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

14. A car with poor brakes and no brake lights … dangerous.
A) is B) being C) are being D) are
15. I am surprised to see you. Your mother said you … ill.
A) were B) had been C) are D) has been
16. The concert of the famous composer … at seven tonight.
A) is beginning B) will begin C) begins D) begin
17. I wanted to take ... , but had to content myself with ... because the office was so busy.
A) two weeks’ holiday/one B) a two weeks’ holiday/it C) two weeks holiday/me D) two week holidays/one
18. Now that the children are old enough to feed for ... , we can go away on holiday ... .
A) themselves/by ourselves B) yourself/ourselves C) by themselves/on my own D) yourselves/ourselves


Long ago, in a city called Cordoba, there lived a very beautiful woman. She had lived there as long as anyone could remember. Nobody knew who she was or where she had come from. Even the oldest people in the town could remember her from when they were children. She was called the Wise Woman of Cordoba and it was said that she was in contact with the devil. In many ways, however, the Wise Woman seemed a good person. She always helped those in difficulty. When young girls were lonely and wanted a husband, they went to the Wise Woman. When young ladies were poor and wanted fine dresses to wear at court, they went to her. When miners were sad because there was no silver in their mines, they, too, went to the Wise Woman. And with her magic powers she realized their wishes. She was so famous that even today, when someone in Mexico asks an impossible favour the answer will be: “I`m not the Wise Woman of Cordoba”.
19. Who was the Wise Woman of Cordoba?
A) A strange woman who scared people B) An old woman who prepared medicine
C) A woman who helped people D) A woman who caused young women trouble
20. What is TRUE according to the text?
A) Only the oldest people in the city know about the Wise Woman.
B) Nobody believed the Wise Woman.
C) The Wise Woman became friend with the Satan.
D) There is an idiom for an incredible requests related to the Wise Women.