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

24. After reading the text you can come to conclusion that by observing animals, scientists will be able to ... .
A) assess the damage B) care about animals C) decrease environmental destruction D) alert about danger


A doctor, a lawyer, a little boy and a priest were on a small private plane. Suddenly the plane started to go down. Unfortunately, there were only three parachutes remaining. The doctor grabbed one and said “I`m a doctor, I save lives, so I must live” and jumped out. The lawyer then said, “I`m a lawyer and lawyers are the smartest people in the world. I deserve to live.” He also grabbed a parachute and jumped. The priest looked at the little boy and said, “My son, I`ve lived a long life. You are young. Take the last parachute and live in peace.” The little boy handed the parachute back to the priest and said, “Not to worry, Father, the smartest man in the world just took off with my back pack.”
25. Why did the priest not follow the doctor and the lawyer out of the plane?
A) He decided to save the boy. B) He had no time to jump out.
C) He was the smartest man in the world. D) He could not find a parachute for himself.
26. What does the word HANDED in the text mean?
A) took B) kept C) gave D) armed
27. What was the mistake of the smartest man in the world?
A) He didn`t know how to fly B) He hurried to get off the plane.
C) He intended to save everybody. D) He got off a wrong plane.


Around Australia. Every year more than 50,000 students take a “gap year” between finishing school and starting university. Many of these students use this 12-month period to go to travelling. Staying in youth hostels, “backpack”, is a cheap way of seeing different places and also a great way to meet new people from all over the world. A popular route in Australia starts at Cairus, close to the Great Barrier Reef is in Queensland, in the north-east of Australia. It is 2,000 km long and is at least 500 million years old. The Great Barrier Reef is the only life form on earth that is visible from the moon. It is twice the length of Great Britain!