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

16. She can imagine … a weekend in the mountains, climbing the steep hills.

A) spending B) to spending C) spent D) to spend

17. So you`re visiting another country this year. You already have your tickets, and you leave next Tuesday at 4 pm. A week from now you … in the sunshine.

A) will be relaxing B) will have relaxed C) are relaxing D) will relax

18. How have you been writing this novel? … years from now.

A) More B) For C) Since D) Till

19. Because she was five minutes late back from lunch, the boss made her … one hour`s overtime yesterday.

A) working B) to work C) worker D) work

20. Tourist to the ancient part of the city could easily lose … in like maze of historical places.

A) himself B) yourselves C) themselves D) ourselves

Britain is as far north as Siberia. For example, Edinburgh is 56 degrees north of the equator, the same latitude as Moscow, yet its climate is generally mild and temperate because of the Gulf Stream, which brings warm water and air across the Atlantic from the Gulf of Mexico. The climate in the UK is usually described as cool, temperate and humid. The weather is so changeable that the English often say that: they have no climate but only weather. Therefore, it is natural for them to use the comparison "as changeable, as the weather" of a person who often change his mood or opinion about something. The weather is the favourite topic of conversation in the UK. As the weather changes with the wind and Britain is visited by winds from different parts of the world, the most characteristic feature of Britain's weather is its variability.