2012 yilning testlar. 101 varianti. Variant №101 Liz encouraged me away my old running shoes with holes and got me to buy a new pair

24. I didn't recognize many people at my old school reunion because everyone... a lot in twenty years;
A) changed B) had changed
C) has changed D) was changing
25. When I looked at... in the mirror, I thought my hairdo looked terrible.
A) mine B) myself C) my D) me
26. We saw some people with guns shooting ... birds.
A) after B) at C) to D) on
Read the text. Then choose the correct answer for the gaps 27-28 in the text. The fur trade is an issue which arouses strong feelings. On the one hand, fur farmers and sellers are fighting (27)... to continue producing fur goods, and, on the other hand, people concerned about (28)... rights are trying to get the trade stopped.
27. A) allow B) be allowed
C) to allow D) to be allowed
28. A) traders' B) animal
C) farmers’ D) human
Read the text. Then choose the correct answer for the gaps 29-31. Most people generally advise against hitchhiking as it can he extremely (29)... Walking or cycling are both very healthy too. But perhaps you want to travel long distances, or take a lot of luggage with you? In that case, it is usually more convenient to use your own car or to hire one, (30)... it can be Very expensive. An environmentally-friendly (31)... is to use public transport
29. A) dangerously B) dangerous
C)endanger D)danger
30. A) so B) in spite of C) though D) despite
31. A) solver B) solution
C) solvable D) to solve
Read the passage. Then choose the correct answer to questions 32-33. Many stolen paintings have a strange history. But one of the strangest was that of a paining by the famous sixteenth-century painter Bruegel, stolen from an art gallery in London in the eight less The four thieves who had stolen the painting, didn’t know how much it cost. The first art expert who came to see the. painting said it was priceless. Another art expert said it was worth £2-3 million. Then the thieves tried to sell the painting back to the art gallery from which it had been stolen. The gallery contacted th6 police and a meeting was arranged. However, the meeting didn’t take place. A short time later the thieves were arrested. When they were told that they were arrested in connection with a Bruegel painting, one of them said: ''What’s a Bruegel? I thought it was rubbish".