers everywhere.3______.The walls are all brightly coloured, paper bags are used as lampshades and unusual self-built furniture fills every room.
Serrano's workshop is in his bedroom.4_______.'They are Mr Potatohead's glasses', I am informed. Was it Mr Potatohead, then that gave him the idea for his successful design, a soft, squeezable lamp that won him the Peugeot award? 'No' he replies, picking up and squeezing a red stress ball. 'This was'.
Serrano has other designs on display such as his new but unfinished 'top secret' design on his wardrobe clothes rail. 5_______.
It is made from strips of plastic stuffed into a clear nylon net, which hangs from the ceiling. There's a drinking bottle based on the traditional Spanish botijos. It looks like a plastic bottle but is made in white pottery and has a spout and handle. 'It can be used as a drinking bottle' says Serrano, raising it to his lips, 'or as a jug'. He bends over and pours the water into a glass.
Serrano has only been in London two years. 6_________. Someone had told him design was nice and easy, and he was fed up with studying Physics, Maths and Literature.7_________. Unsurprisingly, though, poor Serrano misses the Spanish sun and paella. Otherwise, he's very happy. The only thing that upsets him is those open-backed buses in London. 'It might be a tradition but they are very, very dangerous'. 8_________.
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* RCA stands for the Royal College of Art
A On the bench, there's a tiny pair of glasses similar to Serrano's own.
B He arrived here from Valencia with good reports of the RCA from a friend.
C He still lives with two RCA student friends in a rented house in Queen's Park.
D In the corner, there is a strange looking hanging lamp.
E It is not clear if he is being serious or not.
F 'Bonjour' reads the doormat.
G It's obvious that this is the flat of design students.
H He wanted to study something more creative.
I This design won him the Peugeot award.
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