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

27. Which type of paints is more preferable for the artist to work longer?
A) oil paints B) guaches C) water paints D) pigments


Scientists estimate that there are approximately 38.000 varieties of mushrooms. Of these, more than 700 have proven highly edible. For practical purposes, wild mushrooms break down into several categories; dangerously poisonous, slightly poisonous, disagreeable in taste, and those of excellent flavour. Just as their cousins, funguses are mushrooms too, are simple-structured and live off food already prepared by higher forms of plants. The one thing that all funguses lack is the green colouring by which green plants, with the sun's help, manufacture their own food.
28. Although there are many types of mushrooms ... .
A) the chance of picking a mushroom of excellent flavour is 50 percent
B) scientists don't know much about their structure
C) only some species can be eaten
D) people don’t agree about their flavour
29. It is obvious in the passage that fungus ... .
A) has the same number of varieties as mushrooms
B) is more flavourful than mushrooms
C) has some poisonous kinds but they are not deadly poisonous
D) is dependent on more complex structured plants for what they eat
30. It can be understood from the passage that mushrooms ... .
A) are similar to funguses in every aspect
B) have structures that are different from all the other plants
C) are the least complex of all plants
D) don't have the ability to produce their own food
VARIANT 48
1. Bad news travels around the world before good news … its shoes on.
A) will get B) get C) gets D) got
2. Most people have trouble remembering their dreams … they write them down as soon as soon as they wake up.
A) unless B) whether C) if D) despite
3. If anything happens to the children, you may go to … hospital to get medical aid.
A) no B) several C) any D) some