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

28. The first unchanged form of Sister Carrie came out in ...
A) 1981 В) 1908 C) 1917 D) 1907
29. All of the following statement are TRUE EXCEPT:
A) Dreiser was down in the dumps seeing that his first novel was not best-selling.
B) As distinct from Sister Carrie, Jennie Gerhardt was not censored.
C) Sister Carrie is a well-known story in which city life is depicted.
D) Loads of changes had been done before the publication of Sister Carrie.
30. It is clear from the passage that besides writing novels Dreiser ...
A) was busy censoring other writers' works. B) was engaged in commercial activities.
C) was a man who fought against realism. D) was an editor for some magazines.
VARIANT 85
1. Peter Parker began teaching in a secondary school ... near London.
A) anything B) somehow C) somewhere D) anybody
2. I hope they’ve got some tickets left. We … be lucky and get the last two.
A) might B) must C) should D) had to
3. He said that he ... school and he … to enter the Institute.
A) finished/was going B) has finished/is going C) had finished/was going D) finishes/are going
4. Do you know what time ... ?
A) will the next train leave B) the next train leaved C) the next train leaves D) does the next train leave
5. ... Steve, he believes that we should stay here we are.
A) Instead of B) In addition to C) In the name of D) As for
6. How often do you have your car...? A) servicing B) to service C) serviced D) service
7. Let's come a bit earlier to have better seats, ...? A) won't you B) shall we C) do they D) isn't he
8. She ... all the work and now she … in the next room.
A) did/rest B) have done/rests C) had done/was having D) has done/is resting
9. By the time the Prime Minister... everything will have been ready for the conference.
A) arrived B) arrives C) arriving D) have arrived