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

27. In the passage it is explained that … .
A) the writer was always nervous on the day of a concert
B) the writer played to some cabbages because there was no real audience
C) the writer finally began to relax just before he began his concert
D) the room was so cold the writer`s hands felt like ice


Midvale police are investigating a robbery at Malone`s Jewellery Store. It happened Friday night. The robbers stole ten thousand dollars worth of jewellery and watches. They got into the store by breaking the front window. The store has a burglar alarm, but someone cut the wires in a back room before the robbery. So the alarm didn`t ring. The only people who got into that room are employees of the store. Mrs. Savage, who cleans the store at night, was working and heard the window break. She saw a man and a woman driving away from the store in an old black car. She said she didn`t call the police. She thought the people were just the owner and his wife.
28. Thieves were noticed by
A) Mrs. Savage B) the Malones C) a Midvale police officer D) the Jewellery Store guard
29. What is the text about?
A) Mrs. Malone B) Cleaning C) Diamonds D) A theft
30. Who stole the jewellery and watches?
A) nobody knows B) holders of the shop C) cleaner D) owner`s wife


VARIANT 33
1. You know that I like travelling … by train and by car.
A) both B) and C) neither D) either
2. Tom hates walking and he even drives down the road … a newspaper in the morning.
A) have bought B) to buy C) buys D) for buying
3. John always arrives … for the chemistry class even though he leaves his dormitory in plenty of time.
A) late B) later C) lately D) latter
4. When you have problems just tell someone and … will help you.
A) it B) he C) her D) they
5. The works of Picasso were quite … during various periods of his artistic life.
A) different B) differentiate C) different from D) differ