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

2. … Charring Cross Road runs north from Trafalgar Square.

A) – B) a C) the D) an

3. The actress, having worked for many hours without interruption, … it difficult to remember her lines.

A) find B) were finding C) was found D) found

4. If I didn`t like flying so much, I … a pilot.

A) would B) became C) wouldn`t be D) won`t be

5. When Eva was … diagnosed with diabetes, she was twenty.

A) the first B) first C) firstly D) at first

6. This book is very difficult. Give me an … one.

A) easier B) more difficult C) more easier D) easiest

7. We wrapped the instruments in oilcloth … they should be damaged by sea water.

A) as though B) as long as C) lest D) unless

8. I can`t entrust her with any serious task, though I … her for three years.

A) had known B) have known C) know D) knew