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B2 Lesson 18

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

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1.

Look at the picture and read the caption. Finish the sentence below using the words in bold from the caption


If two people have something (a)   , they are the same in some way

2.

Look at the picture and read the caption. Finish the sentence below using the words in bold from the caption


A person's (a)   , is a number that represents their intelligence, based on their score on a special test

3.

Look at the picture and read the caption. Finish the sentence below using the words in bold from the caption


If two things are exactly the same, we say they are (a)  

4.

Look at the picture and read the caption. Finish the sentence below using the words in bold from the caption


The growth of our bodies follows a plan contained in our (a)  

5.

Look at the title, sub-titles, pictures, captions, and skim the paragraphs


Choose the topics you think will be discussed in the article

a)

How some people see two things at the same time

b)

How intelligence is related to our genetics

c)

The way two twins called Jim are similar

d)

How twins are similar in many different ways

6.

Choose the correct definition for the underlined word in the sentence from the article


Many scientists once believed that physical similarities between identical twins are genetic

a)

Related to our genes

b)

Related to our environment

c)

Related to our hobbies

7.

Choose the correct definition for the underlined word in the sentence from the article


But scientists are now discovering that the boundaries between genetics and environment are not so clear after all.

a)

Something which creates another thing

b)

Something connecting two things

c)

Something separating two things

8.

Choose the correct definition for the underlined word in the sentence from the article


Identical twins Jim Springer and Jim Lewis were adopted as babies and raised by different couples

a)

To be born

b)

To be raised by someone who is not biologically your parent

c)

To be born in one place but grow up in another country

9.

Choose the correct definition for the underlined word in the sentence from the article


Identical twins Jim Springer and Jim Lewis were adopted as babies and raised by different couples

a)

To live somewhere as an adult

b)

To be looked after as a child

c)

To retire from a job

10.

Choose the correct definition for the underlined word in the sentence from the article


When

psychologist Thomas Bouchard Jr. invited the Jim twins to his lab, his colleagues found it very hard to tell them apart.

a)

People you work with

b)

People you live with

c)

People you have class with

11.

Choose the correct definition for the underlined word in the sentence from the article


They had both been sheriffs, enjoyed making things with wood, suffered severe headaches, and admitted to leaving love notes around the house for their wives

a)

Strong and serious

b)

Light and easy

c)

Scary and dark

12.

Choose the correct definition for the underlined word in the sentence from the article


They had both married women named Linda, and then divorced them.

a)

To end a marriage

b)

To move somewhere new with someone

c)

To start a family with someone

13.

Choose the correct definition for the underlined word in the sentence from the article


When psychologist Thomas Bouchard Jr. invited the Jim twins to his lab, his colleagues found it very hard to tell them apart.

a)

To report something that has happened

b)

To make two things go different directions

c)

To see the differences between two things

14.

Choose the correct definition for the underlined word in the sentence from the article


They had both been sheriffs, enjoyed making things with wood, suffered severe headaches, and admitted to leaving love notes around the house for their wives

a)

To deny or say something is not true

b)

To confess or say something is true

c)

To lie about something you have done

15.

Choose the correct definition for the underlined word in the sentence from the article


They had so much in common that it seemed unlikely these were just coincidences.

a)

Two or more things that happen that seem connected, but are not

b)

When something happens because it was caused by something else

c)

Two things which are very different

16.

Look at paragraphs B-D.

Decide if the information below can be inferred from the article


The Jim twins have similar personalities

a)

Yes

b)

No

17.

Look at paragraphs B-D.

Decide if the information below can be inferred from the article


The Jim twins both have sons but no daughters

a)

Yes

b)

No

18.

Look at paragraphs B-D.

Decide if the information below can be inferred from the article


Thomas Bouchard gave the Jim twins an IQ test

a)

Yes

b)

No

19.

Look at paragraphs B-D.

Decide if the information below can be inferred from the article


The Jim twins got divorced for similar reasons

a)

Yes

b)

No

20.

Look at paragraphs B-D.

Decide if the information below can be inferred from the article


In Thomas Boucahrd's study, most people tested had a similar IQ to their twin

a)

Yes

b)

No