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

3. They don’t like ... more than they have to for electricity, so they are careful ... things off around the house.
A) to pay/to be switched B) paying/having switched C) having paid/for switching D) to pay/about switching
4. One of the hooks ... we hang our coats fell off the wall this morning.
A) which B) whose C) where D) -
5. Most raw materials in Britain ... by barges on canals, but today the canals are used mainly by holiday makers.
A) have been transported B) might be transported C) used to be transported D) ought to have transported
6. Although the twins are identical, their personalities are ... chulli and cheese.
A) too different for B) different enough C) so different that D) as different as
7. Maybe we should buy ... new curtains for... guest room before your friend comes to stay.
A) other / any B) these / other C) a few / a D) some / the
8. Special diets for people with health problems ... by a physician, or they’ll risk their lives.
A) are prescribing B) must have prescribed C) should be prescribed D) would rather prescribe
9. It has been so hot and sticky today in the office that I wish we ... out straight after work as I would prefer to go home and change.
A) would go B) didn’t go C) had gone D) won’t go
10. If you ... a window while frying the fish, we ... such an awful smell in the house now.
A) had opened/wouldn’t have B) opened/don’t have C) were opening/won’t have D) have opened/weren’t having
11. It was most unfortunate for them ... a hotel at the resort, but it doesn’t surprise me because August is not a
good time ... in Inkuma without a reservation.
A) not finding / arriving B) not find / having arrived C) being found / to have arrived D) not to find / to arrive
12. We have plenty of space to hold the party at our house, but I know we don’t have ... chairs to seat everybody.
A) plenty B) enough C) more D) too many