9 Read the text and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.

Решение:

Заполним пропуски в тексте, выбрав наиболее подходящие по смыслу слова из предложенных вариантов.

1. Are you the oldest child in your family, or the middle child or the youngest? Or maybe you are an 1 A single child with no brothers and sisters.
2. The interesting question is this - is there a 2 B difference between your position in the family and your personality?
3. Some people 3 A believe strongly that there is, and say, for example, that oldest children are more serious than their younger brothers and sisters.
4. And it may also be true that youngest children are more independent, because as they are growing 4 D up, they often get less attention from their parents.
5. Of course, no two children are the same - there are always 5 A differences between them, even if they are identical 6 B twins born on the same day.
6. But there are other things that are just as important - for example, whether you grow up in a one-7 C parent family or with both your mother and father.
7. Your relationships with your immediate and extended family are also important. Your personality is 8 B the complicated thing, and many different things make you the way you are.

Ответ: 1. A single; 2. B difference; 3. A believe; 4. D up; 5. A differences; 6. B twins; 7. C parent; 8. B the.