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

VARIANT 61
1. There was no-one in when he came home, so he made ... a cup of tea and sat down to read newspaper.
A) her B) themselves C) himself D) him
2. I have never heard ... that policy ...
A) about/since B) of/still C) about/before D) of/to
3. Don't hide. I have already noticed you ... the room.
A) enter B) entered C) to enter D) entering
4. Yesterday I watched the walls …
A) paint B) painted C) being painted D) painting
5. I apologized ... her ... being rude.
A) to/to B) to/for C) to/ in D) for/to
6. Did she tell you how … to renovate her flat?
A) she was going B) she is going C) was she going D) is she going
7. This news is not ... I excepted.
A) bad enough that B) as bad than C) so bad as D) so bad than
8. This my last year at college. And I`ve already got a job! In September I … work in London.
A) would start B) has started C) am starting D) start
9. He could … you if you had asked him about it.
A) would help B) have helped C) would have helped D) had helped
10. You told the teacher I had cheated. I'll get you … for that! Just wait!
A) through B) back C) down D) away
11. Why don't you try … the key anti-clockwise providing you can't open the door in the usual way?
A) turn B) to turning C) turned D) turning
12. Mozart died while he ... the Requiem.
A) had composed B) composed C) was composing D) had been composing
13. Tom had to go to ... police station.
A) – B) an C) the D) a
14. There was not anyone else at the box office, so I ... to wait in a queue.
A) have B) didn't have C) couldn't have D) had
15. Everyone ... have the means to earn their own living.
A) can B) would C) should D) dare
16. If they … their children to be in safety, they ... keeping them out of the public eye. But they are so eager to show off all they have.
A) have wanted/would be insisting on B) want/will have insisted on
C) had wanted/would have insisted on D) wanted/would insist on