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

28. The first unchanged form of Sister Carrie came out in ...

A) 1981 В) 1908 C) 1917 D) 1907

29. All of the following statement are TRUE EXCEPT:

A) Dreiser was down in the dumps seeing that his first novel was not best-selling.

B) As distinct from Sister Carrie, Jennie Gerhardt was not censored.

C) Sister Carrie is a well-known story in which city life is depicted.

D) Loads of changes had been done before the publication of Sister Carrie.

30. It is clear from the passage that besides writing novels Dreiser ...

A) was busy censoring other writers' works. B) was engaged in commercial activities.

C) was a man who fought against realism. D) was an editor for some magazines.

VARIANT 85

1. Peter Parker began teaching in a secondary school ... near London.

A) anything B) somehow C) somewhere D) anybody

2. I hope they’ve got some tickets left. We … be lucky and get the last two.

A) might B) must C) should D) had to