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

13. Sarah: Are you busy tomorrow?

Mark: I`m meeting someone in the office. We`ve got … business to discuss.

A) the B) no C) some D) a

14. Russia was the first country in the world to send a satellite into … space.

A) the B) a C) – D) an

15. Several of these washers and dryers need to be … because they are out of order.

A) to repair B) repaired C) repair D) repairing

16. Don`t forget to bring the book, … ?

A) are you B) will you C) won`t you D) do you

17. Bill assured us that the ... against him was untrue.

A) accusation B) accusingly C) accusatory D) accuse

18. People throughout the world are interested in learning English because English is … one of the most important languages in the world.

A) one B) any C) some D) –

19. James dislikes smoking habit so much that he wants to quit forever. He wishes he … smoking.

A) wouldn`t start B) won`t start C) didn`t start D) hadn`t started

20. The delegation was to arrive on Saturday, but the time of the arrival … changed.

A) have B) was C) are D) will

The earliest inns were established about 3000 B.C. Most of them were private homes whose owners provided rooms for travellers. Many early innkeepers did not keep the room clear, and they provided only crude meals for their guests. Several travellers usually had to share the same room and sometimes even the same bed. The quality of inns, especially of those in England, improved during the A.D. 1700s, when more people began to travel for pleasure. The first building in the United States constructed specifically as a hotel was the City Hotel, which was opened in New York City in 1794 During the 1800's. American innkeepers became the leaders in hotel development. At that time, only the wealthy could afford to stay at European book in the United States, however, many hotels offered comfortable inexpensive lodgings. Early Hotels had many beds, no lock on room doors, and no lobbies. Guests usually entered a hotel through a bar. In 1829, The Tremont House in Boston became the first hotel provide private rooms with locks. The Tremont House also was the first hotel to have a lobby and to offer indoor plumbing.