Упражнение 66. Выберите нужный артикль или оставьте существительное без артикля

Пример: For (a, an, the) ______ years, people have worked under (a, an, the) the assumption that (a, an, the) the best remedy for (a, an, the) a burn is butter.

1. This kind of treatment seems to be ______ good idea because butter looks and feels like ointment, but butter doesn’t contain ______ antibacterial property like ointment does. 2. In using butter to treat ______ burns, you are coating ______ skin with butter that must be removed later to keep it from interfering with ______ healing process. 3. In actuality, cold water without ice will not only ease ______ pain but also prevent scarring and further damage. 4. In fact, ______ person who keeps the finger submerge for at least several minutes and as long as half an hour will have ______ least painful or scarred burn, according to doctors. 5. However, if ______ burn is serious, ______ first person to be consulted should be a doctor.