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You are going to watch a game show called “Are you smarter than a fifth
grader?” Before that, read the text about the show and decide if the
sentences are True or False.
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? is a big money quiz show
where contestants
answer questions from school-related subjects, sometimes with the help of 5th grade
"classmates"
In each game, an adult contestant is asked a series of eleven questions taken from
textbooks for first through fifth grade students.
Five fifth graders (some of whom are also professional child actors) appear on each
show
and play along on stage - in general, each episode in a season has the same cast of
children. Prior to the show, the children are provided with textbooks which contain
a
variety of material, some of which could be used in the questions asked in the game.
Two people have won the $1 million prize: Kathy Cox, superintendent of public
schools for
the U.S. state of Georgia; and George Smoot, winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in
Physics
and professor at the University of California.
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Read the sentences. The words in bold are used in the video. First
guess the meaning of the words. Then match the words (1-6) to their
definitions (a-f).
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He attended a quiz show in order to prove that
he was smart. |
a) more important than anything
else;
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If anyone tries to cheat, he or she will be
immediately disqualified from the show.
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b) insane or extremely silly
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3.
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We all agreed with him as his explanation seemed
to be reasonable.
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c) an ability to understand or know
something immediately based on
your feelings rather than facts
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4.
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The contestant's primary reason for attending the
show was to win some money for the charity project.
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d) based on or using good judgement,
and therefore fair and practical
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My intuition is telling me that the answer is A.
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e) to show that something is true
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Are you going out in this weather? You must be
bananas!
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f) to behave in a dishonest way in
order to get what you want
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