Страница 34 - гдз по английскому языку 7 класс (spotlight) тренировочные упражнения в формате огэ (гиа) Ваулина, Подоляко

1. a) Read the text and find the answers to the questions. Match questions 1-5 to paragraphs A-D. There is one question with no answer.

1. Which of the teens follows the steps of his grandpa?

2. Which of the teens is religious?

3. Which of the teens plays sports?

4. Which of the teens is successful in different sciences?

5. Which of the teens is the youngest of the four?

Teenagers with Drive

A. Now and again on Britain's Got Talent, a young star comes along. 11-year-old Molly Rainford took to the stage and stole the hearts of both the jury and the audience. Her performance of Jennifer Hudson's One Night Only received a standing ovation. Asked by Simon Cowell, the famous TV producer, what she does in her spare time before her performance, Molly answered: "I go to church on Sundays with my nanny." Simon replied: "Good girl, we're going to get on great, you and I."

B. A nine-year-old genius nicknamed Mini Monet is about to become a millionaire after selling his latest collection of 24 pictures. Kieron Williamson, from Norfolk just coloured in dinosaurs that his parents used to draw for him. Kieron only started painting during a family trip to Devon and Cornwall. But since then he has become an international art sensation.

C. An Indian American teenager from Michigan, won the top prize in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search for his work investigating proteins that affect the growth of cancer cells. Nithin Tumma, 17, the high school senior, decided to choose a science career watching the work of his grandfather, a plant biologist. "Whenever I went to India, I spent time with him, looking under the microscope. He inspired my curiosity." Tumma worked for two years at a lab at Green State University in Detroit. He developed new therapeutic strategies.

D. A 17-year-old girl has won the Google Science Fair grand prize after creating an iPhone app that helps doctors to diagnose breast cancer. Brittany Wenger, from Florida, combined the fields of biology and computer science to develop a computer programme called a "Neural Network," which mimics the human brain. Her programme correctly identifies 99 per cent of diseases, which won her a college scholarship from Google.

b) Match the titles to the stories of talented teens. One title is extra.

1. A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN

2. THE COMPUTER TECHNOLOGIES GENIUS

3. THE FUTURE MUSIC STAR

4. A TALENTED ARTIST

5. A YOUNG SCIENTIST