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my brilliant brain
geniuses amaze us, impress us, and make us all a little jealous. how do they differ from an average person? scientists are working hard to figure out that answer. tune in to the national geographic channel to find out about the discoveries they’re making in the series my brilliant brain.
when marc yu was only two years old, he began to play the piano. after a year, he started learning pieces by beethoven. now he’s a world-renowned concert pianist at the age of eight. he learns newer and more difficult pieces with ease and can identify any note he hears. he seems to be specially designed for music. in born genius, national geographic looks at the science behind child prodigies to explain why some children seem to be born without limits.
genius didn’t come naturally to tommy mchugh. his extraordinary abilities came only after he nearly died from bleeding in his brain. after recovering, mchugh’s head was filled with new thoughts and pictures. so, he began to express them in the form of poetry and art. now, he’s a seemingly unstoppable creative machine. sufferers of autism and brain injury have shown that great mental ability can sometimes come from damage or disease. accidental genius explores this puzzling relationship.
can normal people be trained to be geniuses? susan polger has shown no signs of extraordinary intelligence. yet, during her childhood, she studied thousands of chess patterns and learned to recognize them immediately. as a result, she was able to beat skilled adult players by the age of 10 and can now play up to five games at the same time without even seeing the boards. make me a genius examines what it takes to turn an ordinary brain into that of a genius.
if becoming a genius were easy, we’d all be one. yet, there is much more to super intelligence than simply being born lucky. learn more about amazing brains this month on national geographic’s my brilliant brain.
1.what is the main idea of the article?
a there’s no such thing as a true genius.
b people can only be born as geniuses.
c scientists completely understand the brain.
d there are many factors in being a genius.
2.an example of a child prodigy is
a a person who can do complex math at a young age.
b a kid who works really hard to do well at school.
c a student who practises an instrument a lot.
d a child who is eager to learn new things.
3.which of the following is not true according to the article?
a people are usually smarter when they recover from brain injury.
b new things about the brain are still being discovered.
c some people naturally have more active brains.
d people without natural abilities can learn to do things very well.
4.what would be the best way to describe susan polger’s special abilities?
a native □ c developed
b standard □ d restricted
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Plans for future is a problem that worries not only me, but my friends, classmates, parents and teachers. The reason is that at the age of 17 we have to make a very important choice in our life – the choice of a profession. On the one hand, I’m adult enough to have an opinion of my own about what I’m interested in and what I’m good at. On the other hand, at this age we lack life experience and our desires sometimes don’t coincide with ourpossibilities. That’s why it’s very important to have somebody to give us a piece of advice. Such people are our parents, teachers and friends.
As for me, I want to be an economist. I like to read books of economics, research articles and analyze them. Nowadays this profession has become one of the most useful, modern and interesting. Also, I want to study economics as I’m very interested in current economic processes both in our country and in other countries. It’s not a secret that our country (Russia, Ukraine, Belorussia, Kazakhstan) is now through a difficult periods of times. That’s why it’s very important for our country to have efficienteconomists to raise our economy at a high level.
I hope that I’ll be a good economist. Like many other people I would like to spend a year abroad working as an economist. It would give me an opportunity to borrow the experience and to see the world.
So, I’ll do everything to become a good economist and I’m sure I’ll never regret my decision to follow this career.