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

13. Are you interested in ... new friends?
A) met B) meeting C) to meet D) meet
14. Find the correct sentence.
A) It has been raining since morning and I am afraid won't stop by Saturday.
B) The woman who speaks with my sister is my neighbour who is living opposite us.
C) By the time I came to the country cottage my friends have already left.
D) After graduating from the Institute I came to St. Petersburg. I have been working here since then.
15. I'm not quite sure why ... want to interfere with their marriage.
A) do you B) you would C) would you D) you can
16. The main streets in our city are … and ....
A) noisy/polluted B) dirty/pollution C) healthy/polluted D) wide/pollute
17. ... the time they find a spare time to get there, the exhibition will have closed.
A) By B) Till C) to D) Until
18. As the leader of the company ... to his employers at the meeting, it was disturbed by the delegation.
A) talked B) were talking C) had been talking D) was talking


According to the birth-order theory, first children are usually well-organized high achievers. However, they can have an overdeveloped sense of entitlement and be unyielding. Second children are sometimes very competitive through rivalry with the older sibling. They are also good mediators and negotiators, keen to keep everyone happy. Middle children, tagged the easy ones, have good diplomacy skills. They suffer from a tendency to feel insignificant beside other siblings and often complain of feeling invisible to their parents. Youngest children are often the most likely to rebel, feeling the need to 'prove' themselves. They are often extroverts and are sometimes accused of being selfish. Twins inevitably find it harder to see themselves as individuals, unless their parents have worked hard to identify them as such. It is not unusual for one twin to have a slightly dominant role over the other and take the lead role.