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

11. Ballads were early types of poetry and may have … among the first kinds of music.
A) be B) was C) are D) been
12. – Would you and your wife like to play bridge tonight?
– I don`t know how to play bridge and … .
A) my wife neither B) neither does my wife C) neither is my wife D) my wife either
13. – Have you been working here long?
– Yes, by next June I … here for ten years.
A) have worked B) will work C) had worked D) will have worked
14. Joe Roebling is … name of the engineer who designed the Brooklyn Bridge.
A) an B) – C) a D) the
15. Magazines like “Times”, “Newsweek”, “U.S. News”, and “World Report” provide the reader … a pictorial report of the week`s events.
A) with B) on C) for D) by
16. Diana baked three cakes. … of them was a chocolate cake.
A) None B) All C) Neither D) Both
17. With no income but my husband`s student grant, we … live from hand to mouth for several years.
A) must B) were to C) can D) had to
18. The cars which use gas go … than ones which use petrol, but a slow car is better than nothing.
A) quickly B) more slowly C) faster D) slow
19. Young people are fond of … rock music, rhythm and blues.
A) originating B) originate C) original D) originally
20. Mother asked, “Has John locked the gates?”
Mother asked … locked the gates.
A) if John has B) had John C) whether John had D) has John


Many stolen paintings have a strange history. But one of the strangest was that of a painting by the famous sixteenth-century painter Bruegel, stolen from an art-gallery in London in the eighties. The four thieves who had stolen the painting, didn`t know how much it cost. The first art expert who came to see the painting said it was priceless. Another art expert said it was worth £2-3 million. Then the thieves tried to sell the painting back to the art gallery from which it had been stolen. The gallery contacted the police and a meeting was arranged. However, the meeting didn`t take place. A short time later the thieves were arrested. When they were told that they were arrested in connecting with a Bruegel painting, one of them said: “What`s Bruegel? I thought it was rubbish.”