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

8. Jasur is getting … day by day.
A) too weaker B) much weaker C) so weaker D) more weaker
9. The cold wind … from the North now so the weather …
A) is blowing/has changed B) blows/changes C) is blowing/changed D) blow/change
10. You didn`t believe what he had said, did you? He made the whole thing … .
A) about B) down C) up D) out
11. The first modern Olympic Games took place in Greece in 1896, … ?
A) did it B) didn`t they C) did they D) didn`t it
12. … at the hotel, they checked in and went up to their homes.
A) In arriving B) Arrive C) After arriving D) On arriving
13. We … on the beach now if we hadn`t missed the plane.
A) would be lain B) might have lain C) would have lain D) could be lying
14. We knew in advance … she was going to tell us.
A) that B) who C) what D) which
15. It is amazing … fast children grow.
A) what B) whether C) where D) how
16. You look … than usual.
A) even more beautiful B) not so beautiful C) twice as beautiful D) not as beautiful
17. This poem is dull and boring. I`m glad we … learn it by heart.
A) haven`t to B) can`t C) don`t have to D) are not able to
18. … our friends did … home task yesterday. They all came to school without preparing.
A) None/their B) None of/theirs C) None/theirs D) None of/their
19. – Can I go and play football, mum?
– If you … your homework assigned by your teacher yesterday, you can go and play.
A) have done B) did C) had done D) are doing
20. He is considered … the greatest tennis player in the world.
A) been B) being C) to be D) be


Approximately ten people die each year from lightning, which surpasses the number of deaths caused by the winds of other weather events such as tornados and hurricanes. Lightning is much harder to forecast than a storm. Forecasters can indicate when a storm is likely to produce lightning, but there is no way to know when or where lightning will actually strike. It is known that it can actually strike up to 25 miles from the center of a storm, which occurs when lightning originates under a cloud but travels horizontally for a time before turning towards the earth. Thunder is only heard up to ten miles from where lightning strikes, so it is possible to be struck by lightning without even realizing there is a storm in the area. Generally, people are injured by lightning when they are in the open air, near or in water. The greatest number of victims are males, but it is believed that this is because males are more likely to be in the places where lightning strikes. When lightning is about to strike, one feels an odd, tingling sensation, and one’s hair stand on end.