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

29. One can conclude from the passage that before the Panama Canal opened, ...
A) fifteen thousand ships transported travellers around Cape Horn every year.
B) if anyone wanted to undertake the journey by ship from the Atlantic to the Pacific it wouldn't take longer.
C) ships could travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean every eight hours
D) there was another route from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, but a rather long one.
30. The word HAZARDOUS in the passage is opposite in meaning to ...
A) perilous B) safe C) dangerous D) slow


VARIANT 81
1. ... you ever ...to Japan? - Yes, I... there the year when there was an earthquake.
A) Have/gone/had been B) Have/been/was C) Will/go/will be D) Do/go/would be
2. New schools ... in our city every year.
A) is built B) are to be built C) will build D) are built
3. “I am in ... hurry. Turn to ... left in ... High Street and drive me down to ... East End," I ordered taking my seat. A) the/a/the/an B) a/the/-/the C) -/ -/ -/ - D) a/the/the/the
4. That is ... story I have ever heard.
A) incredible B) the most incredible C) the more incredible D) most incredible
5. If you ... what it is all about, you ... on smiling.
A) knew/hadn't keep B) knew/wouldn't be keeping C) knew/wouldn't keep D) knew/hadn't been keeping
6. Bobur was drunk and that’s why the police took away his license. If he …
A) hadn't been drunk, the police wouldn't have taken B) hadn’t drunk, the police would have taken
C) hadn't been sober, the police wouldn't have taken D) hadn’t been sober, the police would take
7. If I were you ... .
A) I will wait В) I wait С) I would wait D) I waited
8. Little Dilbar can’t sleep at someone else’s house unless she ... her own pillow with her.
A) takes B) is taking C) will take D) took
9. The weather is fine today. Don't you mind …?
A) to walk B) walked C) walk D) walking