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

17. The flat is quite empty. I need … furniture to make it comfortable.
A) any B) a C) the D) some
18. I had always wanted to meet Mr. Anderson. When I saw him at the party last night, I walked over and introduced … to him.
A) itself B) myself C) herself D) himself
19. – When did you last speak to Susan?
– Oh, weeks ago, but I … her tonight. We are going to the cinema.
A) am meeting B) meet C) have met D) will meet
20. The legendary Elvis Presley, born in 1935 in America, … most successful and influential person in popular music. He died in 1977.
A) has been B) was C) be D) had been


When Demis and Manis, the tiger cubs, were rejected by their mother, zookeepers at Taman Safari Zoo thought they might like the company of two the orphans: Nia and Irma, the orangutans. “The first time I put them together, they just played,” says zookeeper Sri Suwarni. The four shared toys, wrestled, and took naps together. Then one morning, Nia and Irma began hugging Demis, the tiger, and he lick-kissed them back! “That`s when I knew they were true friends,” Suwarni says. As the tigers grew, they started showing their hunter instinct, so Suwarni moved them into a separate cage. Now two other apes Suwarni is raising have also made a new friend a leopard cub.
21. How did Sri Suwarni know the tiger cubs and orangutans were TRUE friends?
A) She observed a lot of animals living in cages.
B) Demis began to lick the apes and they hugged him.
C) Friendship is common if little animals have no mothers.
D) Because Nia and Irma had also been friendly to other animals.
22. What does the word RAISING in the text mean?
A) Moving up B) Collecting C) Caring for D) Lifting
23. Why did Suwarmi move the tiger into another cage?
A) Because the orangutans don`t like the tiger any more.
B) An adult tiger may hunt monkeys.
C) The apes wanted to be friend with a leopard cub.
D) The tiger doesn`t have enough space to live.


Some call me Nature. Others call me Mother Nature. I`ve been for over four and a half billion years. Twenty two thousand five hundred time longer than you. I didn`t really need people. But people need me. Yes, our future is inextricably linked. When I thrive, you thrive. When I falter, you falter. Or worse. But I`ve been here eons. I have fed species greater than you. And I have starved species greater than you. My oceans. My soil. My flowering streams. My forests. They all can take you. Or leave you. The growing number of people on the planet and how you choose to live each day. Whatever you regard or disregard me, doesn`t matter to me. One way or the other. … your actions will determine your fate not mine. I am nature. I will go on. I am prepared to evolve. The question is, are you?