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

17. I hate that noisy cat of … Take it away at once!

A) you B) yours C) your D) there's

18. To cater for the fitness boom of the 80$ and provide the up-to-date facilities people want over 1,500 private health and fitness clubs ... during the past 15 years.

A) will be built B) were built C) have been built D) had been built

19. You shouldn't have let Kerry ... without apologizing for what you said to her.

A) leave B) left C) to leave D) leaving

20. I`ll put my umbrella in my bag … it rains later.

A) provided that B) unless C) as long as D) in case

The strangler fig tree, home to many birds and animals that enjoy the figs as nutrition, is found in the rain forest of Indonesia as well as in a 220000-acre park known as National Park on the island of Borneo. The trees are referred to as stranglers because of the way they envelope other trees. Yet the expression strangler is not quite accurate because the fig trees do not actually squeeze the trees nor do they actually take any nutrients from the host tree. But they may stifle the host tree’s growth as the fig tree’s roots meet and fuse together, forming rigid rings around the host’s trunk and restricting further growth of the supporting tree.

21. It is implied in the text that fig trees are referred to as stranglers because they …

A) are dangerous B) bundle up around other trees C) are extraordinary D) damage wildlife by toxic gas