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

24. How long did competition last the previous year?
A) 12 minutes B) 8 minutes C) 10 minutes D) 20 minutes


The condition of your heart is directly related to the amount of stress you regularly experience. Be aware of stress in your life and train yourself to counteract its disastrous effects. These are some of the deliberate steps you may take to reduce stress: Enjoy a lengthy vacation yearly. Be certain that what you are doing is what you really want to do. Face each challenge realistically. Don't attempt to do more each day than you possibly can do well. You need to feel satisfied with your accomplishments daily. Relax every evening and do the things you enjoy, whether this means strenuous exercise like tennis or curling up in a comfortable chair and reading a mystery.
25. The purpose of this passage is to ...
A) encourage you to reduce your work load. B) help you reduce stress.
C) show the effects of stress upon the heart. D) describe symptoms of stress.
26. One of the causes of stress is ...
A) playing tennis too strenuously B) a heart condition
C) a heart which is full of negative energy D) loving your work
27. According to the text, which of them is not mentioned?
A) Every evening do what you want. B) Don`t try anything beyond your limit every day.
C) You should do something very challenging for others. D) It is useful to content with your regular success.


A long hard trip to school
Elizabeth Eckford will never forget her first day of high school. It was 50 years ago. Kids screamed at her as she tried to enter Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. “They were so angry that I would not dare to try to go to that school.” Eckford told journalists. Why were they angry?
Eckford was in the first group of black students to go Central High. In 1957, many people did not believe that black and white students should go to school together. In 1954 the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled that black students could no longer be made to do separate schools. But the governor of Arkansas still refused to let the black students enter Central High. In 1957 President Dwight D. Eisenhower finally had to send 1,000 armed soldiers. They protected the black students, who entered the school on September 25, 1957.