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

14. At that time we … in the caravan for about six months already.

A) had left B) were living C) lived D) had been living

15. I wish you ... so rude to Rosalind last night.

A) hadn't been B) weren't C) wouldn't be D) haven't been

16. When I found Mary, I could see that she ...

A) had to cried B) cry C) has been crying D) had been crying

17. You must follow the instruction accurately ... you want to risk damaging the machine.

A) in case B) when C) unless D) as long as

18. We never touched ... of the money.

A) some B) no C) – D) any

19. He ordered . . . because they hadn't managed to find a proper place to meet.

A) the meeting being cancelled B) that the meeting was cancelled

C) the meeting cancelled D) the meeting to be cancelled

20. The hill was too steep for you …

A) climbed B) climb C) to climb D) climbing

The worst hurricane in memory to hit the south-eastern part of the North Carolina coast was Hurricane Hazel in 1954. This storm destroyed every building on three islands. Apparently, the disaster didn’t occupy people’s minds for long, as in the decades that followed, beach houses sprang up everywhere, most of which were built by people who had never experienced a major storm. By the time Hurricane Fran struck in 1996, so dense was the development that a storm weaker than Hazel inflicted much greater damage. A man who had his newly renovated beach front home commented that he had had no idea that a storm could simply sweep his house away.

21. According to the text after Hurricane Hazel hit the North Carolina coast in 1954, ...

A) every building in North Carolina was destroyed.

B) Hurricane Fran followed soon after.

C) people seemed to forget how bad the destruction had been.

D) new building codes made it impossible to build in coastal areas.


22. It can be inferred from the passage that the beach houses built after 1954 were ...

A) mostly destroyed by Hurricane Hazel.

B) constructed by the native inhabitants of the area.

C) able to withstand more powerful storms due to new building technology.

D) mostly built by newcomers to the area.

23. It is clear from the passage that compared to Hurricane Hazel, Hurricane Fran ...

A) was responsible for more deaths because the area was more densely populated.

B) was a weaker storm and so caused less damage.

C) caused greater destruction even though it was a weaker storm.

D) inflicted greater damage because it was a much stronger storm.