Variant 1 You could have come first and won the race if you … faster

16. –Are you sure didn’t forget to write my name on the list?
–I`m on the list, … ?
A) am I B) I am not C) aren`t I D) am I not
17. –We have almost run out of petrol.
–Don`t worry. We … some on the way home.
A) get B) are getting C) will get D) have got
18. He`s extremely competent and will do the job properly. I`m very … his ability.
A) confidential B) confide C) confidence D) confident
19. She is not very sociable, but she has … good friends, so she`s happy.
A) a lot B) few C) much D) a few
20. Several maps of the place … you are going can be handy.
A) where B) who C) why D) what


One of the strangest sea stories is that of the sailing ship Mary Celeste. On November 5th 1872, she left New York bound for Genoa with a cargo of industrial alcohol and eleven people on board. A month later, she was seen by another ship, but the captain noticed that the Mary Celeste was sailing strangely, and decided to investigate. He found the ship to be completely deserted. The sails were set and in good condition, there was plenty of food and water, all the crew’s personal possessions were on board, and there was food and drink on the cabin table. No one has ever been able to explain what happened, though there have been explanations varying from a mutiny among the crew to aliens in a spaceship taking everyone away.


21. The cause for nobody’s existing on board the Mary Celeste ...
A) was the mutiny among the crew B) was discovered by the captain of another ship
C) is that aliens took the captain and crew away in a spaceship D) has never been found
22. Which of the following is most likely reason for the ship’s sailing strangely?
A) Her cargo of industrial alcohol was above her capacity.
B) It was not big enough to resist the giant ocean waves.
C) There was no one on board to sail the ship.
D) The ship was too heavy because of the crew’s personal possessions.