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

28. You can infer that the law of supply and demand means that prices ...
A) rise if supplies are abundant B) stay even when supplies are abundant
C) fall if supplies are limited D) rise if supplies are limited
29. You can infer that gas suppliers are burning their surplus gas in order to ...
A) create a shortage to sustain high prices B) lower the prices on their product
C) get rid of an inferior product D) create a glut in the market
30. The author's purpose is to …
A) discuss oil prices B) discuss gas and oil producers C) discuss gas shortages D) question high gas prices

VARIANT 45
1. It was only the … day that I received a letter from my cousin inviting me to his wedding.
A) others` B) others C) another D) other
2. Can we have a word with you before we … ?
A) go B) shall go C) had gone D) went
3. The temperature of an object rises when heat … into it.
A) flew B) will flow C) flow D) flows
4. My mother … the floor than dishes.
A) would rather wash B) would rather to wash C) would rather washing D) will rather to washing
5. The temperature here seldom drops … freezing point.
A) up B) above C) below D) down
6. Don’t be taken … by him. If were you, I wouldn`t believe anything he says.
A) on B) down C) in D) out
7. I remember how we used to have to clean the house thoroughly. This ceremony is called Osoji and my sister and I … look forward to it very much, since that was such a mess.
A) have not B) get used to C) didn`t use to D) would
8. Maria forgot to turn off the iron when she went to answer … knock at the door, and she burnt a hole in the ironing board.
A) some B) a C) – D) an
9. Many people consider Davies … the finest artist of his generation?
A) be B) to being C) being D) to be
10. This is … car of the three.
A) most powerful B) the most powerful C) more powerful D) powerfullest