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

25. The conversation between Jake and Rita is used to give an example of …
A) the changes that occur in our brains over time. B) the fact that it is difficult to learn a language at a young age.
C) the importance of young and old people doing things together. D) the way we learn languages.
26. According to popular psychology …
A) older people do not cope with new technology. B) seniors take longer to complete tasks but together accuracy.
C) old people use both parts of their brain more than young people. D) the speed of our brain decreases with age.
27. Although our brain`s observation and respond get slow …
A) we can`t see everything well B) our intellectual ability isn`t affected
C) our spiritual parts don`t go badly D) we don`t have to be worry


The Secret Garden: complete and unabridged.
Mary Lennox, lonely and unwanted, arrives from India to live with her father in Yorkshire. Left to herself there is little to do apart from explore the huge, gloomy house and its surroundings. Then, one sunny morning, she comes across a secret garden, hidden behind the walls covered in ivy. For the first time in her life she has found something to care for and she decides to restore the garden to its former glory. As the garden begins to bloom and is magically transformed no one is left untouched.
… A sensitive portrayal of the world seen through children`s eyes. The Secret Garden, is one of the great classics of story-telling, hugely popular with children and adults alike.
28. The book is about …
A) the way gardens are planted in Yorkshire and India
B) how gardening makes a girl an explorer
C) the world of children seen through the eyes of adults
D) how a girl discovered and restored a hidden garden
29. According to the text the book might be of interest to …
A) those who enjoy reading about magic B) both young and adult readers
C) professional gardeners D) children who have little to do