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

13. She always cries when someone shouts … her.

A) at B) with C) on D) for

14. It is … heavy luggage that I can`t carry it.

A) so B) such C) so a D) such a

15. Did Martin hear you … would like to buy a car?

A) to say B) saying C) said D) was saying

16. She didn`t realise she had got on the wrong train until it reached … destination.

A) my B) his C) it`s D) its

17. The boy is dirty from head to foot because he … in the mud.

A) plays B) played C) have played D) has been playing

18. Eric`s courageous rescue of the drowning child was a … deed.

A) credence B) crediting C) creditable D) credibly

19. – You have 50 minutes for your tests.

– But 50 minutes … enough time to finish these tests.

A) is B) isn`t C) are D) aren`t

20. I would like the doctor … him.

A) to examine B) to be examined C) examine D) should examine

Mountaineering as a sport has developed since about 1857, when the Alpine Club was founded in London. Earlier climbers did not climb for pleasure but for some scientific or monetary motive. Dr Packard of Chamonix was the first to scale Mont Blanc, in 1786, to show that man could live above the snowline, but it was the lectures of Albert Smith who climbed the peak in 1851 that kindled British interest. In 1854, Wills climbed the Wetterhorn and eleven years later, Whimper made his famous ascent of the Matterhorn. By 1880, all the major peaks of the Alps had been scaled, and so climbers went further afield to the Andes and the Himalayas.