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

9. She didn`t know his name … she saw him every day at work.

A) because B) in spite of C) since D) although

10. Crime and … can`t be controlled in big cities.

A) violent B) violence C) violently D) violin

11. When Bill and Jane retire, they are planning to spend all their … on a Mediterranean holiday.

A) save B) safe C) safety D) savings

12. Before a vaccine was developed, thousands of people … by polio every year.

A) struck B) were struck C) are struck D) strike

13. Take a spare pair of running shoes … you need them.

A) unless B) though C) despite D) in case

14. The planet that circles the sun most rapidly is … Mercury, which makes a full circuit in 87,6 days.

A) some B) a C) – D) the

15. Jane`s clothes were wet. She … her dog.

A) had been washing B) had washed C) was washing D) washed