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

10. “Please, hand in your … at the end of the examination”, – the teacher said.
A) tester B) to test C) tested D) tests
11. – Where have you put the money?
– … in my bag. Take some if you need.
A) This is B) There are C) It is D) They are
12. Fish were among the earliest forms of life. Fish … on earth for ages and ages.
A) have existed B) are existing C) exist D) existed
13. The TV news report says that … oil tanker spilled oil into the sea, damaging wildlife.
A) the B) an C) – D) a
14. – Daddy, Tommy said the sun rises in the west. Doesn’t it rise in the east?
– …, Annie. You`re right. Tommy is a little mixed up.
A) No, it doesn`t B) Yes, it does C) Yes, it is D) No, it isn`t
15. Jane said to her mother: “Nothing will make me … my mind.”
A) to change B) changing C) change D) changed
16. There is a splendid view of … Lake Geneva from this hotel.
A) – B) a C) an D) the
17. I`m sorry you weren`t at the concert. I wish you … there.
A) had been B) were C) wouldn`t be D) haven`t been
18. Aren`t you afraid of … if you don`t stop coming to work late all the time.
A) sacked B) sack C) sacking D) being sacked
19. The great English scientist Isaac Newton … not far from Cambridge.
A) are born B) is born C) was born D) born
20. What nasty weather! It Is raining heavily. If the weather … nice today, we would go to the zoo.
A) will be B) is C) would be D) were


Lipstick in School. A certain private school in Washington was recently faced with a unique problem. A number of 12-year-old girls were beginning to use lipstick and would put it on in the bathroom. That was fine, but after they put on their lipstick, they would press their lips to the mirror leaving dozens of little lip prints. Every night the cleaner would remove them, and the next day the girls would put them back. Finally, the principal decided that something had to be done. She called all the girls and the cleaner to the bathroom. She explained that all these lip prints were causing a problem for the cleaner who had to clean the mirrors every night. She asked the cleaner to show the girls how much effort was required. He took out a brush, dipped it in the toilet, and cleaned the mirror with it. Since then, there have been no lip prints on the mirror.