Articles in the English Language / Артикли в Английском языке

1. Laurelle had [a/an/the/--] cold for several days last week. She said she cured [the/a/an/--] cold by drinking ginger tea.
- 2. Michael J. Fox, the famous actor from "Back to the Future", is a well known advocate for people with [ -- /a/the/an] Parkinson's disease.
- 3. Many childhood diseases, including [the/--/a/an] measles, [ -- /the/a/an] chickenpox, and [the/a/--/an] mumps, are becoming less common due to widespread immunization.
- 4. Scientists all over the world are studying the causes of [ -- /the/a/an] cancer. A friend of mine researches [ -- /a/the/an] lymphoma, which is a type of [ -- /a/the/an] blood cancer.
- 5. Jared had [a/--/the/an] stroke last year. Although he lived, [the/--/a/an] stroke did affect his speech and movement on the left side of his body.
- 6. During the Middle Ages, [the/--/a/an] bubonic plague swept through Europe killing millions of people.
- 7. Did you know that [ -- /a/the/an] malaria is one of the leading causes of death in the developing world?
- 8. Whenever I go swimming, I end up with [an/--/the/a] earache, which always causes me to get [a/--/the/an] headache!
- 9. Every winter, [the/--/a/an] flu sweeps across the United States. That's why many doctors recommend immunization shots to prevent [the/--/a/an] flu.
- 10. The medical conference included lectures on a range of diseases from [ -- /the/a/an] Down syndrome to [ -- /the/a/an] encephalitis to [ -- /a/the/an] heart disease.