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

11. The experienced teacher encouraged her younger colleague … the rule to the pupils again.
A) to explain B) explaining C) explained D) explain
12. The Trade Fair is important. We need … Sue and Mike on the stand.
A) neither B) both C) none D) either
13. About 70 percent of all students entering this university graduate … four years.
A) within B) both C) none D) either
14. The new motorway connecting the two cities … by next Christmas.
A) has been completed B) will complete C) will have been completed D) is completed
15. So, this is your decision. … you insist on it?
A) Are B) Does C) Have D) Do
16. Do you know that the man … presentation I heard was an investment banker?
A) that B) who C) which D) whose
17. Your face is so dirty! Just look at … in the mirror.
A) yourself B) yours C) you D) your
18. That program was funny. It really made me … . Thank you for taking me out.
A) laughed B) laugh C) laughing D) to laugh
19. I came at two o`clock. He … the work by that time.
A) had done B) has done C) was doing D) has been doing
20. You`ll get the goods very soon. They will … to you by air.
A) delivering B) be delivered C) deliver D) being delivered


The prospectors who braved the Canadian winters to find gold in the Yukon and Klondike Rivers experienced the most difficult conditions to be imagined. Every man who entered the area had to carry a year’s supply of food and mining equipment over the steep and frozen mountain passes. In order to do this, each man had to carry 25 kilos of stores about 10 kilometres, leave it there, and return for another load. Therefore, to remove all of his stores less than 80 kilometres, each man had to walk nearly 1500 kilometres. It is estimated that of the 100,000 men who set out for the Klondike, fewer than 40,000 actually arrived. Only 4000 ever found gold, and very few of these became rich.