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

25. The pianist stopped feeling nervous …

A) as soon as the concert was over. B) when the audience began to applaud.

C) because he had practiced a lot. D) when he found he couldn`t see the audience.

26. On the day of the concert the teacher …

A) felt nearly as nervous as the pianist.

B) couldn`t think of a way helping the pianist to stay calm.

C) advised him to put cabbages in the room where he practiced.

D) advised him to eat a little cabbage.

27. In the passage it is explained that … .

A) the writer was always nervous on the day of a concert

B) the writer played to some cabbages because there was no real audience

C) the writer finally began to relax just before he began his concert

D) the room was so cold the writer`s hands felt like ice
Midvale police are investigating a robbery at Malone`s Jewellery Store. It happened Friday night. The robbers stole ten thousand dollars worth of jewellery and watches. They got into the store by breaking the front window. The store has a burglar alarm, but someone cut the wires in a back room before the robbery. So the alarm didn`t ring. The only people who got into that room are employees of the store. Mrs. Savage, who cleans the store at night, was working and heard the window break. She saw a man and a woman driving away from the store in an old black car. She said she didn`t call the police. She thought the people were just the owner and his wife.