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

29. All of the statements are TRUE EXCEPT:
A) There are numerous customs for flying the flag and treating it with respect.
B) There are thirteen stripes on the flag of the UN
C) There are 50 states in the US
D) Hawaii was the last state to be added to the US.
30. What does the phrase STAND FOR in the passage mean?
A) satisfy B) stretch C) represent D) use


VARIANT 103
1. The couple who were celebrating their anniversary had been ... married for fifty years.
A) the happiest B) happily С) happy D) more happily
2. The ... used to make this dress was very expensive.
A) clothing B) clothe C) clothes D) cloth
3. - ... lunch already?
- No, not yet. The waitress ... my order fifteen minutes ago and ... me anything yet.
A) Do you have/takes/has not brought B) Have you have/was taken/was not brought
C) Did you have/has taken/did not bring D) Have you had/took/has not brought
4. You compel me to tell you that this is ... serious matter to be treated in such a fashion.
A) so B) as C) too D) what
5. ... she became a company manager, Mrs. Nathan has often been accused of ignoring the advice of her colleagues.
A) Providing B) Since C) So as D) When
6. She walked the stairs ... she ... .
A) as if/ is flying B) as/ was flying C) as if/ was flying D) like/ is flying
7. Millions of years ago, dinosaurs roamed the Earth, but they ... extinct by the time humankind first appeared.
A) had become B) have become C) became D) become
8. We couldn’t have finished the project so quickly if we hadn’t helped ... .
A) every other B) one other C) themselves D) each other
9. A flight which took two hours and a half. So it was ...
A) a half and two-hours flight. B) two-hours-and-a-half flight.
C) a two-hour-and-a-half flight. D) a flight of a two hour and-half.