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4. Образуйте соответствующее однокоренное слово.

Iq (intelligence quotient)

Curiosity (1) enough, Intelligence Quotient tests have been around for nearly a hundred years now, though their use (2) is still much debated. The first tests were device (3) in France in the early twentieth century, but their apply (4) was restricted to children until World War II, when tests were given to two million American military recruits. The tests value (5) both general knowledge and the ability to reason logic (6), and the results were used to decide who should get which job, and to identity (7) the most intelligent recruits for training as promise (8) army officers. Their use greatly expansion (9) when the war ended.

The vast major (10) of people have something around the average IQ of about a hundred. Only two per cent are at the genius level of 130 or more. Interest (11), more women tend to score around average, while men show more scattered results. There are fewer women than men at the genius level, but fewer at the bottom as well, a fact from which any number of conclude (12) can be drawn. It’s also a matter of controversial (13) that East Asians perform better on IQ tests than Europeans; although no one has so far been able to offer a

satisfy (14) explanation for this fact. Sadly enough, although people’s knowledge increases as they get older, the average score on IQ tests goes down steady (15) after the age of 23.

5. Образуйте соответствующее однокоренное слово. Age and performance

The initial peak of perform (1) occurs in the mid 30s, but the late peak occurs in late 50s. The precision (2) point at which peak performance occurs depends on the field: it is earlier in more abstraction (3) fields of mathematics and theory (4) physics and later in such pragmatic special (5) as biology and geology. The double-peak phenomenon occurred in all groups of engineers and science (6) and the gap between the two peaks is not sign (7). There are many examples of late-life create (8) in art (9) and scientific fields. For example, S. Freud remained act (10) into his 80s, B. Franklin invention (11) bifocal lenses when he was 78, and Titian completed his major masterpiece at 95 and

concept (12) another at 97.

6. Образуйте соответствующее однокоренное слово. Midlife crisis

Age, question (1), has an impact on creative capable (2). Midlife crisis occurs around the age of 40. At this stress (3) age, creative people

go (4) an important change. One of the best known midlife crises is that of the French

paint (5) Gauguin, who left his wife and his bank (6) career at 35 and ran off to the picture (7) island of Tahiti, where he was to create his fame (8) paintings. For such art (9) as Chopin, Mozart, Raphael, Watteau the crisis at this point of their lives was fate (10).

Once they pass this hurdle, however, many create (11) people continue their activities for many years. A.G. Bell, for example, invented his telephone when he was 27, but he continued to invent for another 45 years. Albert Einstein was working energy (12) on extensions and modify (13) of the Unified Field Theory well into his 70s, and many of Thomas Edison’s invent (14) were produced late in his 84-year life.

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