Variant – 1 Choose the best answer

19. Choose the best answer.

In France you shouldn’t sit down in a cafe … you’ve shaken

hands with everyone you know.

A) during B) until C) through D) as soon as

20. Choose the best answer.

Be careful with that sharp knife! You … yourself.

A) are cutting B) are to cut

С) were cutting D) are going to cut

Read the text. Then choose the correct answer for each question below (21-24).

Paper and printing were first invented in China. Paper

came into Europe through the Muslim world. It was

common by the 14^th century. Joharm Gutenberg of

Germany perfected printing in the l450s . Once books no longer had to be copied by hand, they became less expensive.

Reading became more common. At first, books were still not

easy to make and not cheap. Each letter was on a separate

piece of type. A typesetter had to put each letter into place

individually. Once all the letters for the page were in place,