Choose the word that best fits each gap in the passage.
THE FOUR-YEAR-OLD UNDERGRADUATE
A child prodigy (59) ______ four is receiving computer lessons at Brunei university, in London. Nicholas MacMahon is studying at university because he is (60) ______clever for school. A(n) (61) ______ lecturer at the university, Valso Koshy, said that the boy was remarkably intelligent.
Nicholas spoke (62) ______ before he was one and (63) ______ the time he was 18 months old he was taking telephone (64) ______ . This was soon followed by conversational French. These are the trademarks of a highly gifted child, unusual but not unique. The strange thing (65) ______ Nicholas is his reading - he taught himself to read before he could speak. Ms. Koshy, an expert (66) ______ gifted children, says Nicholas is quite exceptional. Yet „exceptional‟ underrates his amazing (67) ______ to read, almost from birth. „He was talking when he was one and we realized from start that he could read,‟ his father said. "Soon after, he was (68) ______ my spelling, words (69) ______ caterpillar. Now he (70) ______ insects by their Latin names.‟
The list of (71) ______ is impressive, but frightening. A four-year-old who can (72) ______ a Boeing 747 from a DC 10, devours encyclopedias, read The Daily Telegraph and is (73) ______ on the way to becoming a violin virtuoso is hardly normal.
Trả lời câu hỏi dưới đây:
(67)
ability: khả năng
capability: dung tích/ sức chứa
property: tài sản
competence: sự thành thạo
Yet „exceptional‟ underrates his amazing (67) ______ to read, almost from birth. "He was talking when he was one and we realized from start that he could read,‟ his father said.
[ Nhưng sự đánh giá khả năng đọc đáng kinh ngạc của thằng bé, gần như từ lúc mới được sinh ra. " Thằng nói chuyện khi chỉ mới một tuổi và chúng ta nhận ra rằng từ đầu thằng bé có thể đọc", bố ậu bé nói.