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

25. What is TRUE according to the text?

A) Picasso produced all his paintings with his father`s paintbrushes.

B) Picasso created paintings of different types.

C) From his childhood Picasso knew his favourite type of art.

D) Historians are interested in Picasso`s early works.

26. What does the word TOP in the text mean?

A) very important B) the highest point of a building

C) upper part of something D) done more times than anything else

27. Picasso never had an opportunity …

A) to make a fortune B) to realize his style of painting C) to choose a wife D) to organize an exhibition

There are around 1,500 species of cacti. The best known are prickly pears, which have a sweet juicy fruit and often large, colourful flowers. The biggest cactus is the saguaro, which can grow to 12 meters and live for more than 200 years. Woodpeckers and desert owls often live in holes of the saguaro. Close relatives of the saguaro include the organ-pipe cactus, which looks like a church organ. Barrel cacti can reach a height of 3.6 meters and over 1 meter in diameter. They store water in their trunks. The small hedgehog and pincushion cacti are frequently grown as decorative plants in gardens and homes.