17. Do men really know best?/ intelligence tests

1. Read and transcribe the following words.

Scientists, knowledge, genetically, status, prove, except, fashion, underestimate, apply, puzzle, measure, design, recruits, officer, vast.

2. Give the Russian equivalents to the words.

To prove, to retain factual knowledge, to compete with other men, on the other hand, great value, to carry out a study, current affairs, people-oriented, family- oriented, underestimate, competitive, to apply for a job, to find out, to gain knowledge, logic puzzle, common sense, advanced technology, the way of measuring intelligence, to design a test, the vast majority of people.

3. Give the English equivalents to the words and word combinations.

Доказать, общие знания, мужчины, соревноваться, выполнить исследование, здоровье и отдых, недооценивать, фантастическая память, обращаться по поводу, получать знания, здравый смысл, хотя, измерять интеллект, разрабатывать тесты, мыслить логически, огромное большинство людей, внизу, текущие события.

4. Finish the phrase.

vast ……………………. to question …………….

to retain ……………….. people- ……………..

to estimate ……………. generally …………….

logic ………………. to measure………….

5. Give derivatives of the following words.

Know, fact, estimate, fantasy, apply, intelligent, compete, logic, decide, health, popular, speech, success, research.

6. Find in the text the word that corresponds to the definition.

a) form too low opinion of smth

b) what there is between one person, thing, idea and another or others

c) clothes, behaviour, music etc. that are considered to be admired or imitated

d) practical good sense from general experience of life, not by special study

e) prepare a plan, a sketch etc.

f) a form of rest or amusement

g) outcome, effect of the activity; answer to a mathematical problem

h) new member of a society, group, esp. soldier

i) find the size, extent, volume, degree

j) latest news

k) take part in a race, contest, examination

18. Mental retardation. Educational disadvantages

1. Read and transcribe the following words.

Cause, retardation, origin, deprivation, below, evident, maternal, approximately,

repetition, adult, environment, ordinary, dyslexia, identify, accident, injury, acquire, surface, suffer, visualize, encounter, autism, syndrome, reflexive, interrupt, characteristic, spontaneous, diagnose.

2. Give the Russian equivalents to the words.

Mental retardation, genetic in origin, maternal deprivation, special environment,

identify letters, acquired dyslexia, surface dyslexia, hard to visualize, learning disorders, to encounter disorder, general syndrome, to pretend, to interrupt routine, repeated activity, word-blindness, unable to form relationships.

3. Give the English equivalents to the words and word combinations.

Умственно отсталый, происхождение, очевидный дефицит, простая профессия, профессиональные умения, первоклассник, быть связанным в проблемами обучения, особое школьное окружение, обычная школа, ставить диагноз, приобретенная дислексия, поверхностная дислексия, сталкиваться с проблемами, детский аутизм, играть спонтанно, выделить характеристики, возвратные местоимения, обращаться к, иметь трудность, перебивать, к сожалению.

4. Finish the phrase.

environmental …………….. mental ………………..

maternal ………………….. self-help ……………..

educational ………………. to identify …………..

acquired ………………….. to visualize …………..

to encounter ……………… reflexive……………….

5. Fill in the chart using the information from the text.

Dyslexia
Surface ……………	…………. dyslexia
Problems with ……………	Problems with understanding abstract words
Examples:	Examples: power, …………

6. Match the words and their definitions.

1. to visualize	a) to feel pain, discomfort, sorrow
2. to pretend	b) to form a mental picture of something
3. to suffer	c) a psychical harm, damage
4. injury	d) a negative condition
5. disadvantage	e) to make oneself appear to be something
6. routine	f) fixed or regular way of doing things