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Code 6 - Page 2 of Many regular elementary and secondary schools in the United States offer special programs designed specifically to meet the needs of gifted students. Some schools provide specialized education programs to gifted children exclusively. These schools offer advanced education in mathematics, science, technology, the arts, or other academic disciplines. Many school districts rely on intelligence tests to identify gifted students. However, most guidelines for determining giftedness recommend the use of a combination of standardized test scores, rating systems developed by individual schools, classroom observational records, and performance assessments. Gifted children may study a specially modified curriculum or may progress through academic subjects at an accelerated pace. Acceleration involves adapting education programs so that students may progress through particular subject material quicker than usual. These modifications may take place within the regular classroom setting or they may involve changing the child’s placement in school. Some gifted children gain early entrance to kindergarten, skip grades, enter college earlier than usual, or take specific courses with older children. Ideal programs for gifted students consider the individual needs of children and offer multiple options for services. These programs generally involve both advanced course materials and acceleration. 1. Gifted children come from _____. A. homogeneous race / B. different backgrounds C. specific economic groups / D. different careers / 2. Among the various qualities, gifted children are believed to be able to learn fast and_____ A. apply knowledge creatively / B. create new learning methods C. find out new knowledge D. behave themselves well 3. The word “existing” in paragraph 2 can be replaced by _____. A. up-to-date

Code 6 - Page 4 of C. psychology specialists D. recorded observations 10. Giftedness is described to include exceptionally advanced performance in _____. A. academic area B. leadership ability C. various fields D. intellectual fields PASSAGE 2 - Questions 11 –20 Becoming an Adult is Never Easy. For David, as growing up on Pentecost Island in the South Pacific, he had to become a land diver to prove his maturity. Land diving is a tradition on Pentecost Island which inspired the better known sports of bungee jumping. Land diving, however, is much more dangerous. Every year at a ceremony called Naghol, the men of the island jump off towers thirty metres tall, with long vines, not elastic, tied to their feet. A perfect jump is one in which the shoulders land gently on the ground. People believe that this will help the crops on the island to grow. As David climbed the tower, his mother watched from below. She was holding a toy car that he used to play with when he was younger. After a boy's first land dive, his favourite toy is thrown away to show that he is no longer a child. ‘Before my jump, I felt very nervous,’ remembers fourteen-year- old David. ‘Every year someone would get an injury. For a second, I panicked. I thought about changing my mind ... but you can’t become a proper man without being a land diver.’ David jumped. He fell head-first to the ground. Luckily, he landed safely and walked away with just a few bruises. And does he feel like a man now? ‘Well, I certainly feel more mature,’ he smiles. ‘And the girls in my village are much more interested in me than they were before.’