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

30. It is stated in the passage that ...
A) dyslexia and dyscalculia are the least important issues in the US.
B) reading, writing and arithmetic are areas crucial to academic success.
C) dyscalculia appears to be more widespread than dyslexia in elementary school classes.
D) dyslexia and dyscalculia are the learning disabilities most easily solved by educationalists.
VARIANT 31
1. Let me say good bye to you know … I don`t see you today.
A) unless B) despite C) whether D) in case
2. Tom isn`t going to … help you tomorrow.
A) be able to B) can C) should D) have to
3. Even though the parties are seen as political opponents, ideologically, there is … difference between two leaders.
A) little B) too C) many D) much
4. Dinosaurs were the largest animals ever to live on earth, and they … the Earth for a very long period of time.
A) had been ruling B) ruled C) had been ruled D) were ruling
5. Can I ask you a question, Barbara? Did you go to classes to learn French, or did you teach … ?
A) yourselves B) her C) it D) yourself
6. Although the recording was made over 60 years ago, the quality of sound on the disk is … good.
A) surprised B) surprise C) surprising D) surprisingly
7. This wine doesn`t taste as … as my usual one.
A) well B) good C) better D) best
8. Her son five years old. She has a … son.
A) five years older B) five year olds C) five years old D) five-year-old
9. They had lived in Rome for some years and fell in love when they … in Rome.
A) had been working B) was working C) were working D) worked
10. Many roads and railroads in the USA were built in the 1880s … industrial cities needed a network to link them with sources of supply.
A) in spite of B) because C) despite D) because of
11. Scientists say that the satellite … to Earth some time this afternoon.
A) is going to fall B) would fall C) had fallen D) falls