C. I’m sorry, but here you are. D. No, thanks. I’m really busy.
Question 25: Tom and Linda are talking about jobs they would like to choose.
- Tom: “I think working as a doctor is a challenging job.”
- Linda: “______ . A doctor also works very hard.”
A. It’s a good idea. B. Not at all.
C. I’m sorry, but I agree with you. D. That’s exactly what I think. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 26 to 30. According to the U.S National Association for Gifted children, a gifted child show an “exceptional level of performance” in one or more areas. In general usage, giftness includes high levels of (26) ______ ability, motivation, inquisitiveness, creativity, and leadership. Gifted children (27) ______ for approximately 3 to 5 percent of the school-aged population.
(28) ______ giftness cannot be assessed by an intelligence test alone, these tests are often used to indicate giftness. By and large, giftness begins at an IQ of 115, or about one in six children. Highly gifted children have IQs over 145, or about one in a thousand children. Profoundly gifted children have IQs over 180 or about one in a million children. Because very few education programs include any courses on teaching the gifted, teachers are often not be able to reconignize the profoundly gifted. Teachers are more likely to recognize moderately gifted children because they are ahead of the (29) ______ children but not so far ahead as to be recognizable. For instance, children who can read older children’s books in first and second grade are often tranferred into gifted classes, but children (30) ______ are reading adult books are told to stop reading them. These profoundly gifted students who are not recognized often turn into discipline problems when they are not offered constructive ways to focus their extraordinary creativity.
(Adapted from “Essential Words for the IELTS” by Dr. Lin Lougheed)
