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

19. I should … to the party with pleasure if I … angry with you.
A) have come/had been B) come/had been C) had come/were D) have come/hadn`t been
20. Because of the excellent faculty, King High students go far, … than students in other high schools.
A) more far B) less further C) much further D) much far


Up until about 100 years ago, newspapers in the United States appealed only to the most serious readers. They used no illustrations and the articles were about politics or business. Two men changed that – Joseph Pulitzer of the New York World and William Randolph Hearst of the New York Journal. Pulitzer bought The New York World in 1883. He changed it from a traditional newspaper into a very exciting one overnight. He added lots of illustrations and cartoons and he told his reporters to write articles on every crime or scandal they could find. And they did. One of them even pretended she was crazy and was admitted to a mental hospital. She then wrote a series of articles about the poor treatment of patients in those hospitals. In 1895, Hearst came to New York from California. He wanted the Journal to be more sensational and more exciting than the World. He also wanted it to be cheaper, so he reduced the price to a penny. Hearst attracted attention because his headlines were bigger than anyone else’s. He often said "Big print makes big news". Pulitzer and Hearst did anything they could to sell newspapers. For example, Hearst sent Frederic Remington, the famous illustrator, to draw pictures of the Spanish-American War. When he got there, he told Hearst that no fighting was going on. Hearst answered, "You furnish the pictures. I’ll furnish the war".
21. The word APPEALED in the passage is closest in meaning to ...
A) specialized B) devoted C) delivered D) attracted
22. According to the text, all of the followings are TRUE EXCEPT ...
A) The New York World and The New York Journal contended with each other.
B) after Pulitzer’s purchase, The World didn’t remain untouched.
C) it was really possible to buy The Journal almost for nothing.
D) Frederic succeeded in describing the real war between Spain and America.