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VARIANT № 28
1. Choose the correct answer.
Conservationists claim that American farmers ... the environment by excessive use of artificial fertilizers and chemicals to kill weeds and pests.
A) have been damaged
B) had damaged
C) were damaged
D) have damaged
2. A number of... submitted their manuscripts under pseudonyms to conceal the fact that they were women.
A) novelists B) novel
C) novelist 0) novels
3. Choose the answer which correctly completes"the sentence.
When my brother tells me funny stories I can't help laughing. A) Neither I can. B) So I can't. C) Neither can I. D)Socani.
4. Choose the answsr which correctly completes the sentence.
Dilfuza is out of job now. She isn't interested in ... for a new job for herself. A) looked B) having looked
C) being looked D) looking
5. My sister is still in the kitchen. She ... all morning. . ■„■..;.
A) has been cooking B) had cooked. C) cooked D) is cooking
6. Luckily I... a new pair of sunglasses as Г found mine at the bottom.of a bag.
A) needed not to buy
B) hadn't to buy .« .
C) needn't have bought •„'•' :••-■*•'•••'••'.-'"
D) didn't need to buy
7. In order not to break it the shop assistant placed the crystal vase ... on the shelf. A) careless B) careful
C) carefully D) carelessly
8. I wish I:.. you. But you didn't tell me: A) had helped B) would have helped C) hadn't helped D) couldn't have helped
9. ... I don't see you today, let me say good­bye to you now.
A) unless B) despite
C) whether D) in case
10. Tom,... very careful if you ... tests on grammar.
A) is / will be doing B) be / are doing ' , C) will be / are doing D) is / are doing
11. They used to go to the valley at... dawn and there they enjoyed observing the sun rise.
A) a B) some
C) - D)the
12. We couldn't have finished the project so quickly if we hadn't helped .... A) one other B) themselves
C) every other D) each other
13. When one person ... takes the property of another without legal justification, the crime is called theft.
A) intention B) intentional
C) intentionative D) intentionally
14. It's ... lovely day! We should go for a picnic. A) such B) such a C) so D) so a
15. This broken TV cannot, Let's get. rid it. A) be repaired . B) to be repaired C) repairing D) be repairing
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16. The new staff members are sadly lacking
experience,... ?
A) are they B) isn't it
C) aren't they D) Is it
17. As he tore the ropes ... bound the pack, he
glanced at us anxiously.
A) that B)who C) where D)when
18. Rude felt tired when he was coming home from the store because the bag of groceries ... too heavy for him to carry. A) was B) is C) are D) were
19. I was lucky to get... the road without being knocked over, though there was so much traffic.
A) below B) over
C) across D) through
20. Unless ... harm him, he doesn't want to harm anybody.
A) he B) it C)she D)they
21. Anvar asked me, "How much gasoline do ' we need to buy?"
Anvar asked me how much gasoline ... to buy.
A) we needed B) do we need C) did they need D) they need
22. How would you react, if your cat suddenly ... to you right now?
A) is started to talk
B) started talking
C) had started talking
D) starts talking
23. The problem was clear tb everybody and the speaker... go into details. A) didn't have to B) shouldn't C) couldn't D) might not

Read the text. Then choose the correct answer to question 24-26.

The business of tennis; clothes has grown astoundingjy in the past few years. Over " 250 million dollars is spent annually on the trappings of tennis. Apparently everyone wants to look like a pro, even though 20% of the clientele has never even played the' game. Manufacturers pay the stars lucrative fees for wearing their brands Of clothes arid wielding their r&cquets on center court; Chris Evert-Lloyd, for ;~' example, is rumored fo have signed a five-year contract for 5 million dollars with Ellesse, a producer of fancy, expensive tennis wear. John McEnroe gets a reported 600,"000 dollars for playing with a Dunlop racquet, 330,000 dollars for sporting Tacchini clothes, and 100,000 dollars for tying his Nike tennis shoes. Obviously, in a bad year, these stars make more as . fashion models than as athletes. Not only tennis players get free clothing, but also all the people involved in the game - the referees, lines people, ball boys and girls -are living advertisements for tennis wear producers. Where, traditionally, conservative white clothing was required for the entire tennis coterie, changing times have seen a new vogue in tennis outfits. Flamboyant colors, designers' nameplates, geometric figures, and bold lines distinguish the new tennis togs from their predecessors.
24. It can be inferred from the passage
that...
A) bright colors entice people to buy tennis
wear
B) tennis clothing appeals to the wealthy
C) the price of tennis racquets has remained stable
D) tennis stars get huge sums for endorsements
25. The author's intention is to ...
A) describe the means of advertising expensive tennis clothes
B) defend tennis wear manufacturers from complaints about their high prices
C) describe the new tennis clothing
D) explain why the cost of tennis clothes has risen
26. A good title for this passage would be ...
A) Tennis Stars' Flamboyant Clothes
B) The High Cost of Playing Tennis'
C) Big Business in Tennis Wear' "
D) The Stars at Play
Read the text. Then choose the correct answer for the gaps 27-28 in the text.
Before 1900,very few people died of heart disease. Sincethen, heart disease ... (27) the number one killer in the United States. The age of technology has made life easier and made people more ... (28) to heart disease. Before the Industrial Revolution, most people made their living through some sort of manual labor. Walking was the major means of transportation. Laundry was scrubbed and wrung by hand. Stairs were climbed, carpets were beat, and . butter was churned.
27.
A) becomes B) will become
C) has become D) became
28.
A) successful' B) willing C) reluctant . D) susceptible
Read the text. Then choose the correct answer for the gaps 29-31 in the text.
Captain Cook, a British (29)was the first European to reach Australia's east coast. While his ship was lying off Australia, his sailors brought a strange . animal (30)... board. Cook wanted to know the name of this unusual creature, so he sent his men ashore to ask the native inhabitants. When the natives were asked in impromptu sign language to name the animal, they said, "Kangaroo". Years later, the truth (31).... "Kangaroo" means "What did you say?" But today the animal is still called a kangaroo in English.
29.
A) navigation B) navigator C) navigate D) navigable
30.
A) on B) behind C) over D) in
31; A) had discovered
B) were discovered
C) was discovered
D)discovered .,->.>,:
Read the text. Then choose the correct answer to questions 32-33.
The jumper I had been given for my birthday was too small for me, I thought it would be sensible to dash into the large department store where it had been bought and exchange it for a larger one. I went to the store. The girl \ spoke to at the counter was extremely helpful, but unfortunately they had no others in my size, so I left with the original gift after putting it and the receipt for it back in my bag.
As I was leaving the shop, my arms were grabbed viciously by a stern man and a woman. They refused to tell me who they were or what I was accused of. I demanded to know what I had done wrong, but this was met with siience as they marched me through a side entrance to the store and to a small room upstairs. I had always assumed that a receipt would be enough to prove a shopper's innocence in such cases. When I showed them mine, they looked at me as if I were trying to get away with a particularly cunning trick.
I insisted on taking me to the shop-assistant which they did. She confirmed all I had said. They let me go, but didn't even apologize.
32. The writer dashed to the store and came out with ...
A) another jumper in the same size
B) a larger jumper
C) the same jumper
D) another present
33. When the writer asked what was happening the man and the woman ...
A) took her to the police station
B) told her they were store detectives
C) refused to answer her questions
D) accused her of stealing
Read the text. Then choose the correct answer to questions 34-36.
About a billion years after the earth had formed, the first signs of life appeared. Three billion years elapsed before creatures became complex enough to leave fossils their descendants could recognize and learn from. These were shelled creatures called trilobites, followed by jawless fish, the first vertebrates. During
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the Devonian period, great upheavals occurred in the earth's crust, resulting in the formation of mountains and in the ebb and flow of oceans. In the aftermath, beds of mud rich in organic matter nourished vegetation, and insects, scorpions, and spiders appeared. Next developed the amphibians, descendants of fish that had crawled out of fresh water. Between 225 and 65 million years ago, reptiles developed from which many new forms grew until finally evolved the mammal. Dinosaurs were overgrown reptiles. Current theory suggests that dinosaurs were warm blooded and behaved more like mammals than like reptiles.
The end of the Mesozoic Era (middle life) saw the inexplicable demise of dinosaurs and large swimming and flying birds. Geological changes were converting the giant land mass into separate continents.
34. Why did the dinosaur disappear?
A) They were reptile
B) They were undernourished
C) Large birds killed them
D) No one knows
35. What does the word "demise" in bold mean?
A) change B) evolution
C) appearance D) death
36. What would be a good title for this passage?
A) The Ages of Man
B) The Evolution of Life
C) How Reptiles Became Dinosaurs
D) The Formation of the Earth