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

7. During his school years Cronin ... great, interest in literature.

A) take B) took C) has taken D) had taken

8. ... this engineer work at the Ministry of Foreign Trade?

A) Do B) Does C) Has D) Had

9. Tom … in Germany for 8 years when the war broke out.

A) has been living B) had been living C) lived D) was living

10. The morning we were going on holiday everything seemed to go wrong, ...?

A) don't they B) weren’t we C) didn’t it D) wasn't it

11. That ... be my mobile, mine is black and that one is white.

A) wouldn't B) can't C) mustn't D) shouldn't

12. When I ... him up they said that he ... an hour before.

A) call/left B) called/has left C) should call/has left D) called/had left

13. Mary ... Nick where he ... after graduating from the University.

A) asked/works B) ask/would work C) ask/worked D) asked/would work