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

14. I need proper shoes to go hiking in the mountains … the ground is rough and hard.
A) although B) despite C) when D) as
15. Maryland is the kind of … place I`d like to go on vacation.
A) – B) a B) an D) the
16. Mr. Allison is getting old. He needs … after, don`t you think?
A) to be looked B) looked C) to look D) look
17. Isn`t she the woman … plays the violin in the orchestra?
A) which B) whose C) who D) whom
18. If you don`t get better I`ll take you to … hospital.
A) a B) the C) an D) –
19. There is the student … book you found.
A) which B) who C) whose D) whom
20. She earns at least as … as Mark, and probably more.
A) much B) more C) many D) most


When we are young, we learn that tigers and sharks are dangerous animals. We might be scared of them because they are big and powerful. As we get older, however, we learn that sometimes the most dangerous animals are also the smallest animals. In fact, the animal that kills the most people every year is the mosquito. Because a mosquito can bite many people in the course of its life, it can carry deceases from one person to another very easily. Two of the most deadly deceases carried by mosquitoes are malaria and yellow fewer. More than 700 million people become sick from these diseases every year. At least 2 million of these people will die from these diseases. Many scientists are working on the better ways of killing mosquitoes, but still the insects are far more dangerous to human beings than larger scary animals. It is highly likely that soon scientists will find a way to keep everyone protected from mosquitoes and the diseases they carry.
21. We understand from the passage that
A) tigers and sharks kill more people than mosquitoes B) tigers and sharks are big and powerful
C) tigers and sharks live all over the world D) mosquitoes have no enemies