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

9. – Why do you want to go to Egypt? – Because it is much … than France.
A) warmer B) warmest C) as warm D) warm
10. As it is the cheapest in the town, the advertisement recommends … in that hotel.
A) staying B) to stay C) stay D) stayed
11. He says, “I`ll be grateful if you come”. He says …
A) he would be grateful if you come. B) he will be grateful if you come.
C) he would be grateful if I come. D) he will be grateful if I come.
12. The English language has a wide range of words, phrases, idioms. That`s why each learner of English … a good dictionary.
A) should B) can C) must D) needs
13. Rose hardly knew … in this big city to ask for help.
A) anybody B) everybody C) somebody D) nobody
14. Don`t drink cold water … you have boiled it first.
A) in case B) despite C) unless D) if
15. Most fast food … to be unhealthy but I`m not sure that`s true.
A) it is said B) is said C) said D) has said
16. Ancient nations … the same symbols on their emblems and flag for thousands of years.
A) used to B) have used C) are used D) were used
17. It is recommended not to be … the building during the earthquake.
A) in B) on C) for D) into
18. That child behaves … of all.
A) the most carelessly B) careless C) the careless D) the most careless
19. Last year I represent my school at badminton and I … in football team since I was eleven.
A) have played B) had played C) was playing D) played
20. She is very nervous before … exams, but not when she feels she`s done enough revision.
A) no B) every C) some D) each


Imagine what, it must, have been like to have sailed around the world in a small wooden ship, as Drake and his men did in 1577-1580. On a ship only some 35 meters long, it can't have been easy for the 80 or so crew to live comfortably. Exploration was part of war and rivalry with other nations, so these voyages might involve attacks on other ships and towns, and had to make a profit. There were all the usual dangers too. A ship could easily be destroyed by a storm or run out of food or water, and the captain might have little idea of where the ship was or where it was going. Explorers might have many wrong decisions in an age when there were only basic maps and navigation equipment and in unknown parts of ocean where a ship could easily sail for weeks without reaching land. Very often places they thought they should have reached turned out to be much further on, or in a different direction. However, they can't have set off on such long voyages without some general idea of the places they could except to reach along the way and as knowledge of navigation improved, voyages became more and more successful.