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

6. She likes to spend a month … the seaside every summer.
A) in B) on C) at D) by
7. Her grandmother remembers … into this house when she was quite a small girl .
A) to move B) move C) moving D) moved
8. As a rule, the smaller the town, … it is to park your car.
A) the cheaper B) the cheapest C) cheap D) cheaper
9. I saw you in the park yesterday. You … with your friend Tom.
A) sit B) had sat C) sat D) were sitting
10. When Dilbar was writing her report she used … much paper that the wastebasket was full of it.
A) so B) such C) that D) as
11. An explanation will be … such section of the test.
A) preceding B) proceeded C) preceded D) proceeding
12. He didn`t feel very confident … the beginning of his career, but he has changed a lot since then.
A) for B) at C) to D) in
13. Be sure to put … your camp-fire before you leave the campsite.
A) out B) through C) on D) off
14. Whose spectacles are these? – … are on the table, and these are my spectacles.
A) Yours B) Their C) Our D) Your
15. The five-cent coin looks very Canadian … it has a picture of a beaver on it.
A) despite B) since C) although D) when
16. In Britain, you … drive a car when you`re 17.
A) can B) must C) need D) have to
17. She hurt her feet because she … high-heeled shoes.
A) worn B) had been wearing C) has worn D) would wear
18. If I had eaten breakfast several hours ago, I … hungry now.
A) wouldn`t be B) weren`t C) wouldn`t have been D) had been
19. As soon as I walked into the room, she … me the letter.
A) was handing B) handed C) hand D) had handed
20. His parents enjoy their jobs. They would rather … than retire.
A) to work B) worked C) working D) work


Babies whose mothers smoke during the pregnancy could be at higher risk of growing up to be criminals, new research suggests. This is the first study to examine the relationship between mothers who smoke and their children`s adult behaviour. The findings were based on data for 4,169 males born in Copenhagen between September 1959 and December 1961. Their arrest records at age 34 were studied. It was discovered that the number of cigarettes their mothers had smoked during the last third of their pregnancy affected the men`s arrests for both violent and non-violent crimes. This was true even when other possible causes, such as use of alcohol, divorce, income and home environment had been taken into consideration.