G8U1L1.1 Vocabulary

By the time Jack Andraka was 14 years old, he was very _____________ about science.

• enthusiastic

• ambitious

• self-confident

• organised

• optimistic

Jack really wanted to focus on cancer research. He came up with a cheap, fast way to detect a type of cancer. When he first proposed his idea, some adults thought that Jack was being too _____________, ...

• outgoing

• ambitious

• determined

• organised

• optimistic

When he first proposed his idea, some adults thought that Jack was being too ambitious, but he was _____________ to prove them wrong.

• organised

• organised

• outgoing

• determined

• self-confident

He stayed _____________ and entered his idea into an international science fair.

• enthusiastic

• ambitious

• self-confident

• organised

• optimistic

Jack won! Now he feels more _____________.

• outgoing

• enthusiastic

• self-confident

• organised

• optimistic

People have even asked him to be on TV because of his _____________ personality and creative ideas.​

• organised

• organised

• outgoing

• ambitious

• self-confident