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

VARIANT 66
1. Yesterday rain spoiled my shoes completely, and I ... buy new ones.
A) need B) have to C) can D) may
2. I keep fit by working ... regularly at the gym.
A) out B) over C) upon D) up
3. People say that the Loch Ness Monster doesn't look like ... other animals alive today.
A) an B) - C) the D) a
4. Sveta asks the girl: "Which novel is the most interesting?" Sveta asks the girl …
A) which novel is the most interesting B) which novel was the most interesting
C) which novel were the most interesting D) which novel had been the most interesting
5. The old man shouted ... the kids because they were making a noise.
A) of B) at C) with D) to
6. Prices continue to show an upward … .
A) tend B) tendentious C) tendentiously D) tendency
7. ... poor woman was in ... wood, gathering firewood branches had fallen down.
A) the/a B) the/the C) – /the D) A/ the
8. Politics, and therefore politicians, invariably ... respond to what society in general and individuals specifically want out of their country.
A) may B) need C) have to D) dare
9. ... write with your left hand when you broke your arm?
A) Needed you B) Did you have to C) Had you to write D) Must You
10. A good speaker can say much in ... words.
A) a little B) a few C) fewest D) least
11. When he came to my studio, he asked ... my paintings were for sale.
A) that B) what C) whether D) who
12. I want to break the news. Mary ... a baby!
A) has had B) will have had C) had D) had had
13. I threw some biscuit ... on the ground and a whole load of pigeons swooped down and started eating them. A) speeks B) grains C) crumbs D) flakes
14. It's been a really hot summer...?
A) hasn't it B) wasn't it C) isn`t it D) didn't it
15. During World War II while Agatha Christie was younger when she was leaving dispensary she learned about ... proved very useful to her in working in a hospital chemicals and poisons her later career.
A) what B) why C) whom D) which