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

13. The stallholder asked Lucy, "What can I do for you?" The stallholder asked Lucy ...
A) what he could do for you B) what I could do for her C) what I can do for you D) what he could do for her
14. Davron never stops boasting about his high marks, it's so ...
A) annoyful B) annoyance C) annoyed D) annoying
15. I ... you the book after I ... it.
A) give/read B) shall give/had read C) shall give/have read D) have given/shell read
16. The most frequent reason for leaving shops without buying anything is …
A) account B) sale C) price D) balance
17. Is there a ... of helping them?
A) meant B) meanly C) mean D) means
18. On the 16th of April, I'm leaving … China … Singapore.
A) for/- B) at/through C) -/for D) from/to


Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. As a boy, the famous inventor Thomas Edison was not a good student. His parents took him out of school after three months and his mother taught him at home, where his great curiosity and desire to experiment often got him into trouble. One day, he set fire to his father's arm “to see what would happen”. When he was ten, he built his own chemistry laboratory. His parents became accustomed to his experiments and the explosions which sometimes shook the house.
19. Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A) Thomas Edison's parents were loyal towards their son's passion to experiments.
B) Thomas Edison was capable to study at school only for three months because of his good abilities
C) Thomas Edison's mother had to educate him at home when he was a boy.
D) Thomas Edison was not a good student because of his inquisitive mind.