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

8. «I hope you ... well? Yes, I ... ill for two weeks. Now I ... well».
A) felt/was/is B) feel/is/am C) is feeling/are/is D) are feeling/have been/am
9. It's YOUR DUTY to be more careful with this equipment.
A) you ought to be B) you could be С) you can be D) you must to be
10. I don’t have a degree, so I didn’t get the job.
A) If I’d had a degree, I would get that job. B) If I had a degree, I would have got that job.
C) If I have a degree, l will have got that job. D) If I have в degree, I would have got that job.
11. In order... time, we must act at once.
A) not to he lose B) didn’t lose C) to lose D) not to lose
12. When they were at university, they … go for long runs every morning, it was awful, but at least they were fit. A) can B) were allowed C) must D) had to
13. Since no one could attend the stair meeting, it was put … until the following week.
A) on B) down C) off D) away
14. When I came, my mother … dinner.
A) cooked B) were cooking C) will cook D) was cooking
15. - … you … to Jane yet? - Yes I … her last night.
A) Have/speak/have phoned B) Had/spoken/phoned C) Have/spoken/phoned D) Did/speak/phoned
16. The boys in our school are much … and a lot … at football than the boys in other schools in the town.
A) more good looking / best B) more good-looking/better C) good look/better D) better looking/good
17. The doctor went out ... ?
A) wasn't it B) hadn't he C) didn't he D) doesn’t he
18. I... my homework by 6 o'clock yesterday and when my mother came home I ... supper.
A) did/have B) have done/had C) had done/was having D) was doing/had


In 1991, high in the mountains of Europe, hikers made gruesome discovery, a dead, man partly frozen in the ice. However, the police investigation soon became a scientific one. Carbon dating indicated that the man died over 5,300 years ago. Today he is known us the Iceman and has been nicknamed "Öfti" for the Ötzal Alps where he was found to be kept in perfect condition by the ice, he is the oldest complete human body on earth.
Scientists think he was an important person in his society. An examination of his teeth and skull tells us that he was not a young man. His arms were not the arms of a laborer. His dagger was made of stone, but he carried a copper This implies wealth, and he was probably from the upper classes. We know he could make fire, as a fire-starting kit was discovered with him. Even the food he had eaten enabled scientists to deduce exactly where in Italy he lived.