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

10. It is a well-known fact that William Shakespeare was both a playwright … an actor.
A) and B) such C) but also D) as well as
11. I don`t like Alice. She … about difficulties of life all the time.
A) has been complaining B) is complaining C) complained D) has complained
12. An earthquake of magnitude eight on the Richter scale occurs once … five or ten years.
A) each B) every C) another D) other
13. If I were you, I … contact with this film.
A) will not sign B) would not sign C) would not have signed D) will not have signed
14. We should go for a picnic. It`s … lovely day!
A) so a B) such a C) so D) such
15. After the accident I was in hospital … 3 weeks.
A) as soon as B) still C) till D) for
16. At the lunch time she stopped … a cup of tea.
A) to make B) making C) made D) having made
17. Why did you say that Paul … a careful driver?
A) isn`t B) hasn`t C) hadn`t been D) were
18. Brian teaches English to students, most of … are hoping to study in England or America.
A) what B) who C) which D) whom
19. Don`t worry about your birthday. We`ll have everything … by then.
A) arranging B) to arrange C) arranged D) arrange
20. Some people would only be convinced that the world`s climate is changing if it … in the Sahara desert.
A) snowed B) had snowed C) will snow D) snows


Wangari Maathai was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004. She was praised by the Nobel committee as a source of inspiration for everyone in Africa, fighting for sustainable development, democracy and peace. When she started her Green Belt movement in 1979, Kenya was suffering from deforestation and desertification. Thousands of trees had been cut down and many families bad been left in poverty as a result. Since then, her successful campaign to mobilize, women to plant some 30 million trees has been copied by other countries. During that time the movement has been transformed into a campaign on education, nutrition and other issues. Her campaign hasn't always been popular. Mrs. Maathai has been arrested several times for campaigning against deforestation in Africa, and once she was beaten unconscious by heavy handed police. But in elections in 2002 she was elected as an MP as part of an opposition coalition which swept to power and she was appointed as a deputy environment minister in 2003.