Gap-filling : - A gap-fill is a practice exercise in which learners have to replace words missing from a text. These words are chosen and removed in order to practise a specific language point.

Articles are words that define a noun as specific or unspecific. Example : After the long day, the cup of tea tasted particularly good. By using the article the, we've shown that it was one specific day that was long and one specific cup of tea that tasted good.

Articles (a, an, the) A/An: - Use with : Singular Countable Nouns. Do not use with : Plural nouns, uncountable nouns and abstract nouns

Special Note : Use 'A' before nouns beginning with a consonant sound. Use 'An' before nouns beginning with a vowel sound.

In the question : -

___________ FBI field office is a four storey brick fortress on the southern shore of lake Pontchartrain. We stop at the heavy iron gate to show  _______  armed guard our credentials.

In the first blank part , the correct article that can be placed in the blank part is The because FBI filed is a specific thing .

In the second blank part , the correct article that can be placed in the blank part is An because in armed there is vowel sound .

Thus , the Correct Option is D , which is The , An .

Gap-filling : - A gap-fill is a practice exercise in which learners have to replace words missing from a text. These words are chosen and removed in order to practise a specific language point.

Articles are words that define a noun as specific or unspecific. Example : After the long day, the cup of tea tasted particularly good. By using the article the, we've shown that it was one specific day that was long and one specific cup of tea that tasted good.

Articles (a, an, the) A/An: - Use with : Singular Countable Nouns. Do not use with : Plural nouns, uncountable nouns and abstract nouns

Special Note : Use 'A' before nouns beginning with a consonant sound. Use 'An' before nouns beginning with a vowel sound.

In the question : -

My deadline for the day's incredible, awe-inspiring column for __________ Tribune was three hours away, and I was in ____________ jam. I had already tossed three ideas into ___________ recycle bin and was staring at _______ blank screen again.

In the first blank part , the correct article that can be placed in the blank part is The because tribune is specific .

In the second blank part , the correct article that can be placed in the blank part is A because jam is non specific .

In the third blank part , the correct article that can be placed in the blank part is The because recycle bin is  specific .

In the fourth blank part , the correct article that can be placed in the blank part is A because black screen is non specific .

Thus , the Correct Option is A , which is The , A , The , A .

Gap-filling : - A gap-fill is a practice exercise in which learners have to replace words missing from a text. These words are chosen and removed in order to practise a specific language point.

Articles are words that define a noun as specific or unspecific. Example : After the long day, the cup of tea tasted particularly good. By using the article the, we've shown that it was one specific day that was long and one specific cup of tea that tasted good.

Articles (a, an, the) A/An: - Use with : Singular Countable Nouns. Do not use with : Plural nouns, uncountable nouns and abstract nouns

Special Note : Use 'A' before nouns beginning with a consonant sound. Use 'An' before nouns beginning with a vowel sound.

In the question : -

Children may quarrel all the time, drawing the elders into the fray. The neighbor's son may pick ___________  flower or a fruit from your garden and _____________ argument may erupt .

In the first blank part , the correct article that can be placed in the blank part is A because in flower there is consonant sound .

In the second blank part , the correct article that can be placed in the blank part is An because in argument there is vowel sound .

Thus , the Correct Option is A , which is A , An .