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

2. She`s a great reader of crime fiction. – …
A) So has her husband. B) So did her husband C) So do I D) So is her husband
3. Sea water is salty. If the oceans consisted of fresh water, there … plenty of water to irrigate all deserts in the world.
A) is B) would be C) was D) will be
4. The boy who got good marks was suspected … cheating.
A) for B) by C) of D) about
5. – It`s supposed to rain tomorrow.
– I know, but the weather forecast … be wrong. They are from 100 percent accuracy.
A) ought B) needn`t C) doesn`t have to D) could
6. When I got home I found an envelope on the table. In it was a … card from Aunt Alice for passing my French exam.
A) congratulating B) congratulations C) congratulation D) congratulation`s
7. – Have you posted the invitations? – Yes, they … already been posted.
A) has B) had C) have D) were
8. Louise showed great … with me when I was ill and irritable.
A) patiently B) patience C) impatiently D) patient
9. It is very hard to earn money. Don`t waste it for … things you don`t need.
A) being bought B) to buy C) buy D) buying
10. By the way, that … me something I was supposed to be doing this afternoon.
A) reminds B) remains C) remembers D) memorizes
11. The small Texas school … I attended carried out a tradition every year during the eighth grade graduation.
A) whom B) that C) who D) when
12. Martin Luther King … for civil rights for more than a decade when he received the Noble Peace Prize in 1964.
A) has been working B) had been working C) worked D) was working
13. The box is almost empty. There are very … biscuits in it.
A) little B) a little C) few D) a few
14. The teacher always makes the children … in their seats.
A) staying B) to stay C) stayed D) stay
15. This list of names appears …, so no more names need to be added.
A) completely B) completion C) completed D) complete