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A four-year-old English girl has passed an intelligence test with a score similar to Einstein's. Heidi Hankins took the test to join the intelligent people's club, called Mensa, which has members in more than one hundred countries around the globe. Only two per cent of the population is intelligent enough to join Mensa. Heidi's score on the test was 159; Einstein recorded a score of 160. The average adult would score around 100 and someone who is gifted and very intelligent could get 130.
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Heidi's father is a university lecturer and her mother is an artist. They realized their daughter was special from an early age. When she was two, she taught herself to read using the family computer. She could also count to 40 and do simple maths. Mr Hankins said: "I got her the complete set of the Oxford Reading Tree books when she was two, and she read through the whole set of 30 in about an hour. It's what you would expect a seven-year-old to do." He added that she's just a typical girl who likes dolls and Lego.
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Match the following phrases from the article.
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passed an intelligence |
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score around 100 |
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a score similar |
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very intelligent |
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around |
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to Einstein's |
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intelligent enough |
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the globe |
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The average adult would |
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test |
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gifted and |
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to join Mensa |
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a university |
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herself to read |
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They realized their daughter |
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girl |
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she taught |
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7-year-old to do |
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count to 40 and |
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lecturer |
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what you would expect a |
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was special |
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she's just a typical |
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do simple maths |
A four-year-old English girl ________________ intelligence test with a score similar to Einstein's. Heidi Hankins ________________ join the intelligent people's club, called Mensa, which has members in more than one hundred countries ________________. Only two per cent of the population is ___________________ to join Mensa. Heidi's score on the test was 159; Einstein recorded a score of 160. The ________________ would score around 100 and someone ________________ and very intelligent could get 130.
Heidi's father is a ________________ and her mother is an artist. They realized their daughter was special ________________ age. When she was two, she ________________ read using the family computer. She could also count to 40 and do simple maths. Mr Hankins said: "I got her ________________ of the Oxford Reading Tree books when she was two, and she read through ________________ of 30 in about an hour. It's what you would expect a seven-year-old to do." He added that she's ________________ girl who likes dolls and Lego.
A four-year-old English girl has (1) ____ an intelligence test with a score similar to Einstein's. Heidi Hankins took the test to (2) ____ the intelligent people's club, called Mensa, which has members in more than one hundred countries (3) ____ the globe. Only two per cent of the population is intelligent (4) ____ to join Mensa. Heidi's score on the test was 159; Einstein recorded a score (5) ____ 160. The average adult would score around 100 and someone who is gifted and very intelligent could (6) ____ 130.
Heidi's father is a university (7) ____ and her mother is an artist. They realized their daughter was special from an early age. When she was two, she taught (8) ____ to read using the family computer. She could also count (9) ____ 40 and do simple maths. Mr Hankins said: "I got her the complete (10) ____ of the Oxford Reading Tree books when she was two, and she read through the (11) ____ set of 30 in about an hour. It's what you would expect a seven-year-old to do." He (12) ____ that she's just a typical girl who likes dolls and Lego.
Put the correct words from this table into the article.
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past |
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pasted |
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passed |
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join |
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joint |
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joined |
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above |
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around |
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through |
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any |
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enough |
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for |
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of |
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by |
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get |
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increase |
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write |
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lecturer |
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lecture |
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lectured |
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her |
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herself |
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set |
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added |
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joined |
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Number these lines in the correct order.
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Heidi's father is a university lecturer and her mother is an artist. They realized |
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maths. Mr Hankins said: "I got her the complete set of the Oxford Reading Tree books when she |
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their daughter was special from an early age. When she was two, she taught |
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the globe. Only two per cent of the population is intelligent enough |
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herself to read using the family computer. She could also count to 40 and do simple |
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to join Mensa. Heidi's score on the test was 159; Einstein recorded a score |
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Mensa, which has members in more than one hundred countries around |
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was two, and she read through the whole set of 30 in about an hour. It's what you would |
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expect a seven-year-old to do." He added that she's just a typical girl who likes dolls and Lego. |
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of 160. The average adult would score around 100 and someone who is gifted and very intelligent could get 130. |
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similar to Einstein's. Heidi Hankins took the test to join the intelligent people's club, called |
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A four-year-old English girl has passed an intelligence test with a score |
With a partner, put the words back into the correct order.
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A passed has test girl intelligence English 4-year-old an. |
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More around than the one globe hundred countries. |
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of is Only cent population per the intelligent two. |
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intelligent very and gifted is who Someone. |
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is university father a lecturer Heidi's. |
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their was realized daughter special They. |
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two , she taught herself to read When she was. |
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to do She count and maths also 40 simple could. |
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She's who just likes a dolls typical girl. |
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1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google's search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.
2. INTELLIGENCE: Search the Internet and find more information about Mensa. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about intelligence. Include an imaginary interview with a super-intelligent person. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
4. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
5. LETTER: Write a letter to an intelligence expert. Ask him/her three questions about intelligence. Give him/her three of your opinions on it. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Your partner will answer the questions you asked.
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