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

8. I ... still … when you ...
A) am working/will return B) shall be working/return
C) was working/are returning D) shall have been working/have returned
9. Sokina never ...the car for short distances; she prefers walking.
A) travels B) takes C) flies D) catches
10. Jane and Pete are ... nice people! But I can't stand their kids.
A) such B) such a C) so many D) so
11. Kate denied ... the chocolate biscuits.
A) steals B) stolen C) to D) stealing
12. It... interesting if we ... which of us is right. You or me?
A) would have been/ would have been known B) would be/ had been known
C) would be/knew D) would have been /known
13. Scientific articles ... often … in this paper.
A) to be published B) are being published C) are published D) have published
14. Paraphrase the following sentence. He gave us a banknote of fifty dollars to change.
A) He gave us a fifty-dollars of banknote to change. B) We changed fifty-dollars banknote.
C) He gave us a fifty-dollar banknote to change. D) We gave him fifty dollar banknote to change.
15. Sarvinoz said she... in two weeks' time.
A) has left B) had been leaving С) will leave D) would be leaving
16. You won’t find Oskar in his office this week. He... at home, so you can call him there.
A) is working B) had been working C) works D) will work
17. We challenged the company ... that its system was safe.
A) to proving B) prove C) to prove D) proving
18. The boys played the match in spite of the rain. They played the match ...
A) however it rains B) even though it was raining C) if it rained D) despite it was raining


At the turn of the century, the European powers were hard work attempting to claim as much land in Africa as possible. Britain's General Kitchner had pushed through the gates of Khartoum, and French troops were fighting Moroccans resisting them. A hundred years later, the possessors of the past have come and gone, and the continent is unfettered from colonialism. It has been a hard and painful march to freedom. The African people have been weighed down beneath the yoke of historical circumstance and traumatized by some 400 years of a slave trade, which only ended around 1850. Yet for better or for worse, Africa is finally its own master.