Fill in the gaps of the following text with appropriate articles. Put a cross for zero article.
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6. Mr. Karim is an [email protected]
(a) ___ teacher. He is (b) ___ MA. in English. He serves in (c) ___ famous institution. He tries to lead (d) ___ honest life. He is (e) ___ efficient teacher. He always helps (f) ___ weaker students. He is (g) ___ most favorite teacher (h) ___ to the student.
7. A true friend is (a) ___ asset. He stands by his friend in time of (b) ___ danger. Normally he is not (c) ___ greedy person. He always wishes for (d) ___ welfare of his friend. But it is (e) ___ matter of fact that (f) ___ ideal friend is very rare now (g) ___ days. So we should be careful in choosing (h) ___ friend.
8. (a) ___ ant is an industrious (b) ___ insect. No other insect is as industrious like (c) ___ ant. If we open (d) ___ pages of history, we shall see that (e) ___ men who have become great in (f) ___ world were industrious. Industry is (g) ___ key to success. So we should be (h) ___ industrious.
9. Dhaka is (a) ___ capital of Bangladesh. It is (b) ___ old city. It is also (c) ___ crowded city. People of different communities live in (c) ___ city. Their ways of life are (d) ___ quite different. So, their occupations are not (e) ___ same. Most of the people lead (f) ___ very hard life here. Traffic jam is a common problem in (h) ___ Dhaka city.
10. A library is (a) ___ collection of books of various kinds. (b) ___ word ‘library’ comes from the Latin word ‘Libre’ which means (c) ___ book. In the ordinary sense, we know, library means (d) ___ house where books are kept for use by the readers. It is (e) ___ important temple of wisdom. (f) ___ library is also called (g) ___ store house of knowledge. (h) ___ ‘British Library’ is the biggest one in the world.
11. Patriotism is a noble (a) ___ virtue. It inspires a man to shed last drop of blood to defend (b) ___ freedom of his country. (c) ___ man without patriotism is not better than (d) ___ beast. (e) ___ true patriot is honored by all. He thinks for (f) ___ welfare of his country. On (g) ___ other hand, an unpatriotic man thinks only his own interest. He is (h) ___ hated person. Nobody respects him.
12. Self-control makes (a) ___ man morally sound and sober which is at (b) ___ root of all virtues. Without it (c) ___ man becomes worse than (d) ___ animal for a time being. It forms (e) ___ primary basis of the individual character. (f) ___ exercise of self-discipline, self-respect and self-control makes a man pure and (g) ___ simple, good and great. It is (h) ___ great virtue.
13. A few days ago I enjoyed (a) ___ interesting football (b) ___ match. It was played between
(c) ___ top two teams, Abahani and Mohammedan. On (d) ___ day of the match I went to (e) ___ stadium quite early. I stood in the line and bought (f) ___ ticket. Then I entered into (g) ___ stadium. It was (h) ___ exciting match.
14. Though money is (a) ___ must for our life, it is not (b) ___ necessary to bring happiness. Money cannot buy © ___ happiness. Happiness is absolutely (d) ___ psychological thing. It is (e) ___ name of (f) ___ feeling. Actually, it means (g) ___ contentment of (h) ___ mind.
15. Yesterday while I was going to Cumilla by (a) ___ bus, I saw (b) ___ elderly lady carrying (c) ___ huge bag and (d) ___ umbrella struggling to get on to (e) ___ bus. She would not let anyone carry her (f) ___ bag. I invited her to take (g) ___ seat next to mine. She took (h) ___ seat and thanked me.
16. (a) ___ thing of beauty is (b) ___ joy forever. (c) ___ flower is a beautiful (d) ___ thing. It is a symbol of (e) ___ beauty and (f) ___ purity. Everybody likes (g) ___ flower. But it is a matter of sorrow that (h) ___ flower is short lived. It does not last long.
17. Newspaper is called (a) ___ storehouse of knowledge. We cannot do (b) ___ single day without newspaper. It contains (c) ___ news of the whole (d) ___ world. We can get (e) ___ news of home and abroad from it. It plays (f) ___ important role in creating (g) ___ public awareness. It is (h) ___ essential thing in our everyday life.
Answer
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