Question

Fill in blank (1) with an appropriate article:

According to (1)_______ meteorological society, (2) ______ cyclones tearing through the country are some of the worst in history. (You are referring to a particular meteorological society)

• A. the
• B. a
• C. an
• D. No article

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

The source of information given in the sentence is a specific, known society. Hence we use a definite article, 'the'. Option A is thus, correct. Options B and C are indefinite articles, the former used for nouns beginning with a consonant and the latter used for nouns beginning with a vowel. Since they're not used for the specific nouns like the one given, they're both incorrect. Option D is incorrect because the noun is not uncountable, nor is it a proper noun, in which case an article would not be used.